Canon PowerShot SD500 User Guide

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Using the Zoom
The zoom can be adjusted from 37 mm to 111 mm in 35mm film equivalent 
terms.
Telephoto/Wide Angle
Digital Zoom
When the LCD monitor is on, you can shoot with a combined optical and 
digital zoom up to approximately 12x (p. 74). 
Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.
1
Press the zoom lever toward 
 or 
.
• Press the zoom lever toward 
 to zoom 
in (telephoto).
• Press the zoom lever toward 
 to zoom 
out (wide angle).