Basic29VQT0Y19This camera has a 3.6M optical zoom.However, if the picture size is not set to thehighest setting for each aspect ratio [ // ], a maximum of 5.5M opticalzoom can be achieved with no picturequality deterioration.w Extended optical zoom mechanismWhen you set the picture size to [ ](3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 7M (7 millionpixels) CCD area is cropped to the center3M (3 million pixels) area, allowing apicture with a higher zoom effect.w Picture size and maximum zoommagnification(n: Available, —: Not available)• Refer to P74 for aspect ratio settings, P75for picture size and P26 for simple mode[ ].• “EZ” is an abbreviation of“Extended optical Zoom”.• You can further enhance the zoommagnification with the extended opticalzoom without worrying about furtherpicture distortion.• If you set a picture size that activates theextended optical zoom, the extendedoptical zoom icon [ ] is displayed on thescreen when you use the zoom function.• The zoom will stop moving for an instantnear [W] (1M) when the extended opticalzoom is used. This is not a malfunction.• The indicated zoom magnification is anapproximation.• In motion picture mode [ ]and[HIGH SENS.] in scene mode, theextended optical zoom does not work.Using the Extended Optical Zoom(EZ)Picture size with theextended optical zoomnot activated [example:[ ] (7M)]Picture size with theextended optical zoomactivated [example:[ ] (3M EZ)]Aspectratio Picture sizeMaximumzoommagnificationExtendedopticalzoom/ (7M)3.6M —(6M)(5.5M)(5M EZ) 4.4M n(3M EZ)(2M EZ)(1M EZ)/(0.3M EZ) 5.5M n/(2.5M EZ)(2M EZ)
