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Customizing the settings
Settings For details on the operation 1 page 61
Selects the auto focus operation mode.
• You cannot use the AF illuminator when:
– [Face Detection] is set to [On].
– (Advanced Sports Shooting mode) is selected in the Scene Selection mode.
Selects the digital zoom mode. The camera enlarges the image using optical zoom (up to 10×).
When the zoom scale exceeds 10×, the camera uses either smart or precision digital zoom.
Image size and total zoom scale using Smart zoom (including the optical zoom 10×)
• You cannot use the Digital zoom when:
– [Face Detection] is set to [On].
– (Advanced Sports Shooting mode) is selected in the Scene Selection mode.
AF Mode
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.
Digital Zoom
Smart
(Smart zoom)
()
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 [8M] or [3:2].
• The total zoom scale of Smart zoom is shown in the following
table.
Precision
(Precision digital zoom)
()
Enlarges all image sizes by the total zoom scale of
approximately 20×, including the optical zoom 10×.
However, note that the picture quality deteriorates when the
optical zoom scale is exceeded.
Off
Does not use the digital zoom.
Size Total zoom scale
5M Approx. 12×
3M Approx. 15×
VGA Approx. 51×
16:9 Approx. 17×