Taking Pictures With The Zoom; Using The Optical Zoom / The Extended Optical Zoom (Ez); Motion Pictures Mode - Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS80 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking Pictures with the Zoom

Using the optical zoom /
the extended optical zoom (EZ)
You can make people and subjects appear
closer with the 3 times optical zoom, and
landscapes can be recorded in wide angle.
(35 mm fi lm camera equivalent: 33 mm to
100 mm)
To record in wider angle without
deteriorating (Extended optical zoom),
do not set the picture size to the highest
setting for each aspect ratio (
)
j
■ To make subjects appear closer use
(Tele)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Tele.
To make subjects appear further
■
away use (Wide)
Rotate the zoom lever towards Wide.
■ Maximum Zoom
When the picture size is set except at the
highest resolution, optical zoom becomes
extended optical zoom to enlarge more.
Enlargement : Max. 4.8 ×
• Maximum zoom magnifi cation varies
depending on the aspect ratio as follows.
Aspect ratio Pixels
h
j
Basic
/ /
h
Maximum zoom
(Tele)
3.8 x
■ How the extended optical zoom
works
The extended optical zoom works by
extracting the center of the picture and
expanding it for a higher telephoto effect.
So, for example, if you choose [
EZ) (3 million pixels), the 8M (8.1 million)
CCD area is cropped to the center 3M (3
million pixels) area, allowing a picture with
a higher zoom effect.
• The optical zoom is set to Wide (1 ×)
when the camera is turned on.
• If you use the zoom function after
focusing on the subject, focus on the
subject again.
• The lens barrel extends or retracts
according to the zoom position. Take
care not to interrupt the motion of the
lens barrel while the zoom lever is
rotated.
• In motion picture mode [i], the zoom
magnifi cation is fi xed 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] (1 ×) when the extended optical
zoom is used. This is not a malfunction.
• The indicated zoom magnifi cation is an
approximation.
• The extended optical zoom cannot be
activated in the following modes.
– Motion picture mode [
– [HIGH SENS.]
– [HI-SPEED BURST]
] (3M
] is displayed on the
]
i
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