Panasonic DMC-FZ18 - Manual (Page 31)

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• When you rotate the zoom lever, you may
hear some sound from the camera or the
camera may shake. This is not a
malfunction.
• When using the zoom function, an
estimate of the focus range will appear in
conjunction with the zoom display bar.
(Example: 0.99 ft. –
c)
This camera has a 18
M optical zoom.
However, if the picture size is not set to the
highest setting for each aspect ratio [
/
/ ], a maximum of 28.7
M optical
zoom can be achieved with no picture
quality deterioration.
w Extended optical zoom mechanism
When you set the picture size to [
]
(3M EZ) (3 million pixels), the 8M
(8.1 million pixels) CCD area is cropped to
the center 3M (3 million pixels) area,
allowing a picture with a higher zoom effect.
w Picture size and maximum zoom
magnification
(
n: Available, —: Not available)
• “EZ” is an abbreviation of
“Extended optical Zoom”.
• If you set a picture size that activates the
extended optical zoom, the extended
optical zoom icon [
] is displayed on the
screen when you use the zoom function.
• The on-screen zoom indication may not
change consecutively if you rotate the
zoom lever near the Tele position when
the extended optical zoom is used. This is
not a malfunction.
• The indicated zoom magnification is an
approximation.
• In [HIGH SENS.] in scene mode, the
extended optical zoom does not work.
A maximum of 72
M zoom can be achieved
with the 18
M optical zoom and the 4M
digital zoom when [D.ZOOM] is set to [ON]
in the [REC] mode menu. However, if a
picture size that can use extended optical
zoom is selected, a maximum of 115
M
zoom can be achieved with the 28.7
M
extended optical zoom and the 4
M digital
zoom.
w Menu operation
1 Press [MENU/SET].
• When in advanced scene mode or
scene mode, select the [REC] mode
menu (
) and then press
.
2 Press / to select [D.ZOOM]
and then press
.
Using the Extended Optical Zoom
(EZ)
Aspect
ratio
(P75)
Picture size
(P76)
Maximum
zoom magni-
fication (Tele)
Extended
optical
zoom
(8M)
18
M
— (7M)
(6M)
(5M EZ)
23 M n
(4.5M EZ)
(3.5M EZ)
(3M EZ)
(2M EZ)
(0.3M EZ)
28.7 M n
(2.5M EZ)
(2M EZ)
Using the Digital Zoom
Further extending the zoom