36 VideoZooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital ZoomThe camcorder offers the following three types of zoom:* 1800x (1600x for the ) when [Image Stabilizer] is set to[ Dynamic].Approximate recording times Default value• When a recording exceeds 2 GB or 12 continuous hours, it will be divided andsaved as scenes smaller than 2 GB.• At the time of purchase, the built-in memory contains about 70 MB ofmusic files.Recording mode → XP SP LPMemory ↓4 GB memory card 55 min. 1 hr. 20 min. 2 hr. 35 min.Built-in memory/8 GB memory card 1 hr. 50 min. 2 hr. 45 min. 5 hr. 10 min.16 GB memory card 3 hr. 40 min. 5 hr. 30 min. 10 hr. 25 min.32 GB memory card 7 hr. 25 min. 11 hr. 20 hr. 50 min.Zoom Type Description and useOptical 37x The optical magnification ratio of the lens. Used for recording moviesonly when [Image Stabilizer] is set to [ Dynamic] or when[Widescreen] is set to [ Off] and for recording photos.Advanced 41x The camcorder processes the image beyond the range of the opticalzoom to obtain a larger zoom without any deterioration in imagequality. Used for recording movies in all cases but the two exceptionsabove.Digital 2000x*(1800x for the)You can activate it with the [Digital Zoom] setting. When set to[ On] and only while recording movies, the camcorder will switchto digital zoom (light blue area on the zoom indicator) when you zoomin beyond the optical zoom range (white area on the zoom indicator).With the digital zoom, the image is processed digitally so imagequality will deteriorate the more you zoom in.Operating modes:Downloaded From VideoCamera-Manual.com Manuals