Taking Pictures With Zoom; Optical Zoom And Extended Optical Zoom; Maximum Zoom Ratios By Picture Size - Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ4 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking pictures with zoom
Do not block the lens barrel movement
while zooming.
E.ZOOM
Zoom In/Out
Turn to W side Turn to T side
iFocus
irange
(P,41)
ratio
Zoom bar (approx,)
@Zoom speed can be adjusted,
Zoom slowly -* turn slightly
Zoom quickly -_ turn completely
@Adjust the focus after adjusting the zoom.
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Optical zoom and extended optical zoom (EZ)
Automatically switches to 'optical zoom' when using maximum picture size (P.55), and
to 'extended optical zoom' (for further zooming) otherwise. (EZ is short for 'extended
optical zoom'.)
• Optical zoom • Extended optical zoom
Zoom bar ( [] displayed)
Max. enlargement: lOx Max. enlargement: 11,3x- 16.9x
(DMC-TZ4: 12.8x - 15,9x)
Varies according to picture size.
@Maximum zoom ratios by picture size
9M(8M)
10x
8,5 M (7 M)
10x
7,5 M (6 M)
10x
7M[] .1 5M[]
11,3x .1 13,5 (12.8) x
6 M[] $1 4.5 M[]
11.6x q 13.9 (12.8) x
5.5 M I"_l a 3.5M[]
12,1x'1 14.5(12.8) x
3M[]
I2M[] IO,3M[]
16.9 (15.9) x
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2.5 M[]
/
/
16.9 (15.9) x
2M[]
16.9 (15.9) x /
q DMC-TZ5 only, ( ):DMC-TZ4
@What is Extended optical zoom (EZ)?
If, for example, set to '3M []' (equivalent to 3 million pixels), a picture will only be
taken of a 3M-sized central part of a 9 M (equivalent to 9.1 million pixels) _2area,
meaning that the picture can be enlarged further.
•2 DMC-TZ4 : 8M
2 VQT1 P79