Sony DSLR-A500 Manual

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Zooming in in one step
You can zoom in to the center of an image using the smart teleconverter 
(Digital zoom) and record the image.
The image size is automatically set to the following regardless of the 
selected image size.
Notes
• The smart teleconverter is unavailable when the manual focus check function is 
available, the Smile Shutter function is set to [On], or [Quality] is set to 
 
(RAW) or 
 (RAW & JPEG).
• When the smart teleconverter is available (when in autofocus mode), [AF area] is set 
to  
(Spot).
• When the smart teleconverter is available, [Metering mode] is set to 
 (Multi 
segment).
1
Set the LIVE VIEW/OVF switch to 
“LIVE VIEW.”
2
Press the 
 button.
• Each time you press the 
 button, the 
zoom scaling changes as follows: 
Approx. ×1.4 
t Approx. ×2 t Off
 button
Zoom scaling
Image size
Approx. ×1.4
M
Approx. ×2
S