Sony DCR-TRV40 Operating Instructions Manual page 31

Recording a picture
Move the power zoom lever a little for a slower zoom. Move it fl/rther for a f_ster zoom.
Using tile zoom sparingly results in better looking recordings.
W : Wide angle (subject appears fiirther away)
T : Telephoto (subject appears closer)
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To use zoom greater than 10×
Zoom greater than 10× is perfbrmed digitally. Digital zoom can be set to 20× or 120×.
To activate digital zoom, select the digital zoom power in D ZOOM in the menu
settings (p. 201). Tile digital zoom is set to OFF as a defhult setting.
Theright side of the bar shows the digital zooming
the digital zoom power in the menu settings.
When you shoot close to a subject
If you cannot get a sharp fbcus, move the power zoom lever" to tile "W" side until the
focus is sharp. You can shoot a subject that is at least about 80 cm (about 2 feet 5/8 inch)
away from tile lens surface in the telephoto position, or about 1 cm (about 1/2 inch)
away in the wide angle position.
Note on digital zoom
Tile pirtme quality deteriorates as you n-love the power zoom lever towards the "T"
side.
When the POWER switch is set to MEMORY/NETWORK (DCR-TRV50 only)
You rannot use the digital zoon-l.
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