- 65 -Using ZoomZoom types and useThe zoom ratio changes when the number of recording pixels is changed.■Optical ZoomZooming in up to 20x is possible if pictures without have been selected by [PictureSize] on the [Rec] menu. (→95)●Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:• Scene Mode ([Panorama Shot])• [Macro Zoom]■Extended optical zoomZooming in up to 42.2x is possible when pictures with have been selected by[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→95). EZ is short for “Extended optical zoom”.●Extended optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])• [Macro Zoom] • Motion picture • When the [Burst] setting is set to , or• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.] [High Speed Video])• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.■[i.ZOOM]You can use the camera’s Intelligent Resolution technology to increase the zoom ratioup to 2x higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture quality.Set [i.Resolution] to [i.ZOOM] on the [Rec] menu. (→102)●When [i.Resolution] is set to [i.ZOOM], Intelligent Resolution technology is applied tothe picture.●[i.ZOOM] does not function in the following cases.• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.])• When the [Burst] setting is set to , or• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])• [Macro Zoom]■[Digital Zoom]Zoom 4x further than Optical/Extended optical zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom,enlarging will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON].(→102)●Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:• [Intelligent Auto] Mode • When the [Burst] setting is set to , or• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.][High Speed Video])• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect] [Miniature Effect])●When Digital Zoom is used simultaneously with i.Zoom, you can only increase thezoom ratio up to 2x.
