Cyber-shot User Guide
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## Digital Zoom

Sets the total zoom scale (including 16× optical zoom). When [Digital Zoom] is set to [On], the camera zooms images without deteriorating the original quality, but it automatically switches over to [Digital Zoom] when that zoom range (for achieving the original image quality) is exceeded.
When [Clear Image Zoom] is set to [On] to shoot still images, the camera automatically switches over to [Digital Zoom] when the [Clear Image Zoom] range is exceeded. [Details]

1. Set the camera to shooting mode.

1. MENU (Settings) (Shooting Settings) [Digital Zoom] desired mode

| Off | Does not use [Digital Zoom].
| On | The quality of the resulting image will deteriorate when is displayed, since the zoom function is switched over to [Digital Zoom], but you can enlarge images 4× up to the maximum zoom scale.

Notes

- When using [Clear Image Zoom], the maximum zoom scale for [Digital Zoom] is 2×.

- [Digital Zoom] is not available in the following situations:

- In [iSweep Panorama]

- In [Picture Effect]

- In [Background Defocus]

- When the Smile Shutter function is activated.

- When [Self-Timer] is set to [Self-portrait One Person] or [Self-portrait Two People].

- When (Backlight Correction HDR) or (Advanced Sports Shooting) mode is selected in Scene Selection.

- The Face Detection function does not operate in the range of [Digital Zoom].

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