Using The Digital Zoom Further Extending The Zoom; Vqt1J59 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX55 Operating Instructions Manual

• In motion picture mode [
magnification is fixed to the value set at
the start of recording.
• "EZ" is an abbreviation of
"Extended optical Zoom".
• If you set a picture size that activates the
extended optical zoom, the extended
optical zoom icon [
screen when you use the zoom function.
• The zoom will stop moving for an instant
near [W] (1k) when the extended optical
zoom is used. This is not a malfunction.
• The indicated zoom magnification is an
approximation.
• In motion picture mode [
[HIGH SENS.] or [HI-SPEED BURST] in
scene mode, the extended optical zoom
does not work.
Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom
A maximum of 14.3k zoom can be
achieved with the 3.6k optical zoom and
the 4k digital zoom when [D.ZOOM] is set
to [ON] in the [REC] mode menu. However,
if a picture size that can use extended
optical zoom is selected, a maximum of
22.7k zoom can be achieved with the 5.7k
extended optical zoom and the 4k digital
zoom.
∫ Menu operation
1 Press [MENU/SET].
• When a scene mode is selected, select
the [REC] mode menu (
move 1.
2 Move 3/4 to select [D.ZOOM]
and then move 1.
], the zoom
] is displayed on the
] and
) and then
3 Move 4 to select [ON] and then
press [MENU/SET].
4 Press [MENU/SET] to close the
menu.
• You can also press the shutter
button halfway to close the menu.
∫ Entering the digital zoom range
The on-screen zoom indication may
momentarily stop moving when you rotate
the zoom lever to the extreme Tele position.
You can enter the digital zoom range by
continuously rotating the zoom lever to Tele
or releasing the zoom lever once and then
rotating it to Tele again.
≥[OFF]:
W
≥[ON]:
W
W
(When using the digital zoom and the
extended optical zoom [
same time)
1 Optical zoom
2 Digital zoom
3 Extended optical zoom
• A big AF area (P61) is displayed when
using the digital zoom. Also, the stabilizer
function may not be effective.
• In digital zoom, the larger the picture the
lower the picture quality.
• When using the digital zoom, we
recommend using a tripod and the
self-timer (P38) for taking pictures.
Basic
MENU
/SET
T
T
T
] (3M EZ) at the
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