Digital Zoom - Sony Handycam DCR-PC330E Operation Manual

DIGITAL ZOOM

16:9 WIDE
62
Using the Menu
You can select the maximum zoom level in case you want to zoom to a level
greater than 10 times while recording on a tape. Note that the image quality
decreases when you are using the digital zoom. This function is useful when
recording enlarged pictures of a distant subject, such as a bird.
The right side of the bar shows the digital
zooming zone.
The zooming zone apears when you select the
zooming level.
GOFF
Select to deactivate the digital zoom. Up to 10 times zoom is
performed optically.
20 ×
Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 20 times zoom is
performed digitally.
120 ×
Select to activate the digital zoom. 10 times through 120 times zoom
is performed digitally.
You can record a 16:9 wide picture on the tape to watch on a 16:9 wide-screen TV
([16:9 WIDE] mode).
With this function [ON], your camcorder offers even wider angles when you
move the power zoom lever to the "W" side than recording in [OFF].
Refer also to the manuals supplied with your TV.
When viewed on the LCD screen/viewfinder
When viewed on a 16:9 wide screen TV*
When viewed on a standard TV**
* Picture appears in full screen when the wide-screen TV switches to full mode.
**Played in 4:3 mode. When you play a picture in the wide mode, it appears as you have seen
on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder.
GOFF
Standard setting (to record pictures to play back on a 4:3 TV). The
recorded picture will not be wide.