Zooming In On A Distant Subject; Using The Optical Zoom - Olympus CAMEDIA C-7070 Wide Zoom Advanced Manual

Zooming in on a distant subject

You can zoom in on your subject using the optical zoom and digital zoom.
With the optical zoom, the image is enlarged by the CCD when the lens
magnification is changed, and the image is formed by all the CCD pixels.
With the digital zoom, the area at the center of the image captured by the
CCD is cropped and enlarged. When you zoom in on a subject, you are
essentially taking a small area of the picture and making it bigger.
Therefore, the greater the magnification with the digital zoom, the grainier
the resulting picture will be.
The following zoom magnifications are available on this camera.
Optical zoom
3
Digital zoom
Optical zoom + digital zoom
Note that camera movement is likely to occur at higher magnifications.

Using the optical zoom

Mode dial
1
Push or pull the zoom lever.
Zoom out:
Push the zoom lever toward W.
44
4× (equivalent to 27 mm to 110 mm on a
35mm camera)
5×
Max. 20×
Zoom in:
Pull the zoom lever toward T.
Zoom lever