. Interpreting the Zoom Bar
During a zoom operation, a zoom bar appears on the monitor screen to show the
current zoom setting.
Range where image deterioration is
suppressed.
Wide Angle
Optical zoom limit point
Point from which image deteriorates
• The location of this point depends on the image size, the "Zoom (SR)"
setting, and whether Multi SR Zoom is enabled.
. Zoom Factor
The digital zoom factor depends on the image size (page 109), the super resolution
zoom setting, and on whether or not "Multi SR Zoom" is selected (page 63).
• Multi SR Zoom is enabled only when the "Multi SR Zoom" BEST SHOT scene is
selected.
• Only optical zoom is enabled while shooting with the "RAW+JPEG" image size.
Optical
Image size
zoom
RAW+
4.0X
JPEG
12M
4.0X
3:2
4.0X
16:9
4.0X
8M
4.0X
3M
4.0X
Zoom pointer
(Indicates current zoom.)
Maximum zoom factor where image
deterioration can be suppressed
Zoom (SR): Off
(HD Zoom)
–
4.0X
4.0X
4.0X
4.9X
7.8X
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Deteriorated image range
Multi SR Zoom
Zoom (SR): Single
–
8.0X
8.0X
8.0X
9.8X
15.6X
Telephoto
Total maximum
zoom factor
(In combination
with digital zoom)
–
16.0X
16.0X
16.0X
19.6X
31.2X
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