The zoom features available with this product, Help guide – Sony ILCE-5000 User Manual
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Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ILCE-5000
The zoom features available with this product
The zoom feature of the product provides a higher magnification zoom by combining various zoom features. The icon
displayed on the screen changes, according to the selected zoom feature.
(1) Optical zoom range
Zoom images in the zoom range of a lens.
When a Power zoom lens is mounted, the zoom bar of the optical zoom range is displayed.
When a lens other than a Power zoom lens is mounted, the zoom bar of optical zoom range is not displayed.
(2) Smart Zoom range (
)
Zoom images without causing the original quality to deteriorate by partially cropping an image (only when the image size
is [M] or [S]).
(3) Clear Image Zoom range (
)
Zoom images using an image process with less deterioration. Set [Zoom Setting] to [On:ClearImage Zoom] or [On:Digital
Zoom] first.
(4) Digital Zoom range (
)
You can magnify images using an image process. When you select [On:Digital Zoom] for [Zoom Setting], you can use
this zoom function.
Note
The default setting for [
Image Size] is [L]. To use the smart zoom change [
Image Size] to [M] or [S].
Zoom functions other than the optical zoom are not available when shooting in the following situations:
[Sweep Panorama]
[Smile/Face Detect.] is set to [Smile Shutter]
[
Quality] is set to [RAW] or [RAW & JPEG]
You cannot use the Smart Zoom function with movies.
When you use a zoom function other than the optical zoom, the [Focus Area] setting is disabled and the focus area
frame is shown by the dotted line. The AF operates with priority on and around the center area. Also, [Metering Mode]
is fixed to [Multi].
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