Camera 1; Af Mode; Digital Zoom - Sony DSC-P200 Fall 2005 User's Manual / Troubleshooting

Camera 1

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The default settings are marked with

AF Mode

Selects the auto focus operation mode.
Single (S AF)
Monitor (M AF)
• 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
(Smart zoom)
( )
Precision
(Precision zoom) (
Off ( )
Image size and maximum zoom scale using [Smart]
Size
5M
3M
1M
VGA(E-Mail)
• When you press the zoom button, the zoom scaling indicator appears as follows.
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Automatically adjusts the focus when the shutter button is
pressed and held halfway down. This mode is useful for
shooting stationary subjects.
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.
Enlarges the image digitally with almost no distortion. This is
not available when the image size is set to [7M] or [3:2].
• The maximum zoom scale of [Smart] is shown in the following
table.
Enlarges all image sizes up to a maximum of 6×, but the
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image quality deteriorates.
Does not use the digital zoom.
Maximum zoom scale
Approx. 3.6×
Approx. 4.5×
Approx. 7.2×
Approx. 14.0×
The W side of this line is the optical zoom area,
and the T side is the digital zoom area
Zoom scaling indicator
For details on the operation page 43
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