Using The Digital Zoom - Canon PowerShot A430 Advanced User's Manual

Using the Digital Zoom

By combining the digital and optical zooms, you can shoot with
images zoomed.
PowerShot A430
Still images: approximately 14x max.
(Super macro: approximately 3.6x max.)
Movies (standard): approximately 7.9x max.
PowerShot A420
Still images: approximately 11x max.
(Super macro: approximately 3.6x max.)
Movies (standard): approximately 6.4x max.
The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is turned off.
The digital zoom cannot be used with
Mode) or
1
(Rec.) Menu
[On] is the default setting for
Super Macro and
(standard).
2
Press
The combined digital and optical zoom setting will display in
the LCD monitor.
When you press the
lens reaches the maximum optical telephoto setting (when
shooting still images).
Press the
further zoom the image digitally.
Press the
- Images become coarser the more they are digitally zoomed.
- When shooting movies digital zoom can be used in
32
Shooting Mode
(Wide) recording pixels.
See Menus and Settings
Movie
button and shoot.
button again to activate the digital zoom and
button to zoom out.
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(Digital Zoom)
(p. 22).
button, the zoom stops when the
[On].
(standard) only.