Sony NEX-EA50 NXCAM Handbook page 23

New creative possibilities with high-quality digital zoom
High-resolution digital zooming with no loss of picture quality
The in-camera digital zoom delivers up to 2 x zoom capability without compromising picture quality. The high-resolution APS-C
image sensor has 13.6 million effective pixels in total and 3.4 million pixels at 2 x zoom, well above the 2.07 million pixels of
Full HD specifications. This unprecedented level of resolution allows high-quality digital zooming with no loss of picture quality.
Normal frame area
13.6 million pixels
The NEX-EA50 image sensor has superior resolution to HD even at 2 x zoom
The digital zoom also enables innovative "fixed bokeh" effects by maintaining a constant depth of field, which is virtually impossible
with an optical zoom.
Without "ramping" loss of light
Digital zooming with fix focal length lenses prevents "ramping" loss of light in the telephoto end
that is ideal for shooting in low light conditions with fast, fixed focal length lenses.
(i.e. SAL50F14 50mm f/1.4 and LA-EA2 plus digital zoom = 75mm to 150mm effective focal range without light loss)
Up to 22 x zoom (644 mm equivalent) when used in combination with supplied lens
Used in combination with the supplied lens, which offers 11 x optical zoom (18 – 200 mm), the NEX-EA50 digital zoom delivers up to
22 x zoom (29 – 644 mm at 35-mm equivalent).
Using in-camera digital zoom together with optical zoom of supplied lens
TIPS
The supplied lens has a zoom lever on the left-hand side of the lens while the in-camera digital zoom has its own zoom
lever on the camera body. For best results, the optical and digital zoom systems should be operated independently.
■Set camera zoom lever to digital zoom
MENU -> CAMERA SET → ZOOM SET → ZOOM LEVER → DIGITAL ZOOM
■ Use zoom lever on lens to adjust the optical zoom.
Zoom lever on camera—2 x digital zoom
Frame area at 2 x zoom
cropped to 3.4 million pixels
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HD (1920 x 1080) display
2.07 million pixels
Zoom lever on lens—11 x optical zoom