Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end) (PowerShot S110)
18-Sep-2012
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Solution
If you cannot shoot the subject up close with the optical zoom, please consider the following.
When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom, use digital zoom for up to about 20x enlargement.
- Set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard]
Press the <MENU> button (
), and from the [Shooting] tab (
) set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
IMPORTANT
- In [RAW] (
) or [RAW+JPEG] (
), the [Digital zoom] is fixed to [Off]. - The [Digital Zoom] cannot be used in the following modes.
- [Movie Digest] (
), [Smooth Skin] (
), [High-speed Burst HQ] (
),[Handheld NightScene] (
),[Stitch Assist] (
),[High Dynamic Range] (
),[Nostalgic] (
),[Fish-eye Effect] (
),[Miniature Effect] (
),[Toy Camera Effect] (
),[Soft Focus Effect] (
),[Monochrome] (
),[Super Vivid] (
),[Poster Effect] (
),[Color Accent] (
),[Color Swap] (
),[Super Slow Motion Movie] (
)
), [Smooth Skin] (), [High-speed Burst HQ] (),[Handheld NightScene] (),[Stitch Assist] (),[High Dynamic Range] (),[Nostalgic] (),[Fish-eye Effect] (),[Miniature Effect] (),[Toy Camera Effect] (),[Soft Focus Effect] (),[Monochrome] (),[Super Vivid] (),[Poster Effect] (),[Color Accent] (),[Color Swap] (),[Super Slow Motion Movie] ()NOTE
- The focal lengths when using the optical zoom and digital zoom together are as follows (all focal lengths are 35mm film equivalent): 24 – 480 mm (24 – 120 mm when using the optical zoom alone)
- Depending on the recording pixel setting and zoom factor, the images may appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).
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 (ZoomPlus).
To shoot with the [Digital zoom] without causing the image quality to degrade, please shoot within the range of the ZoomPlus.
With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the focal length of the lens can be increased by a factor equivalent to 1.5x or 2.0x. This makes it possible to increase the agnification without compromising the brightness of the lens even more than increasing the magnification to the same rate in ordinary zoom operations (including digital zoom), enabling you to shoot with a faster shutter speed, thereby minimizing camera shake and subject blurring.
- Set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.5x] or [2.0x]
Press the <MENU> button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.5x] or [2.0x].
), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.5x] or [2.0x].
IMPORTANT
- A recording pixel setting of [Large] (
) or [Medium 1] (
) will cause images to appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue). - The [Digital tele-converter] cannot be used together with the digital zoom.
- In cases where you have pressed the <Zoom lever> to maximum telephoto (
), the shutter speed may be the same as when zoomed in on the subject using digital zoom. - If the <Mode dial> is set to any of the following modes, neither digital tele-converter 1.5x nor digital tele-converter 2.0x can be set.
- <AUTO>(
),<Movie Digest>(),<SCN>(
),<Creative Filters>(
),<Movie>(
)
),<Movie Digest>(),<SCN>(),<Creative Filters>(),<Movie>()NOTE
- The respective focal lengths when using [1.5x] and [2.0x] are 36 – 180 mm and 48 – 240 mm (35mm film equivalent).