My camera has 3x optical zoom, and 5x (? I forget the exact number) digital zoom; but only one button to activate zooming.
How can I tell which one is in use??
(I have a Sony CyberShot DSC-S30 - 1.3 megapixels. It may be old - but takes beautiful pictures!)
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Digital zoom enlarges the ccd image and will become more pixelated the more you zoom and optical zoom uses an actual lens to magnify the image coming into the camera. optical zoom is better than digital zoom.
Yes. This camera has 3x optical zoom and 4x digital zoom. However digital zoom cannot be used in 2880 x 2160 size. Optical zoom: It is approximately 5.6 - 16.8 mm. (equivalent to 38 - 108 mm on 35mm film camera)
Digital zoom: It extends to 4x from telephoto end (108mm) of optical zoom.
The D-565 camera has a 4x digital zoom, in addition to the 3x optical zoom, which gives you a total of 12x zoom overall. Simply use the Shooting Mode menu to activate the Digital Zoom feature.
The Stylus 500 has a 3x optical zoom and a 4x digital zoom, which gives you a total zoom of 12x seamless zoom. Use the shooting mode menu to activate the digital zoom feature.
The D-595 Zoom camera has a 3x optical zoom coupled with a 4x “seamless” digital zoom to deliver a total 12x zooming feature. Press the Zoom button and a zoom indicator will be displayed in the upper right corner of the LCD – the area in white represents the Optical Zoom range and the red area represents the range of the Digital Zoom. The W represents a wider area of view as you zoom out, and the T represents Telephoto as you are zooming in closer to the subject.
The D-575 Zoom has a 3x digital zoom and a 3.3x digital zoom, which gives you a total zoom of 10x. Use the shooting mode menu to activate the digital zoom feature.
The D-575 camera has a 3.3 digital zoom, which gives you a total of 10x zoom overall. Simply use the Shooting Mode menu to activate the Digital Zoom feature.
The D-545 Zoom camera has a 3x optical zoom coupled with a 4x “seamless” digital zoom to deliver a total 12x zooming feature. Press the Zoom button and a zoom indicator will be displayed in the upper right corner of the LCD – the area in white represents the Optical Zoom range and the red area represents the range of the Digital Zoom. The W represents a wider area of view as you zoom out, and the T represents Telephoto as you are zooming in closer to the subject.
The D-535 Zoom camera has a 4x digital zoom in addition to the 3x optical zoom, which gives you a total of 12x zoom overall. Press the Zoom button and a zoom indicator will be displayed in the upper right corner of the LCD – the area in white represents the Optical Zoom range and the red area represents the range of the Digital Zoom. The W represents a wider area of view as you zoom out, and the T represents Telephoto as you are zooming in closer to the subject.
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