Panasonic DMC-ZS20 Webcam User Manual


 
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Using Zoom
Zoom types and use
The zoom ratio changes when the number of recording pixels is changed.
Optical Zoom
Zooming in up to 20x is possible if pictures without have been selected by [Picture
Size] on the [Rec] menu. (→95)
Optical Zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• Scene Mode ([Panorama Shot])
• [Macro Zoom]
Extra optical zoom
Zooming in up to 42.2x is possible when pictures with have been selected by
[Picture Size] on the [Rec] menu (→95). EZ is short for “Extra optical zoom”.
Extra optical zoom cannot be used in the following cases:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
• [Macro Zoom] • Motion picture • When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.] [High Speed Video])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
To increase the zoom ratio further, the following zoom can be used in combination.
[i.ZOOM]
You can use the camera’s Intelligent Resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio
up to 2x higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture quality.
Set [i.Resolution] to [i.ZOOM] on the [Rec] menu. (→102)
When [i.Resolution] is set to [i.ZOOM], Intelligent Resolution technology is applied to
the picture.
[i.ZOOM] does not function in the following cases.
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode (when [Motion Deblur] is [ON])
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.])
• When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect])
• [Macro Zoom]
[Digital Zoom]
Zoom 4x further than Optical/Extra optical zoom. Note that, with Digital Zoom, enlarging
will decrease picture quality. Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec] menu to [ON]. (→102)
Digital Zoom cannot be used in the following modes:
• [Intelligent Auto] Mode • When the [Burst] setting is set to , or
• Scene Modes ([Panorama Shot] [Handheld Night Shot] [HDR] [High Sens.]
[High Speed Video])
• [Creative Control] Mode ([Toy Effect] [Miniature Effect])
When Digital Zoom is used simultaneously with i.Zoom, you can only increase the
zoom ratio up to 2x.