Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end) (PowerShot ELPH 520 HS / IXUS 500 HS)
13-Feb-2012
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Solution
If you cannot shoot the subject up close with the optical zoom, please consider the following.
When distant subjects are too far away to enlarge using the optical zoom, use digital zoom for up to about 48x enlargement.
- Set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard]
Press the <MENU> button (
), and from the [Shooting] tab (
) set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
IMPORTANT
- At aspect ratios other than [4:3], digital zoom is not available ([Digital Zoom] is set to [Off]).
- Moving the zoom lever will display the zoom bar (which indicates the zoom position). The color of the zoom bar will change depending on the zoom range.
- White range: optical zoom range where the image will not appear grainy.
- Yellow range: digital zoom range where the image is not noticeably grainy (ZoomPlus).
- Blue range: digital zoom range where the image will appear grainy.
Because the blue range will not be available at some resolution settings, the maximum zoom factor can be achieved
- The [Digital Zoom] cannot be used in the following modes.
- [Movie Dijest] (
), [Smooth Skin] (
), [High-speed Burst HQ] (
), [Handheld NightScene] (
), [Stitch Assist] (
), [Low light] (
), [Soft Focus] (
), [Fish-eye Effect] (
), [Miniature Effect] (
), [Toy Camera Effect] (
), [Monochrome] (
), [Super Vivid] (
), [Poster Effect] (
), [Color Accent] (
), [Color Swap] (
), [Super Slow Motion Movie] (
)
), [Smooth Skin] (), [High-speed Burst HQ] (), [Handheld NightScene] (), [Stitch Assist] (), [Low light] (), [Soft Focus] (), [Fish-eye Effect] (), [Miniature Effect] (), [Toy Camera Effect] (), [Monochrome] (), [Super Vivid] (), [Poster Effect] (), [Color Accent] (), [Color Swap] (), [Super Slow Motion Movie] ()NOTE
- The focal lengths when using the optical zoom and digital zoom together are as follows (all focal lengths are 35mm film equivalent): 28 – 1344 mm (28 – 336 mm when using the optical zoom alone)
Depending on how you have set the number of recording pixels and the magnification of the [Digital zoom], the [Zoom bar] may be displayed in yellow (ZoomPlus).
To shoot with the [Digital zoom] without causing the image quality to degrade, please shoot within the range of the ZoomPlus.
With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the focal length of the lens can be increased by a factor equivalent to 1.4x or 2.3x. This makes it possible to increase the magnification without compromising the brightness of the lens even more than increasing the magnification to the same rate in ordinary zoom operations (including digital zoom), enabling you to shoot with a faster shutter speed, thereby minimizing camera shake and subject blurring.
- Set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.4x] or [2.3x]
Press the <MENU> button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.4x] or [2.3x].
), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.4x] or [2.3x].
IMPORTANT
- Images will look grainy at a resolution of [Large] (
) when you use a [2.3x digital tele-converter]. In this case, the zoom factor is shown in blue. - The [Digital tele-converter] cannot be used with [digital zoom] and [AF-point zoom].
- The [Digital tele-converter] can only be used in an aspect ratio of [4:3].
- In cases where you have pressed the <Zoom lever> to maximum telephoto (
), the shutter speed may be the same as when zoomed in on the subject using digital zoom. - When the shooting mode is Program AE (
), either Digital Tele-converter 1.4x or Digital Tele-converter 2.3x can be set.
NOTE
- The respective focal lengths when using [1.4x] and [2.3x] are 39.2 – 470 mm and 64.4 – 773 mm (35mm film equivalent).