Zooming - Canon XM2 Instruction Manual

Zooming

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This camcorder is equipped with 20 optical zoom and 100 digital zoom. Optical zoom and digital
zoom can be operated from either the side grip, the camcorder handle or the wireless controller.
Digital zoom cannot be used in CARD CAMERA mode.
20 Optical Zoom
Press the zoom control towards W to zoom out to wide-angle.
Press it towards T to zoom in to telephoto.
The speed of the zoom controls on the camcorder can be changed in the CAMERA SET UP
submenu (grip zoom: variable, low, medium and fast; handle zoom: low, medium and fast).
The speed of the zoom control of the wireless controller cannot be adjusted.
40 /100 Digital Zoom
The digital zoom magnifies the camcorder's zoom range by up to 5 times.
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TAPE CAMERA
CAM. SET UP
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To change the digital zoom, open the menu and select CAM.SET UP. Then select
DIGITAL ZOOM, set it to 40
The zoom control continues to work as usual. You can freely zoom in and out between 1 and 40
or 1 and 100x magnification — the camcorder automatically switches between optical zooming
(up to 20 ) and digital zooming (20 to 100 ).
Notes:
When zooming, as a rule, keep at least 1m (3 ft 3
when the zoom is at the wide-angle position, you can focus on a subject as close as 1 cm (
Image resolution decreases the further you zoom towards 100 in digital zoom range.
When the digital zoom is set to 40 , the zoom indicator extends (light blue). When the digital
zoom is set to 100 zoom, the zoom indicator extends again (a darker blue).
40
Zoom in
W
D.ZOOM••• OFF
or 100 and close the menu.
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T
ZOOM
W T
Zoom out
3 / in).
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