Sony ZV-E1 - The Zoom Features Available with this Product; Optical Zoom

Help Guide
Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera
ZV-E1
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.
When a power zoom lens is mounted:
When a lens other than a power zoom lens is mounted:
Optical zoom:
Zoom images in the zoom range of a lens.
When a power zoom lens is mounted, the focal length of the optical zoom is displayed.
When a lens other than a power zoom lens is mounted, the zoom slider becomes locked at the left end of the zoom
bar while the zoom position is in the optical zoom range. The magnification is displayed as “×1.0.”
If [
Zoom Range] is set to [Optical zoom only], the zoom slider will not be displayed.
Smart Zoom (
):
Zoom images without causing the original quality to deteriorate by partially cropping an image (only when [JPEG
Image Size]/[HEIF Image Size] is set to [M] or [S]).
Clear Image Zoom (
):
Zoom images using an image process with less deterioration. When you set [
Zoom Range] to [Clear Image
Zoom] or [Digital Zoom], you can use this zoom function.
Digital Zoom (
):
You can magnify images using an image process. When you set [
Zoom Range] to [Digital Zoom], you can use
this zoom function.
Hint
The default setting for the [JPEG Image Size]/[HEIF Image Size] is [L]. To use the smart zoom, change [JPEG Image Size]/[HEIF
Image Size] to [M] or [S].
Note
The Smart Zoom, Clear Image Zoom and Digital Zoom functions are not available when shooting in the following situations:
[
File Format] is set to [RAW] or [RAW & JPEG]/[RAW & HEIF].
[Rec Frame Rate] is set to [120p]/[100p].
During slow-motion/quick-motion shooting with the frame rate set to [120fps]/[100fps]
You cannot use the Smart Zoom function with movies.
When you use a zoom function other than the optical zoom in the still image shooting mode, the [
Focus Area] setting is
disabled and the AF operates with priority on and around the center area.
When you use the Smart Zoom, Clear Image Zoom or Digital Zoom function, [
Metering Mode] is locked to [Multi].
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