27ZOOM W/T buttonThis camera has a 3X optical zoom and a 4X digital zoom function. Using both will offer atotal zoom ratio of 12X.TELE ZoomOptical zoom TELE : Pressing the ZOOM T button. This will zoom into the subject i.e.the subject will appear nearer.Digital zoom TELE : When the maximum (3X) optical zoom is selected, pressing theZOOM T button activates the digital zoom software. Releasing ZOOMT button stops the digital zooming at the required setting.Once the maximum digital zoom (4X) is achieved, pressing theZOOM T button will have no effect. You can check the digital zoomrate with the [X1.2 ~ X 4.0] numerical mark next to the zoom bar.[ WIDE zoom ] [ TELE zoom ] [ Digital zoom 2.0X ]Pressing theZOOM T buttonPressing theZOOM T buttonWIDE ZoomOptical zoom WIDE : Pressing the ZOOM W button. This will zoom out from the subjecti.e. the subject will appear further away. Pressing the ZOOM Wbutton continuously will set the camera to its minimum zoomsetting i.e. the subject appears at its furthest from the camera.Digital zoom WIDE : When the digital zoom is in operation, pressing the ZOOM Wbutton will reduce the digital zooming in steps.Releasing ZOOM W button stops digital zooming.Pressing the ZOOM W button will reduce the digital zoom andthen it will continue to reduce the optical zoom until the minimumsetting is reached.[ TELE zoom ] [ Optical zoom 1.5X ] [ WIDE zoom ]Pressing theZOOM W buttonPressing theZOOM W button[ Digital zoom 4.0X ] [ Digital zoom 2.0X ] [ TELE zoom ]Pressing theZOOM W buttonPressing theZOOM W buttonOptical zoomDigital zoom