kshapero
South Florida Man
I saw this on a Sony A65 (same sensor) and it was amazing what a 24 meg sensor can do with a 2X crop.
Does a Sony NEX7 have digital zoom?
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bugmenot
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It has a magnification feature. 4X and 9X. But it does not have a 2X digital zoom. Take your photos and crop them later. ._.
Lauffray
Invisible Cities
I'm not sure I understand the question, as far as I know the lenses released for that are all fixed focal length. If you're talking about the in-finder magnification, then yes, and it's very nice, I've seen it
kbg32
neo-romanticist
Akiva, no it does not.
bezier1955
Newbie
Akiva,
Yes the NEX7 does have a 10x digital zoom. You find the option in -
Menu/Camera/Prec. Dig.Zoom. You can then use the rear thumbwheel to precisely zoom (hence the option name Prec. Dig. zoom) to up to 10x.
The user handbook isn't that clear describing the function, but I've tried it with my NEX7 and it is a digital zoom feature.
Bezier
Yes the NEX7 does have a 10x digital zoom. You find the option in -
Menu/Camera/Prec. Dig.Zoom. You can then use the rear thumbwheel to precisely zoom (hence the option name Prec. Dig. zoom) to up to 10x.
The user handbook isn't that clear describing the function, but I've tried it with my NEX7 and it is a digital zoom feature.
Bezier
kshapero
South Florida Man
I will try to be more clear. The Sony A65 has a button on the back that gives you a 2X view thru the EVF/LCD. If you snap the shutter the camera will provide you an instant crop to the exact proportions of the 2X zoom. Of course this gives you a half size file but at 24 megs down to 12 who's complaining. The net result is that if you use, say, a 50mm lens with a FOV of 75, you will get a shot with an FOV of 150mm. pretty cool
bezier1955
Newbie
The NEX7 doesn't have a button that will will give a one-touch 2x digital zoom, so in that respect the answer would be no. However, you could still use the digital zoom feature I mentioned in a previous post to get a 2x digital zoom ratio, but it would not be such a quick and easy option as having a button.
Hope that helps.
Bezier
Hope that helps.
Bezier
t6un
Established
Just a small correction: a 2X zoom uses a fourth of the image area, accordingly it cuts 24 Mpx down to 6, not 12.
divewizard
perspicaz
Digital zoom is an idiotic feature on any camera. All it does is use a smaller portion of the sensor, and loose the corresponding resolution. Just shoot any digital camera at full resolution and crop afterwords if you want to zoom. This gives you fare more flexibility since you can pick where in the frame you want to zoom. The loss in resolution is the same as a digital zoom would produce.
