Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom
(up to 35×). When the zoom scale is exceeded, the camera uses either smart or
precision digital zoom.

1. Set the camera to shooting mode.
2. MENU (Settings) (Shooting Settings) [Digital Zoom]

desired mode

Smart (

)

Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image will
not be distorted, according to the image size (Smart zoom).

Precision
(

)

Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of approximately
70×, including the optical zoom 35×. However, note that the image
quality deteriorates when the optical zoom scale is exceeded
(Precision digital zoom).

Off

Does not use the digital zoom.

Notes

[Digital Zoom] is not available in the following situations:

In [Sweep Panorama] mode
When the Smile Shutter function is activated.
When [Self-Timer] is set to [Self-portrait One Person] or [Self-portrait Two
People].

The smart zoom is not available when you record movies or the image size is
set to [20M] or [16:9(15M)].
The Face Detection function does not operate in the range of [Digital Zoom].

Total zoom scale when using Smart zoom (including

optical zoom 35×)

The supported zoom ratio differs depending on the image size.

Size

Total zoom scale

10M

Approx. 49×

Approx. 69×

VGA

Approx. 280×

16:9(2M) Approx. 93×

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