46 AUTO ModeUsing the Touch Screen’s Zoom Controls1 Display the zoom controls on the touch screen.• The zoom controls appear on the left side of the screen.2 Touch the zoom controls to operatethe zoom.Touch anywhere within the Q area tozoom out or anywhere within the P areato zoom in. Touch closer to the center fora slow zoom; touch closer to the e/dicons for faster zooms.3 Touch [a] to hide the zoom controls.NOTES• Keep at least 1 m away from the subject. At full wide angle, you canfocus on a subject as close as 1 cm. Using tele macro (0 92), you canfocus on a subject as close as 40 cm at full telephoto.• In or mode, you can also set 7 8 [Zoom Speed] toone of three constant speeds (3 is the fastest, 1 the slowest).• When [Zoom Speed] is set to [I Variable]:- When you use the P and Q buttons on the wireless controller, thezoom speed will be constant at [J Speed 3].- The zoom speed will be faster in record pause mode than whenactually recording, except when pre-recording (0 82) is activated.• SeeSpecifications (0 181) for notes about this function when therecording program is set to [r Underwater] or [s Surface].Quick Start FunctionWhen you close the LCD panel with the camcorder on, the camcorderenters the standby mode. In standby mode the camcorder consumesonly about 1/3 the power used when recording, saving energy whenyou are using a battery pack. Additionally, when you open the LCD[FUNC.] 8 [ZOOM]
