Sony DSC-T500 Instruction Manual page 121

Settings
AF Mode
Selects the auto focus operation mode.
For details on the operation
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~ 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.
Digital Zoom
Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 5x).
When the zoom scale is exceeded, 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. This is not
(sQ.) available when the image size is set to [10M], [3:2(8M)] or
[16:9(7M)].
• 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 lOx, including the optical zoom 5x. However,
(pQ.) note that the picture quality deteriorates when the optical
zoom scale is exceeded.
Off
Does not use the digital zoom.
Image size and total zoom scale using Smart zoom (including optical zoom 5x)
•
Site·
5M
3M
VGA
Approx. 7.0x
Approx. 8.9x
Approx.28x
l6:9(2M) Approx. 9.5x
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