Extended Optical Zoom (Ez); Intelligent Zoom; Digital Zoom - Panasonic lumix DMC-SZ8 Owner's Manual

Extended Optical Zoom (EZ)

This function works when any of the picture sizes
You can zoom in further than you can with the Optical Zoom without deteriorating the image
quality.
Maximum magnification: 27k
(This includes the optical zoom magnification. The magnification level differs depending
on [Picture Size] setting.)
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"EZ" is an abbreviation of "Extended Optical Zoom".
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This function is not available in the following cases:
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[Impressive Art]/[Toy Effect] (Creative Control Mode)
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[HDR]/[High Sens.] (Scene Mode)
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When [Burst] in the [Rec] menu is set to [
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When recording motion pictures

Intelligent Zoom

Enabled when [i.Zoom]
You can zoom in up to twice the original zoom magnification while minimizing the deterioration
of the image quality.
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This will work automatically in Intelligent Auto Mode.
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This function is not available in the following cases:
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[Impressive Art]/[Toy Effect] (Creative Control Mode)
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[HDR]/[High Sens.] (Scene Mode)
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When [Burst] in the [Rec] menu is set to [
–
When recording motion pictures

Digital Zoom

This function works when [Digital Zoom]
Although the image quality deteriorates every time you zoom in further, you can zoom in up to
four times the original zoom magnification.
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When using the [i.Zoom], the maximum magnification of the Digital Zoom is limited to 2k.
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We recommend using a tripod and the Self-timer
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This function is not available in the following cases:
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Intelligent Auto Mode
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[Impressive Art]/[Toy Effect]/[Miniature Effect] (Creative Control Mode)
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[HDR]/[High Sens.] (Scene Mode)
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When [Burst] in the [Rec] menu is set to [
Recording
(P75) in the [Rec] menu is set to [ON].
(P75)
(P69) indicated with
]
]
in the [Rec] menu is set to [ON].
(P53) for taking pictures.
]
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is selected.