Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end) (PowerShot SX710 HS)
19-Dec-2014
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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 120x enlargement.
- Set the [Digital zoom] to [Standard].
Press the <MENU> button, choose [Digital Zoom] on the [Shooting] tab (
), and then set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
), and then set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].
IMPORTANT
- 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 by moving the zoom lever to the largest possible zoom factor
- Zoomed images may look grainy under some resolution settings and zoom factors. In this case, the zoom factor is shown in blue.
- The [Digital Zoom] cannot be used in the following modes:
-[Creative Shot] (
), [Handheld NightScene] (
), [Low Light] (
), [Fish-eye Effect] (
), [Miniature Effect] (
), [Toy Camera Effect] (
), [Soft Focus] (
), [Monochrome] (
), [Super Vivid] (
), [Poster Effect] (
), [Short Clip] (
)
), [Handheld NightScene] (), [Low Light] (), [Fish-eye Effect] (), [Miniature Effect] (), [Toy Camera Effect] (), [Soft Focus] (), [Monochrome] (), [Super Vivid] (), [Poster Effect] (), [Short Clip] ()NOTE
- The combined focal length of optical and digital zoom is 25 – 3000 mm (25 – 750 mm for the optical zoom only)(35mm equivalent)
- Depending on the recording pixel setting and zoom factor, the images may appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).
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 approximately 1.6x or 2.0x. This can reduce camera shake because the shutter speed is faster than it would be if you zoomed (including using digital zoom) in to the same zoom factor.
- Set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.6x] or [2.0x].
1. Press the [ 
] button, and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.6x] or [2.0x].
] button, and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.6x] or [2.0x].
IMPORTANT
- The [Digital tele-converter] cannot be used with digital zoom or AF-point zoom.
- The [Digital tele-converter] is only available when the aspect ratio is set to [4:3].
- The [Digital tele-converter] (both [1.6x] and [2.0x]) is only available when the camera is set to one of the following shooting modes:
, 
, 
, 
, and 
.
NOTE
- The respective focal lengths when using [1.6x] and [2.0x] are 40.0 – 1200 mm and 50.0 – 1500 mm (35mm film equivalent).