Sony DSC-HX200V - Manual (Page 49)

You can combine certain zoom settings to zoom in at high magnification. The icon on the screen
changes in accordance with the zoom you use.
Zoom with the original image quality
(You can shoot still images without deteriorating the original image quality even if the optical zoom
scale exceeds 30× magnification.)
(
) [Clear Image Zoom]:
Zoom with close to the original image quality [Details]
( ) [Digital Zoom]:
Less than the original image quality [Details]
Operation Settings Zoom bar
A Using optical zoom only
Still Image Size: [18M]
[Clear Image Zoom]: [Off]
[Digital Zoom]: [Off]
B Zooming images without
deterioration
Still Image Size: other than
[18M]
[Clear Image Zoom]: [Off]
[Digital Zoom]: [Off]
C
Shooting clear images using
[Clear Image Zoom] (close to the
original image quality)
[Clear Image Zoom]: [On]
[Digital Zoom]: [Off]
D Zooming to the maximum zoom
range
[Clear Image Zoom]: [On]
[Digital Zoom]: [On]
[Clear Image Zoom] may
not be available for some
settings. [Details]
When [Clear Image Zoom] is
not available
Zoom scale
The supported zoom scales are different depending on the settings or the image size. The table below
summarizes the zoom scales when [Clear Image Zoom] and [Digital Zoom] are set to [On].
Image
size
Operation
D: Zoom with
maximum
zoom scale
*1
A:
Optical
zoom
B: Zoom by
range
without
deterioration
(including 30×
optical zoom)
C: Zoom with [Clear Image
Zoom] [On]
18M 30Ч 30Ч 60Ч 120Ч
10M 30Ч 40Ч 80Ч 161Ч
5M 30Ч 56Ч 113Ч 226Ч
VGA 30Ч 229Ч 459Ч 459Ч *2
16:9(13M) 30Ч 30Ч 60Ч 120Ч
16:9(2M) 30Ч 76Ч 153Ч 306Ч
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