About the safety zoom – Canon PowerShot G10 User Manual
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About the Safety Zoom
Depending on the number of recording pixels set, you can shift from
optical zoom to digital zoom without pausing up to a factor where the
image quality does not deteriorate (Safety Zoom).
displays when
reaching the maximum zoom factor without image deterioration.
Pressing the zoom lever toward
again allows you to zoom even
further (not available in
).
Depending on the number of recording pixels set, the Safety Zoom
zone (factor) varies as follows (
: the number is the zoom factor
at which zooming pauses).
z
The digital zoom cannot be used when the LCD monitor is
turned off.
z
The digital zoom cannot be used in
or
mode.
Recording pixels Optical zoom
Digital zoom
The color of
the zoom bar
White (
)
Yellow (
)
Blue (
)
Zone without deterioration
Zone with
deterioration