rx100 ZOOM (stills) condensed from manual

condensed from Sony manual: (will add samples later today)

ZOOM four types available (only for Jpegs): Clear Zoom is surprisingly good

The icon and zoom bar on the screen change in accordance with the zoom type you use.

A: Optical Zoom at Image Size L (20mp) 3.6x 28mm to 100mm

Face Detection works in Optical Zoom only
Optical Zoom Only for: Smile Shutter, Self-portrait, RAW or RAW & JPEG

B: Extended Optical Zoom, (jpeg only)

no deterioration in the original image quality, (by trimming image processing).
Image Size M (10mp) 5.1x 28mm to 142mm
Image Size S (5mp) 7.2x 28mm to 202mm

VGA size (0.3mp) 28x 28mm to 784mm (sounds crazy, but try it, lcd looks like crap, take the shot, look on your monitor, omg)

C: Clear Image Zoom (jpeg only) close to the original image quality (double the extended optical zoom ranges)

Image Size L (20mp) 7.2x 28mm to 202mm
Image Size M (10mp) 10.0x 28mm to 280mm
Image Size S (5mp) 14.0x 28mm to 392mm

VGA size (0.3mp) 54x 28mm to 1,512mm (it is insane, the shot I just got)

D: Digital Zoom Less than the original image quality