The camera is equipped with various types of zoom: optical zoom, HD Zoom, Super Resolution (SR) Zoom, and digital zoom.
• Optical Zoom : Changes the lens focal distance.
• HD Zoom : Allows greater zoom capabilities by cutting out a portion of the original image and
enlarging it.
• Super Resolution Zoom : Super-resolution zoom expands the zoom ratio in a way that minimizes image
deterioration. There are two types of Super Resolution Zoom:
Single SR Zoom and Multi SR Zoom.
• Digital Zoom : Digitally processes the center of the image to enlarge it.
Your camera provides you with 7X optical zoom (10.5X when combined with Super Resolution zoom/14X when combined with Multi SR Zoom), which can be used in combination with digital zoom for total zoom capabilities of 111.6X(VGA size).
To enable Single SR Zoom, press the [MENU] button in the Auto mode and then select "Single" for the "Zoom (SR)" setting.
If you want to Shoot with Multi SR Zoom, which produces images of even better texture, press the [BS] button and then select the BEST SHOT "6 Multi SR Zoom" scene.
Optical zoom, HD Zoom, and digital zoom can be used regardless of the current Super Resolution Zoom setting.
NOTE
• Digital zoom is divided between two zones: a zone in which there is
no coarsening of the image and a zone in which digital zoom causes
coarsening of the image. The zoom operation will pause at the point
where zoom crosses over from the HD Zoom zone and enters the zone
in which coarsening of the image occurs. Remember that zooming
past this point will cause deterioration of image quality.
