Taking Pictures With Zoom - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP3 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking pictures with zoom

Recording Mode:
'Optical Zoom' offers 4 x magnification. At a lower recording pixel level, 'Extended Optical
Zoom' can be used to zoom up to 8.4 x. For zooming in even closer, 'Digital Zoom' is
available.
Optical Zoom and Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)
Automatically switches to 'Optical Zoom' when using maximum picture size (→56), and
to 'Extended Optical Zoom' (for further zooming) otherwise. (EZ is short for 'Extended
Optical Zoom'.)
• Optical Zoom
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Maximum zoom ratios by picture size
[PICTURE SIZE]
Max. enlargement
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Extended Optical Zoom system
When the recording pixel level is set to [3 M
million pixels of the available pixel level in the center of the CCD are used in recording,
enabling higher magnification.
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The enlargement ratio displayed in the bar on screen is an estimate.
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Zoom bar
Optical Zoom
14 M - 10.5 M
4 x
Zoom In/Out
Capture a wider
area (wide-angle)
W side (wide-angle): T side (telephoto):
1 x up to 4 x
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Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.
• Extended Optical Zoom
Extended Optical Zoom
10 M 5 M
4.7 x
] (corresponding to 3 million pixels), 3
Enlarge the subject
(telephoto)
Focus range
Zoom ratio
(approx.)
Zoom bar
( displayed)
3 M
6.8 x 8.4 x
or less