Taking Pictures With Zoom - Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS8 Basic Owner's Manual

Taking pictures with zoom

Recording Mode:
You can zoom in up to 16 times with "Optical Zoom", and up to 33.8 times with "Extended
Optical Zoom" (pictures only) with lower picture quality. To zoom further, you can use
[i.ZOOM] or [Digital Zoom].
Do not block the lens barrel movement
while zooming.
Zoom types
Type Optical Zoom
Maximum 16 ×
ratio
Picture quality No
deterioration
Operation None
conditions
Screen
display
Type i.Zoom
Maximum Approx. 1.3 × the Optical Zoom or
ratio Extended Optical Zoom
Picture quality Almost none
deterioration
Conditions, i.Zoom functions in the following cases.
etc. • ([Intelligent Auto] Mode)
• Scene Mode (except for [High Sens.],
[Hi-Speed Burst], [Flash Burst], [Pin
Hole])
• When [i.Resolution] in the [Rec] menu
is set to [i.ZOOM] ( 34)
Screen
display
is displayed
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Zoom In/Out
Capture a Enlarge
wider area the subject
(wide-angle) (telephoto)
Focus
range
Zoom ratio
(approx.)
Zoom bar
Zoom speed can be adjusted.
Zoom slowly turn slightly
Zoom quickly turn completely
Extended Optical Zoom
Up to 33.8 ×
(Depending on the picture size)
No
(However, the picture size is reduced)
Set [Picture Size] in the [Rec] menu to a
setting for which is displayed ( 70)
is displayed
Digital Zoom
Up to 4 × the original zoom ratio
Yes
When [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu is
set to [ON] ( 36)
Digital Zoom area is displayed
What is Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)?
If, for example, set to [3M ] (equivalent to 3 million pixels), a picture will only be taken
of a 3M-sized central part of a 14 M (equivalent to 14.1 million pixels) area, meaning
that the picture can be enlarged further.
The zoom ratio and the zoom bar displayed on the screen are estimates.
In certain Recording Modes, "Tele macro" function ( 42) is activated when maximum
zoom ratio is reached.
A greater degree of distortion may be generated by taking wider-angled pictures of
close objects, while using more telescopic zoom may result in more coloring appearing
around the outlines of objects.
The camera may make a rattling noise and vibrate when the zoom lever is operated -
this is not a fault.
Extended Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
[Macro Zoom], motion picture, [Transform], [High Sens.], [Hi-Speed Burst], [Flash
Burst], [Pin Hole], and [Photo Frame] Scene Modes
Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
([Intelligent Auto] Mode), Scene Modes ([Transform], [High Sens.], [Hi-Speed Burst],
[Flash Burst], [Pin Hole], [Film Grain] and [Photo Frame])
[Zoom Resume] allows zoom ratio to be memorized even if power is turned off.
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