Digital zoom, Selects digital zoom mode, Help guide – Sony DSC-H400 User Manual

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Digital Still Camera

DSC-H400

Digital Zoom

Selects digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 63×). When the zoom scale is
exceeded, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.

1. Set the camera to shooting mode.

2. MENU -

(Settings) -

(Shooting Settings) - [Digital Zoom] - desired mode - on the control button

(Smart)(Default settings):

Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image will not be distorted, according to the image size (Smart
zoom).

(Precision):

Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of approximately 126×, including the optical zoom 63×. However, note
that image quality deteriorates when the optical zoom scale is exceeded (Precision digital zoom).
Off:
Does not use digital zoom.

Note

[Digital Zoom] is not available in the following situations:

In [Sweep Panorama]
When [Self-Timer] is set to [Self-portrait One Person] or [Self-portrait Two People].

Smart zoom is not available when you record movies or the image size is set to [20M] or [16:9 (15M)].
The Face Detection function does not operate in the range of [Digital Zoom].

Total zoom scale when using Smart zoom (including optical zoom 63×)

The supported zoom ratio differs depending on image size.
Image size and total zoom scale:
10M: Approx. 89×
5M: Approx. 120×
VGA: Approx. 500×
16:9(2M): Approx. 160×