Sony DSC-G3 - Manual (Page 71)

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Digital Zoom
Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 4×).
When the zoom scale is exceeded, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
1 t (Settings) t [Shooting Settings] t
t [Digital Zoom] t t desired mode
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• The digital zoom function does not operate when using Face Detection or when recording movies.
• The smart zoom is not available when the image size is set to [10M], [3:2(8M)] or [16:9(7M)].
The supported zoom ratio differs depending on the image size.
Smart ( ) Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image will
not be distorted, according to the image size.
Precision ( ) Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of approximately
8
× , including the optical zoom 4 × . However, note that the picture
quality deteriorates when the optical zoom scale is exceeded.
Off Does not use the digital zoom.
Notes
Total zoom scale when using Smart zoom
(including optical zoom 4×)
Size Total zoom scale
5M Approx. 5.6×
3M Approx. 7.1×
VGA Approx. 22×
16:9(2M) Approx. 7.6Ч