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## Zoom (Still images)

Available zoom
Zoom scale
Enlarge images when shooting.

1. Set the camera to shooting mode.

1. MENU 3 [Func. of C Button] [Smart Telecon./Zoom]

1. MENU 3 [Smart Telecon./Zoom] [Zoom]

1. MENU 2 [Clear Image Zoom] desired mode

1. Press the C (Custom) button.

1. Adjust the scaling using / on the control wheel.

- To adjust the scaling in larger steps, press /.

1. Press on the control wheel to return to the shooting screen, and then press the shutter button to shoot the image.

### Available zoom

The camera achieves a high magnification zoom scale by combining zoom methods. The icon and zoom bar on the screen change in accordance with the zoom you use.
Zoom range
A: () Zoom with the original image quality
When [Image Size] is set to other than [L], you can shoot still images with no deterioration in the original image quality by trimming the images.
B: () [Clear Image Zoom]
Zoom with close to the original image quality [Details]
C: () [Digital Zoom]
Less than the original image quality [Details]

| Operation | Settings
A | Zooming images without deterioration | [Image Size]: Other than [L] [Clear Image Zoom]: [Off] [Digital Zoom]: [Off]
B | Shooting clear images using [Clear Image Zoom] (close to the original image quality) | [Clear Image Zoom]: [On] [Digital Zoom]: [Off]
C | Zooming to the maximum zoom range | [Clear Image Zoom]: [On] [Digital Zoom]: [On] [Clear Image Zoom] may not be available for some settings. [Details]

### Zoom scale

The supported zoom scales are different depending on the settings or the image size. The table below summarizes the zoom scales when [Clear Image Zoom] and [Digital Zoom] are set to [On], and [Aspect Ratio] is set to [3:2].

Image Size | Operation
A: Zoom by range without deterioration | B: Zoom with [Clear Image Zoom] [On] | C: Zoom with maximum zoom scale*
L: 24M | – | 2× | 4×
M: 10M | 1.5× | 3× | 6.1×
S: 4.6M | 2.3× | 4.5× | 9.1×

* The maximum zoom scale is the total zoom magnification that can be achieved when zoom scale without deterioration, [Clear Image Zoom] and [Digital Zoom] are used in combination. The maximum zoom scale varies depending on the settings.
Notes

- The default setting for [Clear Image Zoom] is [Off]. [Details]

- The default setting for [Digital Zoom] is [Off]. Set [Digital Zoom] to [On] to enlarge images even with deterioration. [Details]

- The default setting for [Image Size] is [L]. To change the zoom scale, change [Image Size]. [Details]

- Zoom functions are not available when shooting in the following situations:

- In [Sweep Panorama] mode

- When the Smile Shutter function is activated

- When [Quality] is set to [RAW] or [RAW & JPEG]

- The Face Detection function does not operate when you use the zoom functions.

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