Sony DSC T5 User Guide - Page 45

Camera 1, AF Mode, Digital Zoom

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Using the Setup screen Camera 1 1 For details on the operation t page 44 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. 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 [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. Image size and maximum zoom scale using Smart zoom Size 3M 1M VGA(E-Mail) 16:9(HDTV) Maximum zoom scale Approx. 3.8× Approx. 6.1× Approx. 12× Approx. 4.1× • When you press the zoom button, the zoom scaling indicator appears as follows. The W side of this line is the optical zoom area, and the T side is the digital zoom area Zoom scaling indicator 45

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Using the Setup screen
For details on the operation
t
page 44
Camera 1
1
The default settings are marked with
Selects the auto focus operation 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
When you press the zoom button, the zoom scaling indicator appears as follows.
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 [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. 3.8×
1M
Approx. 6.1×
VGA(E-Mail)
Approx. 12×
16:9(HDTV)
Approx. 4.1×
The W side of this line is the optical zoom area,
and the T side is the digital zoom area
Zoom scaling indicator