Sony DSC-P200 - Manual (Page 44)

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Camera 1
1
The default settings are marked with .
Selects the auto focus operation mode.
• When shooting using the finder with the LCD screen off, the camera operates in the [Single] mode.
Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 3×).
When the zoom scale exceeds 3×, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
Image size and maximum zoom scale using [Smart]
• When you press the zoom button, the zoom scaling indicator appears as follows.
AF Mode
Single (S AF) Automatically adjusts the focus when the shutter button is
pressed and held halfway down. This mode is useful for
shooting stationary subjects.
Monitor (M AF) Automatically adjusts the focus before the shutter button is
pressed and held halfway down. This mode shortens the time
needed for focusing.
• Battery consumption is faster than in [Single] mode.
Digital Zoom
Smart
(Smart zoom)
(
)
Enlarges the image digitally with almost no distortion. This is
not available when the image size is set to [7M] or [3:2].
• The maximum zoom scale of [Smart] is shown in the following
table.
Precision
(Precision zoom) (
)
Enlarges all image sizes up to a maximum of 6×, but the
image quality deteriorates.
Off ( ) Does not use the digital zoom.
Size Maximum zoom scale
5M Approx. 3.6×
3M Approx. 4.5×
1M Approx. 7.2×
VGA(E-Mail) Approx. 14.0×
The W side of this line is the optical zoom area,
and the T side is the digital zoom area
Zoom scaling indicator