Using The Zoom - Ricoh WG-20 Operating Manual

Using the Zoom

You can use the zoom to change the captured area.
1
Press the w/x button
in A mode.
w Wide (left)
Widens the area that is
captured by the camera.
x Tele (right)
Enlarges the subject.
If you continue to press x, the camera
automatically switches from Optical Zoom to Intelligent Zoom
and stops at the point where the zoom switches to Digital Zoom.
Once the button is released and pressed again, the camera switches
to digital zoom.
If the Digital Zoom is set to off on the menu, the Optical Zoom and the
Intelligent Zoom ranges are available for use. The zoom ratio of the
intelligent zoom changes depending on the number of recorded pixels.
The zoom bar is displayed as follows.
Zoom in with high image quality.
*1 You can zoom in to a maximum of 5× optically.
*2 The Intelligent Zoom range differs depending on the recorded
pixels. See the following table.
Optical zoom range*1
w/x button
3 button
Four-way controller
4 button
Zoom bar
3 8
Zoom in with some degree
of image deterioration.
Intelligent
Zoom range*2
3
Zoom ratio
33.5 33.5 33.5
Digital
Zoom range
79