Olympus Stylus 500 User Manual download pdf (Page 37)

Basic shooting functions

Zooming in on a distant subject

You can zoom in on your subject using the optical zoom and digital zoom.

With the optical zoom, the image is enlarged by using the CCD when the

lens magnification is changed, and the image is formed by all the CCD

pixels. With the digital zoom, the area at the center of the image captured

by the CCD is cropped and enlarged back to size. When you zoom in on

a subject, you are essentially taking a small area of the picture and making

it bigger. Therefore, the greater the magnification with the digital zoom, the

grainier the resulting picture will be.

The following zoom magnifications are available on this camera.

Optical zoom 3× (equivalent to 35 mm to 105 mm on a

35 mm film camera)

Digital zoom 4×

Optical zoom + digital zoom Max. 12×

Note that camera movement is likely to occur at higher magnifications.

1 Press the zoom button.

Using the optical zoom

Mode dial

Zoom button

Zoom out:

Press the W side of the zoom button

Zoom in:

Press the T side of the zoom button

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Olympus Stylus 500 User Manual Page 37