Sony DSC-H3/B Cyber-shot® Handbook - Page 71

Settings For details on the operation 1 page 61 Customizing the settings AF Mode Selects the auto focus operation mode. Single Automatically adjusts the focus when you press and hold the shutter button halfway down. This mode is useful for shooting stationary subjects. Monitor Automatically adjusts the focus before you press and hold the shutter button halfway down. This mode shortens the time needed for focusing. • Battery consumption is faster than in [Single] mode. • You cannot use the AF illuminator when: - [Face Detection] is set to [On]. - (Advanced Sports Shooting mode) is selected in the Scene Selection mode. Digital Zoom Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 10×). When the zoom scale exceeds 10×, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom. Smart (Smart zoom) () Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image will not be distorted, according to the image size. This is not available when the image size is set to [8M] or [3:2]. • The maximum zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the following table. Precision (Precision digital zoom) () Enlarges all image sizes a maximum of 20×, but the image quality deteriorates. Off Does not use the digital zoom. Image size and maximum zoom scale using Smart zoom Size 5M 3M VGA 16:9 Maximum zoom scale Approx. 12× Approx. 15× Approx. 51× Approx. 17× • You cannot use the Digital zoom when: - [Face Detection] is set to [On]. - (Advanced Sports Shooting mode) is selected in the Scene Selection mode. 71