Using The Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter - Canon PowerShot A720 IS User Manual

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Commonly Used Shooting Functions
j Using the Digital Zoom/Digital Tele-Converter []
[]See Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 206).
Standard 35 - 840 mm
Off 35 - 210 mm
1.6x 56 - 336 mm
2.0x 70 -420 mm
* Digital tele-converter cannot be set.
You can combine digital zoom with optical zoom when shooting.
The available shooting characteristics and focal lengths (35mm film
equivalent) are as follows:
Selection Focal Length Shooting Characteristics
Enables shooting at zoom factors of up to
24x with digital and optical zoom
combined. In movie mode, only the
Standard mode can be selected.
Enables shooting without digitalzoom.
Digital zoom is fixed at the selected zoom
factor, and the focal length shifts to
maximum telephoto. This enables a faster
shutter speed and less chance of camera
shake than a shot taken at the same angle
of view with [Standard] or [Off].
• The cannot be used when the LCD monitor is
digital zoom
turned off.
• The digital zoom cannot be used in [] or [] (Postcard), or
[] (Widescreen) modes.