Panasonic DMCZS40S User Manual

Application (Record)

Using Zoom

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If you are not holding the camera, for example when using self-timer recording 

 

or remote recording 

, the camera could tilt when the lens barrel extends during 

zooming, so make sure to secure the camera in place with a tripod or by other means.

 

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Do not touch the lens barrel during zooming.

 

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Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.

 

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The zoom ratio and the zoom bar displayed on the screen are estimates.

 

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The camera may make a rattling noise and vibrate when the zoom lever is operated - 

this is not a malfunction.

The zoom ratio changes when the picture size is changed.

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Zooming in up to 30x is possible if pictures without [   ] have been selected by [Picture 

Size] on the [Rec] menu. 

 

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Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:

 •[Macro Zoom]

 •[3D Photo Mode] Scene Mode

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Zooming in up to 71.7x is possible when pictures with [   ] have been selected by 

[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu 

. EZ is short for “Extended optical zoom”.

 

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Extended optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:

 •[Macro Zoom]

 •When recording motion pictures

 •When the [Burst] setting is set to [   ] or [   ]

 •Scene Modes ([HDR], [High Sens.], [High Speed Video], [3D Photo Mode])

 •[Creative Control] Mode ([Impressive Art], [Toy Effect])

 •When the [Quality] setting is set to [   ], [   ] or [ 

 ]