DSC-WX170 | Zoom (Still images) | Cyber-shot User Guide

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Zoom (Still images)

Enlarge images with the W/T (zoom) lever when shooting. The camera’s optical zoom function can enlarge images up to 10×.

Optical zoom allows you to enlarge an image without deteriorating its original quality.

Set the camera to shooting mode.

Turn the W/T (zoom) lever.

Turn the lever to the T side to zoom in, or to the W side to zoom out.

Notes

Zoom is locked to the W side for shooting in [iSweep Panorama] mode.

Available zoom

The camera achieves a high magnification zoom scale by combining zoom methods. The icon and zoom bar on the screen change in accordance with the zoom you use.

Optical zoom range

A: Optical zoom

The camera’s optical zoom function can enlarge images up to 10×.

Zoom range other than optical zoom

B: Zoom with the original image quality

You can shoot still images with no deterioration in the original image quality even when the zoom scale exceeds the maximum optical zoom scale of 10×, depending on the image size.

C: (

) [Clear Image Zoom]

Zoom with close to the original image quality [Details]

D: (

) [Digital Zoom]

Less than the original image quality [Details]

	Operation	Settings	Zoom bar
A	Using optical zoom only	[Still Image Size]: [18M] [Clear Image Zoom]: [Off] [Digital Zoom]: [Off]
B	Zooming images without deterioration	[Still Image Size]: Other than [18M] [Clear Image Zoom]: [Off] [Digital Zoom]: [Off]
C	Shooting clear images using [Clear Image Zoom] (close to the original image quality)	[Clear Image Zoom]: [On] [Digital Zoom]: [Off]
D	Zooming to the maximum zoom range	[Clear Image Zoom]: [On] [Digital Zoom]: [On] [Clear Image Zoom] may not be available for some settings. [Details]

Zoom scale

The supported zoom scales are different depending on the settings or the image size. The table below summarizes the zoom scales when [Clear Image Zoom] and [Digital Zoom] are set to [On].

Image size	Operation
Image size	A: Optical zoom	B: Zoom by range without deterioration (including 10× optical zoom)	C: Zoom with [Clear Image Zoom] [On]	D: Zoom with maximum zoom scale*1
18M	10×	10×	20×	40×
10M	10×	13×	26×	53×
5M	10×	18×	37×	75×
VGA	10×	76×	153×	153×*2
16:9(13M)	10×	10×	20×	40×
16:9(2M)	10×	25×	51×	102×

*1 The maximum zoom scale is the total zoom magnification that can be achieved when zoom scale without deterioration (including 10× optical zoom), [Clear Image Zoom] and [Digital Zoom] are used in combination. The maximum zoom scale varies depending on the settings. The maximum zoom scale for the default setting is the same as when [Clear Image Zoom] is [On]. [Details]

*2 When [Still Image Size] is set to [VGA], [Digital Zoom] is limited; the maximum zoom scale is 153×.

Notes

The default setting for [Clear Image Zoom] is [On].

The default setting for [Digital Zoom] is [Off]. Set [Digital Zoom] to [On] to enlarge images even with deterioration. [Details]

The default setting for [Still Image Size] is [18M]. To change the zoom scale, change [Still Image Size]. [Details]

Zoom functions other than the optical zoom are not available when shooting 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) mode is selected in Scene Selection

The Face Detection function does not operate when you use other than the optical zoom.