Techniques for shooting with the zoom (on the telephoto end) (PowerShot ELPH 310 HS / IXUS 230 HS)

If you cannot shoot the subject up close with the optical zoom, please consider the following.

Using the digital zoom

You can use the digital zoom to zoom up to a maximum of approximately 32x and capture subjects that are too far away for the optical zoom to enlarge.

Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to [Standard].

Caution

Caution

Using the safety zoom

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 (safety zoom).

To shoot with the digital zoom without causing the image quality to degrade, please shoot within the range of the safety zoom.

Using the digital tele-converter

With the [Digital Tele-Converter] setting, the focal length of the lens can be increased by a factor equivalent to 1.5x or 2.0x. 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.

Press the ⋖MENU⋗ button (), and from the [Shooting] tab () set the [Digital Zoom] to either [1.5x] or [2.0x].

Caution

recording pixel setting of [Large] () or [Medium 1] () will cause images to appear coarse (the zoom factor will appear in blue).

The digital tele-converter cannot be used together with the digital zoom.

The digital-teleconverter can only be used with the 4:3 aspect ratio.

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 1.5x or Digital Tele-converter 2.0x can be set.

Caution