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USING THE ZOOM LENS
This camera is equipped with a 5.6 - 16.8mm zoom lens. This is equivalent to a 36 to
108mm lens on a 35mm camera. The lens is operated by the controller at the back of the
camera. The effect of the optical zoom is visible in both the viewfinder and LCD monitor.
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If the zoom lever is pressed toward the telephoto position
at the telephoto position of the optical zoom, the digital
zoom will activate; this is indicated by the right yellow
range of the zoom scale and the green blinking indicator
lamp. The digital zoom extends the power of the telephoto
position of the optical zoom by up to 4X.
Digital zoom cannot be used in the viewfinder recording
mode or at the 2880 X 2160 resolution setting.
Digital zoom images are interpolated to the set image size.
There can be some loss of quality with images taken with
the digital zoom.
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ECORDING MODE
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The zoom lens is operated by the
zoom lever. Pressing the right side
(T) will zoom in to the telephoto
position of the lens. Pressing the left
side (W) will zoom out to the wide-
angle position. The optical zoom
position is indicated by the scale at
the bottom of the LCD monitor.
Digital zoom range
(yellow)
Shooting tips
The zoom lens not only affects how large the subject is in the picture, but it also influences the
depth of field and perspective. Depth of field is the area between the closest object in focus and
the furthest object in focus. As the lens zooms in to the telephoto position, the depth of field
becomes shallower, separating the subject from the background. Many portraits are taken with
telephoto lenses. Zooming the lens out to the wide-angle position makes both the foreground and
background appear sharper. Usually landscape photographs take advantage of the large depth
of field of wide-angle lenses. Wide-angle lenses also create a strong perspective which gives a
sense of depth in the image. Telephoto lenses compress the space between the subject and
background and create a weak perspective.
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