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## Zoom (Movies)

Available zoom
Zoom scale
Enlarges images with the W/T (zoom) lever when shooting. The camera’s optical zoom function can enlarge images up to 5×.
Optical zoom allows you to enlarge an image without deteriorating its original quality.

1. Set the camera to shooting mode.

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

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

### Available zoom

You can exceed 5× optical zoom to zoom in. To zoom past the optical zoom range, set [Digital Zoom] to [On].

1. Zoom with the original image quality

1. () [Digital Zoom]:

Less than the original image quality [Details]

Operation | Settings | Zoom bar
Using the optical zoom only | [Digital Zoom]: [Off] |
Zooming to the maximum zoom range | [Digital Zoom]: [On] |

### Zoom scale

The supported zoom scales are different depending on the settings or the image size. The table below summarizes the zoom scales when [Digital Zoom] is set to [On].

Image size | Zoom | Maximum zoom scale
| () | ()
Optical zoom scale | Zoom scale without deterioration (including 5× optical zoom) | Clear Image Zoom | Digital Zoom
Movie mode | 5× | -- | -- | 4× | 20×

Notes

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

- The camera zooms slowly while recording movies.

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