Canon PowerShot A495 - Manual (Page 55)

Zooming in Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
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● Digital Tele-Converter
The focal length of the lens can be increased by an equivalent of 1.4x or
2.3x. This enables a faster shutter speed and less chance of camera shake
than the zoom (including digital zoom) used by itself at the same zoom
factor.
The images may appear coarse, however, depending on the combination of
recording pixel
(p. 62) and digital tele-converter settings used.
1
Choose [Digital Zoom].
● Press the n button.
● Press the qr buttons to choose the 4 tab.
● Press the op buttons to choose [Digital
Zoom].
2
Accept the setting.
● Press the qr buttons to choose a
magnification.
● Pressing the n button will restore the
shooting screen.
 The view will be enlarged and the zoom
factor will appear on the screen.
● To return to standard digital zoom, choose
[Digital Zoom] and the [Standard] option.
What if the zoom factor appears in blue?
• Using [1.4x] at a recording pixel setting of or will cause image
deterioration (the zoom factor will appear in blue).
• Using [2.3x] at a recording pixel setting of , or will cause
image deterioration (the zoom factor will appear in blue).
• The respective equivalent focal lengths when using [1.4x] and [2.3x] are
51.8 – 171 mm and 85.1 – 281 mm (35mm film equivalent).
• The digital tele-converter cannot be used together with the digital zoom.