Sony DSC-S45 - Manual (Page 38)

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Camera
The default settings are marked with .
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 zoom
• When you press the zoom button, the zoom scaling indicator appears as follows.
• The maximum zoom scale of smart zoom/precision zoom includes the scale of the optical zoom.
• When using the smart zoom, the image on the screen may look rough. However, this phenomenon has no
effect on the recorded image.
Digital Zoom
Smart
(Smart zoom)
(
)
Enlarges the image digitally with almost no distortion. This is
not available when the image size is set to [5M] or [3:2].
• The maximum zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the
following table.
Precision
(Precision digital 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
3M Approx. 3.7
1M Approx. 6.0
VGA(E-Mail) Approx. 12.0
The W side of this line is the optical zoom area,
and the T side is the digital zoom area
Zoom scaling indicator