Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end) (PowerShot S200)
22-Aug-2013
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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.
1. Press the <MENU> button, choose [Digital Zoom] on the [Shooting] tab ( 
), and then set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
), and then set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard]. Press the <Menu> button to return to the shooting screen.
2. Move the zoom lever toward < 
>.
>.- Zooming stops at the maximum zoom factor at which images are still sharp, and the value is displayed.
3. Move the zoom lever toward < > again.
> again.- The camera zooms in even closer on the subject.
IMPORTANT
- Moving the zoom lever will display the zoom bar (which indicates the zoom position). The color of the zoom bar will change depending on the zoom range.
--White range: optical zoom range where the image will not appear grainy.
--Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not noticeably grainy (ZoomPlus).
--Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear grainy.
Because the blue range will not be available at some resolution settings, you can zoom to the largest possible zoom factor
- 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:
- [Smooth Skin] (
) [High-Speed Burst] (
), [Stitch Assist] (
) [Fish-eye Effect] (
), [Miniature Effect] (
) [Toy Camera Effect] (
) [Soft Focus Effect] (
) [Monochrome] (
), [Super Vivid] (
), [Poster Effect] (
), [Color Accent] (
), [Color Swap] (
).
) [High-Speed Burst] (), [Stitch Assist] () [Fish-eye Effect] (), [Miniature Effect] () [Toy Camera Effect] () [Soft Focus Effect] () [Monochrome] (), [Super Vivid] (), [Poster Effect] (), [Color Accent] (), [Color Swap] ().NOTE
- Focal length when optical and digital zoom are combined is as follows (35mm film equivalent).
-24 – 480 mm (24 – 120 mm with optical zoom alone)
- To deactivate digital zoom, press the < MENU > button, choose [Digital Zoom] on the [Shooting] tab (), and then choose [Off].
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.
You can shoot at preset focal lengths of 24, 28, 35, 50, 85, 100 or 120 mm (35mm film equivalent). This is convenient when you want to shoot at the angle of view of those focal lengths.
To change the focal length from 24 to 28 mm, turn the < 
> ring counterclockwise until it clicks. Keep turning the < > ring to increase the focal length, which changes to 35, 50, 85, 100, and 120 mm at each click.
> ring counterclockwise until it clicks. Keep turning the < > ring to increase the focal length, which changes to 35, 50, 85, 100, and 120 mm at each click.
IMPORTANT
Step zoom is not available when shooting movies, so turning the < > ring has no effect.
> ring has no effect.NOTE
When you are using digital zoom, you cannot adjust the zoom factor by turning the < > ring counterclockwise. However, you can set the focal length to 120 mm by turning the < > clockwise.
> ring counterclockwise. However, you can set the focal length to 120 mm by turning the < > clockwise.With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the focal length of the lens can be increased by approximately 1.4x or 1.8x. This can reduce camera shake because the shutter speed is faster than it would be if you zoomed (including using digital zoom) in to the same zoom factor.
1. Press the <MENU> button, and from the [Shooting] tab ( ) set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.4x] or [1.8x].
) set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.4x] or [1.8x].
IMPORTANT
- The digital tele-converter cannot be used with digital zoom or AF-point zoom.
- If the <Mode dial> is set to any of the following modes, neither digital tele-converter 1.4x nor digital tele-converter 1.8x can be set.
- <AUTO> ( 
), <SCN> (
), <Creative Filter> ( 
)
), <SCN> ( ), <Creative Filter> ( )NOTE
- The respective focal lengths when using [1.4x] and [1.8x] are 33.6 – 168.0 mm and 43.2 – 216.0 mm (35mm film equivalent).
- The shutter speed may be equivalent when you move the zoom lever all the way toward <
> for maximum telephoto, and when you zoom in to enlarge the subject to the same size using [Digital Zoom].