Basic functions 23Taking photosDigital zoomIf the zoom indicator is in the digital range, your camera is usingthe digital zoom. The picture quality may deteriorate when youuse the digital zoom.Digital rangeOptical range Zoom indicator• The digital zoom is not available when you use Face Detectionoptions or Tracking AF option.• If you capture a photo with the Digital zoom, the photo quality maydeteriorate.ZoomingYou can shoot close-up photos by adjusting the zoom. Yourcamera has a 5X optical zoom and 3X digital zoom. By usingboth, you can zoom in up to 15 times.Press [Zoom] right to zoom in on your subject. Press [Zoom] leftto zoom out.Zoom out Zoom inZoom ratio• Zoom is not available if the focus is set to Macro.• The zoom ratio appearing on the screen changes nonlinearly andmay differ slightly from the actual zoom ratio.
