Sony DSC-S40 Operating Instructions (Camera) - Page 42

Camera 1, AF Mode, Digital Zoom

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Camera 1 1 For details on the operation t page 41 The default settings are marked with . AF Mode Selects the auto focus operation 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. • When shooting using the finder with the LCD screen off, the camera operates in the [Single] mode. Digital Zoom 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. Smart (Smart zoom) ( ) Enlarges the image digitally with almost no distortion. This is not available when the image size is set to [4M] 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. Image size and maximum zoom scale using Smart zoom Size 4M 3M 1M VGA(E-Mail) Maximum zoom scale - Approx. 3.4× Approx. 5.4× Approx. 10× 42

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For details on the operation
t
page 41
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 zoom
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 [4M] 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
4M
—
3M
Approx. 3.4×
1M
Approx. 5.4×
VGA(E-Mail)
Approx. 10×