Using zoom, Optical zoom, Digital zoom – HP PhotoSmart 850 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Taking pictures and recording video clips

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Using zoom

Optical zoom

Press the

Zoom Out

and

Zoom

In

buttons to move the lens

between wide angle and telephoto

positions (1x to 8x).

NOTE

If you set the camera to

Macro

focus, you can only

zoom to 3.5x.

Digital zoom

NOTE

You cannot use digital zoom while recording

video clips.

1

Press the

Zoom in

button to optically zoom in to the

maximum level, then release the button.

2

Press the

Zoom in

button again

and hold it until you reach the

desired size in the active display.

A red border surrounds the area

of the image that will be captured.

The

Resolution

number in the

upper-left corner of the screen

also becomes smaller as you digitally zoom. For example,

2.3

appears in place of

4 MP

,

indicating that the image is

being cropped down to a size of 2.3 Megapixels.

3

Make sure the red border frames your subject, and then

press the

Shutter

button to take the picture.

To turn digital zoom off and return to optical zoom, press the

Zoom Out

button until digital zooming stops. Release the

button, and then press the button again.

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