graeme_hutton Posted July 14, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 14, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Could someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong? I fancy trying the ‘iZoom’ feature on my 109 but note it is greyed out and unavailable in the menu. I’ve been round and round the manual trying to figure out what I’ve overridden to cause this, but to no avail. Thanks Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BrianH8er Posted July 14, 2018 Share #2 Posted July 14, 2018 Does p173 not guide you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_hutton Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted July 14, 2018 Does p173 not guide you? Followed it to the letter I think. Just get a greyed reading which I cannot select. Thanks though! Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Braun Posted July 14, 2018 Share #4 Posted July 14, 2018 Followed it to the letter I think. Just get a greyed reading which I cannot select. Thanks though! Graeme Did you deactivate RAW, either solo or combined with JPG?. See last line of the notes on p173. Andreas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_hutton Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted July 14, 2018 Did you deactivate RAW, either solo or combined with JPG?. See last line of the notes on p173. Andreas Ah, thank you but that would be a deal breaker if I can’t shoot RAW. Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Braun Posted July 14, 2018 Share #6 Posted July 14, 2018 Ah, thank you but that would be a deal breaker if I can’t shoot RAW. Graeme I don't consider it a deal breaker. You can always crop from the RAW in order to simulate the iZoom, because the iZoom is nothing else than a croped image which is upscaled to full pixel count.The only advantage of iZoom is the ability to choose the crop already while taking the image. And let's face it: even 150mm focal length is by no means sufficient to get really close. This would at least require about 300mm or - better - 500mm. Andreas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_hutton Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted July 14, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) I don't consider it a deal breaker. You can always crop from the RAW in order to simulate the iZoom, because the iZoom is nothing else than a croped image which is upscaled to full pixel count.The only advantage of iZoom is the ability to choose the crop already while taking the image. And let's face it: even 150mm focal length is by no means sufficient to get really close. This would at least require about 300mm or - better - 500mm. Andreas Just to be clear Andreas - Are you saying I have to deactivate RAW and only shoot Jpeg to allow iZoom? Thank you again, Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH8er Posted July 15, 2018 Share #8 Posted July 15, 2018 He is saying one has to use ONLY JPG. This is what p163 says. All the conditions where it does not work. Most if not all the iFunctions only work with JPG. Suggest you try it and then form an opinion you may be able to live without RAW. Life is a compromise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Braun Posted July 15, 2018 Share #9 Posted July 15, 2018 Just to be clear Andreas - Are you saying I have to deactivate RAW and only shoot Jpeg to allow iZoom? Thank you again, Graeme Well Graeme, iZoom does indeed work only if no quality setting with RAW is selected. To enable iZoom only JPG-settings are allowed. AFIK, this applies to all cameras. I've arranged a simple workaround: one of the programmable function buttons can be used for the "Quality" selection (RAW, RAW+JPG, JPG). With the JPG function selected the iZoom now is set to permanently "ON". If you now select a RAW or RAW+JPG function iZoom will be disabled but enabled automatically if a JPG-only function is selected. Thus this function button works like a toggle switch for enabling/disabling iZoom. Because I'm using iZoom rather seldom I can accept the fact that this can only be done without RAW. Although the D-Lux JPG-output is quite acceptable it is rather seldom that some tweaking would not result in even better images. But if you start processing the JPGs it's much more rewarding to process generally from the RAWs. Thus the RAWs are the way to go and the restriction with the iZoom on JPGs is only minute. Andreas Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_hutton Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share #10 Posted July 15, 2018 Very smart Andreas thank you. Thank you also Brian for your clarification. Regards Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_hutton Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share #11 Posted July 15, 2018 Set it up as you suggested Andreas and working a treat now. Won’t use it much but it’s handy to know it’s there if needed. Best Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Braun Posted July 15, 2018 Share #12 Posted July 15, 2018 Set it up as you suggested Andreas and working a treat now. Won’t use it much but it’s handy to know it’s there if needed. Best Graeme That's my usage as well. Glad you like it. BTW, I'm using Fn2 [WIFI] for this application. Never use WIFI because it transfers only JPGs and it's kind of cumbersome. Andreas Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_hutton Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted July 15, 2018 That's my usage as well. Glad you like it. BTW, I'm using Fn2 [WIFI] for this application. Never use WIFI because it transfers only JPGs and it's kind of cumbersome. Andreas That’s what I chose too. G Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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