Canon PowerShot A580 2463B010 Betriebsanweisung

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Commonly Used Shooting Functions

The zoom can be adjusted from 35 × 140 mm (focal length) in 35mm 
film equivalent terms. The zoom bar appears when you press the zoom 
lever.

You can combine digital zoom with optical zoom when shooting.
The available shooting characteristics and focal lengths (35mm film 
equivalent) are as follows. 

Using the Optical Zoom

Press the zoom lever 

toward  

or .

•

Telephoto: Zooms in on the 

subject.

•

Wide Angle: Zooms out from the 

subject.

Using the Digital Zoom/

Digital Tele-Converter

Selection

Focal Length

Shooting Characteristics

Standard

35 – 560 mm

Enables shooting at zoom factors of up to 

16x with digital and optical zoom combined. 

Off

35 – 140 mm

Enables shooting without digital zoom.

1.6x

56 – 224 mm

Digital zoom is fixed at the selected zoom 

factor, and the focal length shifts to 

maximum telephoto.
This enables a faster shutter speed and 

less chance of camera shake than a shot 

taken at the same angle of view with 

[Standard] or [Off].

2.0x

70 – 280 mm