Camera

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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.

When shooting using the finder with the LCD screen off, the camera operates in the [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

 

 

 

Enlarges the image digitally with almost no distortion. This is

 

(Smart zoom)

 

not available when the image size is set to [6M] or [3:2].

 

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)

 

 

• The maximum zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the

 

 

 

 

 

following table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Precision

 

Enlarges all image sizes up to a maximum of 6×, but the

 

(Precision digital zoom)

 

image quality deteriorates.

 

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)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

 

 

Does not use the digital zoom.

 

 

 

 

 

Image size and maximum zoom scale using Smart zoom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

 

 

Maximum zoom scale

 

3M

 

 

 

Approx. 4.1×

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2M

 

 

 

Approx. 5.2×

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA(E-Mail)

 

 

Approx. 13×

 

 

 

 

 

 

16:9(HDTV)

 

 

Approx. 4.4×

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 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

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