Shooting With The Extended Optical; Zoom - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 Operating Instructions Manual

Shooting with the extended optical zoom
The camera's optical zoom can normally
give you a telephoto zoom of 4 times, but
by choosing a resolution that has an EZ
suffix, for example 5.5M
optical zoom starts functioning and zoom
extends as follows. (The example uses
[j] aspect ratio.)
• Set the resolution. (P73)
1
Move the zoom lever toward T.
W
n When the extended optical zoom isn't
working
For example: Resolution is 8M
W
n When the extended zoom is working
For example: Resolution is 5.5M
1
W
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Recording pictures (advanced)
, the extended
EZ
5.5
19
T 5X
19
T 4X
EZ
5.5
19
T 5X
n Resolution and maximum zoom
Aspect
Pixels
ratio
8M
j
5.5M
EZ
7M
4.5M
EZ
6M
4M
EZ
h
3M /2M
EZ
1M
EZ
n How the extended optical zoom works
• The extended optical zoom works by
extracting the center of the picture and
expanding it for a higher telephoto effect.
So, for example, if you choose [5.5M
], 5.5 million pixels (out of the total
EZ
[8M], 8 million possible with the CCD) are
taken in your shot.
• The extended optical zoom allows you to
increase the zoom ratio without the
reduction in picture quality you get with
digital zoom.
• The [ ] icon appears when you zoom
EZ
while using a resolution that can use the
extended optical zoom.
• You can zoom in even further by using this
in combination with the digital zoom. In
the [REC] mode menu, set digital zoom to
ON. (P78)
• The extended optical zoom does not work
in the motion picture mode [i].
Maximum

zoom

4×
5×
/2M
EZ
4×
5.1×
/2.5M
EZ
4×
5×
5.6×
/
EZ