Zooming In On Your Subject; Using The Zoom; Using The Digital Zoom - Olympus SP-310 Advanced Manual

Zooming in on your subject

Using the zoom

You can zoom in on your subject using the optical zoom and digital zoom. With the
optical zoom, the image is enlarged on the CCD when the lens magnification is
changed, and the image is formed by all the CCD pixels. With the digital zoom, the
area at the center of the image captured by the CCD is cropped and enlarged.
Because digital zoom takes a small area of the picture and enlarges it, the picture
becomes grainy as the digital zoom magnification increases.
The following zoom magnifications are available on this camera.
Optical zoom
Optical zoom × digital zoom Max. 15× ([n] mode: Max. 9×)
Note that camera movement is likely to occur at higher magnifications.
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Push or pull the zoom lever.
• Zoom out: Push the zoom lever toward W.
• Zoom in: Pull the zoom lever toward T.

Using the digital zoom

Top menu [MODE MENU]
• For n: Top menu
1
Pull the zoom lever toward T.
Optical zoom
1/200 1/200
SQ1 SQ1 1600 × 1200 1600
The white area of the zoom indicator indicates the optical zoom. If the [DIGITAL
ZOOM] is set to [ON], a red area is displayed on the zoom indicator. When you reach
the limit of the optical zoom, the digital zoom is enabled.
3× (equivalent to 38 mm to 114 mm on a 35 mm
camera)
[CAMERA]
[DIGITAL ZOOM]
F4.0 F4.0 0.0 0.0
4 4
1200
Zoom lever
[DIGITAL ZOOM]
g"Using the menus" (P. 17)
[ON]
Digital zoom
1/200 1/200
SQ1 SQ1 1600 × 1200 1600
[ON]
F4.0 F4.0 0.0 0.0
4 4
1200
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