Digital Zoom, Macro Mode | Minolta 7Hi guide

DIGITAL ZOOM

The digital zoom doubles the lens magnification. The digital zoom cannot be used with RAW image quality or in movie recording.

Press the magnification button (1) on the back of the camera. The effect is immediately displayed. Pressing the magnification button a second time cancels the digital zoom.

The live image is enlarged on the LCD monitor and is cropped with a shaded border in the EVF. X2.0 is displayed in the monitors when the digital zoom is in effect. When using the wide focus area (p. 44), the AF sensor will not appear to indicate the point of focus.

EVF	LCD monitor

When an image is taken with the digital zoom, the final image size depends on the image-size setting on the camera. The image is trimmed and then the total number of pixels are interpolated to produce an image with a pixel resolution shown in the chart.

Image size setting
2560 X 1920 1600 X 1200 1280 X 960	640 X 480

Recorded

1280 X 960 1280 X 960 1280 X 960 640 X 480

image size

1280 X 960 UHS continuous-advance images are resized to 640 X 480.

46ADVANCED RECORDING

MACRO MODE

The macro mode is used for close-up photographs of small objects. The marco mode can be used with the digital zoom to increase the close-up effect. Subject programs and movie recording can be used with the macro setting. The built-in flash cannot be used with macro mode.

Align one of the arrows on the zoom ring with the arrow next to the macro switch. The lens must be zoomed to the wide-angle or telephoto position for the macro switch to engage.

Slide the macro switch on the lens barrel forward. The camera is now in macro mode. The macro icon is displayed in the lower right corner of the monitors. Make sure the subject is within the macro focusing range:

Wide angle: 0.3 - 0.6m / 12 - 24 in from the CCD.

Telephoto: 0.25 - 0.6m / 10 - 24 in from the CCD.

The zoom ring will be locked at the wide-angle position in macro mode. At the telephoto position, the zoom ring can move slightly to make fine adjustments to image size.

To return to normal recording mode, slide the macro switch	Approximate location of
towards the rear of the lens.	the CCD plane.

Shooting tips

Because of the high image magnification, hand holding cameras during close-up photography is very difficult. When possible, use a tripod.

Use the Flex Focus Point (p. 45) to specify the area to be within focus. Because depth of field (the area in focus) is narrow in close-up photogra- phy, using focus lock with off-center subjects can cause minor errors which are exaggerated at high magnifications.

The variable position EVF makes working in tight spaces and at low levels easy. The EVF can be tilted between 0° and 90°.