Using The Zoom; Using The Optical Zoom/Using The Extended Optical Zoom (Ez)/ Using The Intelligent Zoom/Using The Digital Zoom - Panasonic Lumix DMC-SZ7 Owner's Manual

Applicable modes:

Using the Zoom

Using the Optical Zoom/Using the Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)/
Using the Intelligent Zoom/Using the Digital Zoom
You can zoom in to make people and objects appear closer or zoom out to record
landscapes in wide angle.
Setting the number of pixels to 10M or less will operate the Extended Optical Zoom to take
zoomed pictures without affecting quality.
To make subjects appear closer use (Tele)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.
To make subjects appear further away use (Wide)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Wide.
∫ Types of zooms
Feature
Maximum
magnification
Picture
quality
Conditions
¢1 This includes the optical zoom magnification. The magnification level differs depending on
[Picture Size] setting.
The zoom functions below can also be used to further increase the zoom magnification.
Feature
Maximum
magnification
Picture
Zoom in while limiting deterioration
quality
[i.Resolution]
Conditions
is set to [i.ZOOM].
¢2 This is 2k magnification when [i.Resolution] in [Rec] menu is set to [i.ZOOM].
Recording
Optical Zoom
10k
No deterioration
None
Intelligent Zoom
2k
(P82) on the [Rec] menu
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Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)
21.1k
No deterioration
[Picture Size] with
selected.
Digital Zoom
4k
The higher the magnification level, the
greater the deterioration.
[Digital Zoom] (P82)
is set to [ON].
¢1
(P74) is
¢2
on the [Rec] menu