Panasonic — Basic Owner's Manual: Panasonic DC-ZS80 — Digital Camera Guide (EN)

Preparations/Basics Basic operations Zoom lever (Use zoom) Optical Zoom: You can zoom in without degrading the picture quality. Maximum magnification: 30x Capture a wider area (wide-angle) Enlarge the subject (telephoto) Extended optical zoom: This function works when picture sizes with [ ] have been selected in [Picture Size]. Extended optical zoom allows you to zoom in using a higher zoom ratio than optical zoom, without degrading the picture quality. Maximum magnification: 59.2x 1 1 Including the optical zoom ratio. [i.Zoom]: Set the [i.Zoom] in the [Rec]/[Motion Picture] menu to [ON].

You can use the camera’s intelligent resolution technology to increase the zoom ratio up to 2x 2 higher than the original zoom ratio with limited deterioration of picture quality. 2 Up to 1.5x the original zoom ratio when [Picture Size] is set to [S] [Digital Zoom]: Set the [Digital Zoom] in the [Rec]/[Motion Picture] menu to [ON]. You can zoom in up to 4x the original zoom magnification. When [Digital Zoom] is used simultaneously with [i.Zoom], you can increase the combined zoom ratio up to 4x. Note that, with Digital Zoom, enlarging will decrease picture quality. When [Monitor Display Speed] is set to [ECO 30fps], Digital Zoom is not available (setting at the time of purchase).

When [LVF Display Speed] is set to [ECO 30fps], Digital Zoom is not available. 24 DVQX1803 (ENG)