Panasonic DMC-FX50 - Manual (Page 29)

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This camera has a 3.6 M optical zoom.
However, if the picture size is not set to the
highest setting for each aspect ratio [
/
/ ], a maximum of 5.5 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 7M (7 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)
• Refer to P74 for aspect ratio settings, P75
for picture size and P26 for simple mode
[
].
• “EZ” is an abbreviation of
“Extended optical Zoom”.
• You can further enhance the zoom
magnification with the extended optical
zoom without worrying about further
picture distortion.
• 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 zoom will stop moving for an instant
near [W] (1 M) when the extended optical
zoom is used. This is not a malfunction.
• The indicated zoom magnification is an
approximation.
• In motion picture mode [ ]and
[HIGH SENS.] in scene mode, the
extended optical zoom does not work.
Using the Extended Optical Zoom
(EZ)
Picture size with the
extended optical zoom
not activated [example:
[
] (7M)]
Picture size with the
extended optical zoom
activated [example:
[
] (3M EZ)]
Aspect
ratio
Picture size
Maximum
zoom
magnification
Extended
optical
zoom
/ (7M)
3.6 M — (6M)
(5.5M)
(5M EZ) 4.4 M n
(3M EZ)
(2M EZ)
(1M EZ)
/
(0.3M EZ)
5.5 M n
/
(2.5M EZ)
(2M EZ)