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Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
h AF Assist
Change settings for AF-assist illumination.
u Digital Zoom
Adjust settings for using digital zoom.
B Notes on Digital Zoom
• When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A 103).
• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When the Scene auto selector mode is selected.
- When Scene Mode is set to Portrait or Night portrait.
- When the smile mode is selected.
- When Continuous mode is set to Multi-shot 16.
- Just before recording a movie (Up to 2× zoom can be activated while recording movies other
than Time-lapse movieP).
Auto (default setting)
The AF-assist illumination automatically turns on when the subject is poorly lit. The
illuminator has a range of about 1.9 m (6.3 ft.) at the maximum wide-angle position
and 1.1 m (3.6 ft.) at the maximum telescopic position. However, the AF-assist
illumination will not turn on in some scene modes even if AUTO is selected (A 34,
35, 36, 37, 38).
Off
Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.
On (default setting)
Digital zoom (A 23) will be activated when the g (i) is pressed when the optical
zoom has been magnified to its maximum rate.
Off
Digital Zoom will not be activated (Except when shooting a movie).