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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.

•AF mode setting is invalid when the Face Detection function is activated.

•When using semi manual, [Single] is automatically selected.

Digital Zoom

Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 5×). When the zoom scale exceeds 5×, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.

Smart

Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image

(Smart zoom)

will not be distorted, according to the image size.

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This is not available when:

–The image size is set to [10M], [3:2 (8M)] or [16:9 (7M)] (DSC-W170 only).

–The image size is set to [8M], [3:2 (7M)] or [16:9 (6M)] (DSC- W150 only).

•The total zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the following table.

Precision

Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of

(Precision digital zoom)

approximately 10×, including the optical zoom 5×. However,

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note that the picture quality deteriorates when the optical

 

 

zoom scale is exceeded.

 

 

 

Off

 

Does not use the digital zoom.

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