Sony DSC-W80/W Cyber-shot Handbook - Page 66

Settings For details on the operation 1 page 56 AF Mode Selects the auto focus operation mode. Single Automatically adjusts the focus when the shutter button is pressed and held halfway down. This mode is useful for shooting stationary subjects. Monitor 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 [Face Detection] is set to [On], the AF mode is disabled. 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) () Precision (Precision digital 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] (DSC-W90), [7M] (DSC-W80/W85) or [3:2]. • The maximum zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the following table. 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 5M 3M VGA 16:9 Maximum zoom scale DSC-W90 DSC-W80/W85 Approx. 3.8× Approx. 3.6× Approx. 4.8× Approx. 4.5× Approx. 15× Approx. 14× Approx. 5.1× Approx. 4.8× • When [Face Detection] is set to [On], you cannot use the Digital Zoom. • When you set the LCD screen to off, you cannot use the digital zoom. 66