68Shooting FeaturesUsing the ZoomWhen you move the zoom control, the zoom lens positionchanges.• To zoom in: Move toward g• To zoom out: Move toward f• Rotating the zoom control all the way in either directionadjusts the zoom quickly (except during movierecording).• The zoom can also be operated by moving the sidezoom control toward g or f.The function of the side zoom control can be set in theAssign side zoom control (A167) in the setupmenu.• A zoom indicator is displayed on the shooting screenwhen the zoom control is moved.• Digital zoom, which allows you to further magnify thesubject up to approximately 4× (when Movie options(A146) is set to J 2160/30p or K 2160/25p,up to approximately 2×) the maximum optical zoomratio, can be activated by moving and holding the zoom control toward g whenthe camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position.C Digital ZoomThe zoom indicator changes to blue when the digital zoom is activated, and it changes toyellow when the zoom magnification is increased further.• Zoom indicator is blue: Image quality is not noticeably reduced by using the Dynamic FineZoom.• Zoom indicator is yellow: There may be cases in which image quality is noticeablyreduced.• The indicator remains blue across a wider area when the image size is smaller.• The zoom indicator may not change to blue when using certain continuous shootingsettings or other settings.Using the ZoomZoom out Zoom inOpticalzoomDigitalzoom