Zooming: Optical, Advanced And Digital Zoom - Canon MD255 Instruction Manual

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Zooming: Optical, Advanced and Digital
Zoom
The camcorder offers three types of
zoom: optical, advanced and digital
zoom when recording movies. (In
mode only the optical zoom
is available.) You can also change the
zoom speed.
Selecting the Zoom Type
Options
[OPTICAL] (37x)
The zoom range is limited to the optical
magnification ratio of the lens.
[ADVANCED] (Advanced Zoom)
In addition to the optical zoom range, the
camcorder processes the image digitally to
obtain a larger zoom range without any
deterioration in image quality. When recording
movies with a 16:9 aspect ratio, the field of view
(picture angle) will change. Refer to the table in
the NOTES section.
[DIGITAL] (2000x)
When this option is selected, the camcorder will
switch to digital zoom (light blue area on the
zoom indicator) when you zoom in beyond the
optical zoom range (white area on the zoom
indicator). With the digital zoom the image is
processed digitally so image quality will
deteriorate the more you zoom in.
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[ZOOM TYPE]
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The zoom range of the advanced zoom
will change depending on the aspect ratio
of the scene
[WIDESCREEN] set to [
* The picture angle will be wider at both full
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telephoto and full wide-angle.
Default value
[WIDESCREEN] set to [
Selecting the Zoom Speed
Options
[
The variable zoom speed depends on how you
operate the zoom lever: Press gently for slower
zooms; press harder for faster zooms. With this
option, the zoom speed will be faster in record
pause mode.
[
[
Constant zoom speeds. [
fastest, and [
MENU]
CAMERA SETUP]
Desired option
NOTES
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45x*
46x
VARIABLE]
SPEED 1], [ SPEED 2],
SPEED 3]
SPEED 1] is the slowest.
ON] (16:9)
OFF] (4:3)
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Default value
SPEED 3] is the