72Digital ZoomWith the combined optical and digital zoom functions, images can be zoomed asfollows.5.1 times, 6.5 times, 8.1 times, 10 times, 12 times, and 16 times1 Press the button to turn the LCD monitor on.2 Turn the mode dial to any shooting mode except for or .3 In the [ (Rec.)] menu, select [DigitalZoom].See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 42).4 Select [On] and press the button.5 Press the zoom lever toward and holdit.• The lens will zoom to the maximum opticaltelephoto setting and stop. Release the lever andpress it toward again to further zoom theimage digitally.• Slide the lever toward to zoom back out.6 Shoot the image.Shooting procedures are the same as for themode (p. 51).○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is off or with the RAW fileformat.○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○• Some settings are not available with certain Shooting modes. Please refer toFunctions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 208).• Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.The combinedmagnifications of theoptical zoom and digitalzoom are displayed.
