Canon A800 - Manual (Page 50)

Zooming in More Closely on Subjects (Digital Zoom)
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Digital Tele-Converter
The focal length of the lens can be increased by approximately 1.4x or
approximately 2.3x. This enables a faster shutter speed and less chance of
camera shake than the zoom (including digital zoom) used by itself at the
same zoom factor.
However, a recording pixel setting
(p. 55) of or will cause images to
appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).
Display the menu.
z Press the n button.
Choose [Digital Zoom].
z Press the zoom buttons to choose the 4
tab.
z Press the op buttons to choose [Digital
Zoom].
Choose the setting.
z Press the qr buttons to choose a
magnification.
z Press the n button to complete the
setting and restore the shooting screen.
X The view will be enlarged and the zoom
factor will appear on the screen.
z To return to standard digital zoom, choose
[Digital Zoom] and the [Standard] option.
• The respective focal lengths when using [1.4x] and [2.3x] are
approximately 51.8 – 171 mm and approximately 85.1 – 281 mm (35mm
film equivalent).
• The digital tele-converter cannot be used together with the digital zoom.
• The shutter speeds may be the same when at maximum telephoto ( i),
and when zoomed in on the subject using Step 2 on p. 49 .