Hitachi DZ-BD7HA User Manual

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Setting the digital zoom
Magnified Recording 
(Optical Zoom and 
Digital Zoom)
The zoom lever allows you to choose 
a range of magnifications from wide-
angle to telephoto zooming.
Optical zooming up to ten times is the 
maximum telephoto magnification.
When using a card (recording stills), 
only optical zoom works.
Maximum zoom values will depend 
on the “Digital Zoom” settings in the 
Menu as follows.
Digital zoom options
Off
When the zoom is used, the following 
optical zoom bar appears in the LCD 
monitor.
HDD
BD-R RAM -RW (VR)
R
-RW (VF)
BD-RE
CARD
T:Telephoto
(Magnifies 
recording)
W:Wide-angle
(Recording over 
a wide range)
Current zoom position
Maximum 
optical zoom
40x
When the optical zoom exceeds ten 
magnifications, the digital zoom 
starts working automatically. The 
maximum telephoto zoom value is 
40x magnification. The zoom bar 
appears as follows.
500x
The maximum telephoto zoom is 
500x magnification. The zoom bar 
appears as follows.
1
During recording pause, press 
MENU
.
2
Select “Camera Functions Setup” 
 
“Digital Zoom” 
 a digital zoom 
option
3
Press the confirmation button to 
confirm, then press MENU to end 
the menu.
• The “Digital Zoom” setting is 
retained in memory even when 
the power is turned off.
Current zoom 
position
Maximum 
optical zoom
Digital range
Current zoom 
position
Maximum 
optical zoom
Digital range