Sony DSC-HX1 - Manual (Page 101)

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Digital Zoom
Selects the Digital Zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 20×).
When the zoom scale is exceeded, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
1 Set the camera to shooting mode
2 MENU t (Settings) t (Shooting Settings) t [Digital Zoom] t
desired mode t z on the control button
• Digital zoom is not available in the following cases:
– (Advanced Sports Shooting) is selected in the Scene Selection mode
– Shooting movies
– The Smile Shutter is working
– Shooting with
(Sweep Panorama)
• The smart zoom is not available when the image size is set to [9M], [3:2(8M)] or [16:9(6M)].
• The Face Detection function does not work when using the digital zoom.
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 (Smart zoom).
Precision ( ) Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of approximately
40
× , including the optical zoom 20 × . However, note that the picture
quality deteriorates when the optical zoom scale is exceeded
(Precision digital zoom).
Off Does not use the digital zoom.
Notes
Total zoom scale when using smart zoom
(including optical zoom 20×)
Size Total zoom scale
5M Approx. 26×
3M Approx. 33×
VGA Approx. 108×
16:9(2M) Approx. 36Ч