RECORDING MODE

DIGITAL ZOOM

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

MANUAL FOCUS

Manual control over focus is simple. The focus mode button (AF/MF) (1) toggles between automatic and manual focus. The

CCD plane

Press the magnification button on the back of the camera. The effect is immediately displayed.

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.

Pressing the magnification button a second time cancels the digital zoom.

When using the wide focus area (p. 66), the AF sensor will not appear to indicate the point of focus.

EVF

MF icon is displayed on the data panel and monitors when the camera is in the manual- focus mode.

Use the focus ring (2) at the rear of the lens barrel to make a sharp image in the EVF or on the LCD monitor. The approximate distance from the CCD to the subject is displayed on the monitors. Manual focus can be used with movie recording and in macro mode.

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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.

LCD monitor

ELECTRONIC MAGNIFICATION (DIMAGE 7 ONLY)

The magnification button can be used to enlarge the center of the image by X4 to aid manual focusing. This function has no effect on the final image size. This function is activated using the custom 1 section of the recording-mode menu (p. 80); activating this function disables the digital zoom. Electronic magnification can only be used to

 

 

Image size setting

 

 

Full

1600 X 1200

1280 X 960

640 X 480

 

 

 

 

 

DiMAGE 7

1280 X 960

1280 X 960

1280 X 960

640 X 480

 

 

 

 

 

DiMAGE 5

1024 X 768

1024 X 768

1024 X 768

640 X 480

check manual focus. The magnified display cannot be used to set the exposure.

Press the magnification button on the back of the camera.

• The magnifier icon is displayed on the monitors when electronic magnification is in effect.

• Pressing the magnification button a second time cancels the function.

When the shutter-release button is pressed partway down, the magnified display is canceled showing the entire image area.

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Minolta dimage7, Dimage 5 instruction manual Digital Zoom, Manual Focus, Electronic Magnification Dimage 7 only