Using The Digital Zoom - Canon PowerShot S3 IS Advanced User's Manual

Using the Digital Zoom

Shooting Mode
You can combine digital zoom with optical zoom to magnify and shoot.
Still Images: approx. 48x max.
Movies: approx. 48x max.
The digital zoom cannot be used with
1
(Rec.) Menu
[On] is the default setting for movie
shooting.
* Default setting.
2
Turn the zoom lever toward
When you press the
reaches the maximum optical telephoto setting (when shooting
still images). Press the
zoom and digitally zoom the image further.
Press the
Optical zoom (White)
Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.
[Digital Zoom]
See Menus and Settings (p. 27)
button, the zoom stops when the lens
button to zoom out.
Digital zoom (Blue)
Approximately
2 seconds later
* Cannot be set in
(Wide).
[On]/[Off]
and shoot the image.
button again to activate the digital
Combined optical and
digital zoom
and modes.
*
.
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