Camera; Digital Zoom - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-S500 Handbook

Camera

The default settings are marked with

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 digital zoom)
( )
Off
Image size and maximum zoom scale using Smart zoom
Size
3M
2M
VGA (E-Mail)
• If you press the zoom button, the zoom scale is displayed.
• The maximum zoom scale of smart zoom/precision zoom includes the scale of the optical zoom.
• When using the smart zoom, the image on the screen may look rough. However, this phenomenon has no
effect on the recorded image.
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For details on the operation
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Enlarges the image digitally with almost no distortion. This is
not available when the image size is set to [6M] or [3:2].
• The maximum zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the
following table.
Enlarges all image sizes up to a maximum of 6×, but the
image quality deteriorates.
Does not use the digital zoom.
Maximum zoom scale
Approx. 4.1×
Approx. 5.1×
Approx. 13×
The W side of this line is the optical zoom area,
and the T side is the digital zoom area
Zoom scaling indicator
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