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## Zoom (Still images)

Available zoom
Zoom scale
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.

Notes

- Zoom is locked to the W side in [Sweep Shooting] mode.

### 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.

1. Optical zoom range

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

1. Zoom range other than optical zoom

B: 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, even if the optical zoom scale exceeds 3.6× magnification, by trimming image processing.
C: () [Clear Image Zoom]
Zoom with close to the original image quality [Details]
D: () [Digital Zoom]
Less than the original image quality [Details]

| Operation | Settings | Zoom bar
A | Using optical zoom only | [Image Size]: [L] [Clear Image Zoom]: [Off] [Digital Zoom]: [Off] |
B | Zooming images without deterioration | [Image Size]: Other than [L] [Clear Image Zoom]: [Off] [Digital Zoom]: [Off] |
C | Shooting clear images using [Clear Image Zoom] (close to the original image quality) | [Clear Image Zoom]: [On] [Digital Zoom]: [Off] |
D | 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: Optical zoom | B: Zoom by range without deterioration (including 3.6× optical zoom) | C: Zoom with [Clear Image Zoom] [On] | D: Zoom with maximum zoom scale*1
L: 20M | 3.6× | 3.6× | 7.2× | 14×
M: 10M | 3.6× | 5.1× | 10× | 20×
S: 5.0M | 3.6× | 7.2× | 14× | 28×

*1 The maximum zoom scale is the total zoom magnification that can be achieved when zoom scale without deterioration (including 3.6× optical zoom), [Clear Image Zoom] and [Digital Zoom] are used in combination. The maximum zoom scale varies depending on the settings.
*2 When [Image Size] is set to [VGA], [Digital Zoom] is limited; the maximum zoom scale is 54×.
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 other than the optical zoom are not available when shooting in the following situations:

- When the Smile Shutter function is activated

- When [Drive Mode] is set to [Self-portrait]

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

- The Face Detection function does not operate when you use other than the optical zoom.

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