Samsung SMX-K40LN-XAA - Manual (Page 79)

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Zoom Type
The memory camcorder offers three types of zoom: optical, intelligent and digital zoom when recording videos.
item contents
on-screen
display
"OpticalZoom" Only optical zoom is available up to 52x. None
"Intelli-Zoom"
- The camcorder zooms the full width of the image sensor to obtain a larger zoom range
without any deterioration in image quality.
- Intelli-zoom is available up to 65x.
None
"DigitalZoom"
- When this option is selected, the camcorder will switch automatically to the digital zoom
when you zoom in beyond the optical or intelligent zoom range. With the digital zoom the
image is processed digitally so image quality will deteriorate the more you zoom in.
- Digital zoom is available up to 2200x.
None
The image quality may deteriorate depending on how much you zoom in on the subject.
Maximum zooming may result in lower image quality.
The Optical Zoom and the Intelli-Zoom preserve the video quality, but during digital zoom the image quality may suffer.
The zoom range will change depending on the aspect ratio of the video.
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This right side of the bar shows the digital zooming zone.
The zooming zone appears when you move the zoom lever.