Af Mode; Digital Zoom - Sony Cyber-shot 3-295-460-12(1) Handbook

Sony digital still camera user guide
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Settings

AF Mode

Selects the auto focus operation mode.
Single
Monitor
• AF Mode setting is invalid when:
– The Face Detection function or Smile Detection function is activated.
(Fireworks) mode is selected in the Scene Selection mode.
• Regardless of the AF Mode setting, the auto focus operation becomes the same with when [Monitor] is
selected when:
(Advanced Sports Shooting) mode is selected in the Scene Selection mode.
– [Flexible Spot AF] is selected in the Focus setting.
• When [Semi Manual] is selected in the Focus setting, the auto focus operation becomes the same with
when [Single] is selected.

Digital Zoom

Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 15×).
When the zoom scale exceeds 15×, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
Smart
(Smart zoom)
(
)
Precision
(Precision digital zoom)
(
)
Off
For details on the operation 1 page 89
Automatically adjusts the focus when you press and hold the
shutter button halfway down. This mode is useful for
shooting stationary subjects.
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.
Enlarges the image digitally within the range where the image
will not be distorted, according to the image size.
This is not available when the image size is set to [9M], [3:2
(8M)] or [16:9 (6M)].
• The total zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the following
table.
Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of
approximately 30×, including the optical zoom 15×.
However, note that the picture quality deteriorates when the
optical zoom scale is exceeded.
Does not use the digital zoom.
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