Setting The Digital Zoom - Pentax Optio A30 Operating Manual

Recorded pixels and the maximum zoom ratio
Recorded pixels
10M
7M
5M
3M
2M
1024
640
• Intelligent Zoom is not available under the following conditions.
- When Digital Zoom is set to Off.
- When the recorded pixels is 10M. (3× optical zoom available)
- In Digital SR Mode or Movie mode
• The image enlarged using Intelligent Zoom may appear rough on
the LCD monitor. This does not affect the quality of image.
• Only the Digital Zoom is available in Movie mode. Set Movie SR
to Off in [A Rec.Mode] menu to use the Digital Zoom in Movie
mode. (1 p.101)

Setting the Digital Zoom

The [Digital Zoom] is set to [O(On)] by default. To take pictures using
only the optical zoom, set the [Digital Zoom] to [P(Off)].
1
Press the MENU button in Capture mode.
The [A Rec.Mode] menu appears.
2
Use the four-way controller (23)
to select [Digital Zoom].
3
Use the four-way controller (45)
to select [O (On)/P (Off)].
4
Press the shutter release button
halfway.
The camera is ready for taking pictures.
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Intelligent Zoom *
Not available (3× optical zoom
available)
Approx. 3.6×
Approx. 4.2×
Approx. 5.3×
Approx. 6.7×
Approx. 10.4×
Approx. 16.3 × (Same as 16.3 ×
Digital Zoom)
*3 The ratio of 3× optical zoom included.
Saving the Digital Zoom Function Setting
3
Digital Zoom *
Equivalent to approx. 16.3×
Rec. Mode
EV Compensation
Movie
Shake Reduction
Digital Zoom
Instant Review
Memory
MENU Exit
3
4
±0.0
0.5sec 0.5sec
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