Cyber-shot User Guide
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## Zoom (Movies)

Enlarge images with the W/T (zoom) lever when shooting. The camera’s optical zoom function can enlarge images up to 3.6×.
Optical zoom allows you to enlarge an image without deteriorating its original quality.

1. Set the camera to shooting mode.

1. Turn the W/T (zoom) lever.

- Turn the lever to the T side to zoom in, or to the W side to zoom out.

- When zoom is assigned to the Control Ring, you can zoom in and zoom out also using the Control Ring. [Details]

### Available zoom

When zooming, you can exceed the 3.6× optical zoom. During movie shooting, the digital zoom always operates when the zoom scale exceeds 3.6×, even if [Digital Zoom] is set to [Off]. The camera can enlarge images up to 14×.

1. Optical zoom range

Optical zoom: The camera’s optical zoom function can enlarge images up to 3.6×.

1. Zoom range other than optical zoom

[Digital Zoom]: Less than original image quality [Details]
Notes

- [Clear Image Zoom] is not available while recording movies.

- The camera zooms slowly while recording movies.

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