Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end)

    28-Feb-2012
    8201460100

    Solution

    If you cannot shoot the subject up close with the optical zoom, please consider the following.

    Using the digital zoom
    You can use the [Digital zoom] to zoom up to a maximum of approximately 20x and capture subjects that are too far away for the optical zoom to enlarge.




    • Set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard]
    Press the <MENU> button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].


    IMPORTANT
    • Zoomed images may look grainy, under some resolution settings and zoom factors. In this case, the zoom factor is shown in blue.
    • The [Digital Zoom] cannot be used in the following modes.
    - [Low light] (), [Digital IS] * (), [Fish-eye Effect] (), [Miniature Effect] (), [Toy Camera Effect] (), [Monochrome] (), [Super Vivid] (), [Poster Effect] ()
    * PowerShot A2300, PowerShot A1300, PowerShot A810 only
    NOTE
    • The focal lengths when using the optical zoom and digital zoom together are as follows (all focal lengths are 35mm film equivalent): 28 – 560 mm (28 – 140 mm when using the optical zoom alone)


    Using the safety zoom
    Depending on how you have set the number of recording pixels and the magnification of the [Digital zoom], the [Zoom bar] may be displayed in yellow (safety zoom).
    To shoot with the [Digital zoom] without causing the image quality to degrade, please shoot within the range of the safety zoom.