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AF Assist, Digital Zoom, Notes on Digital Zoom

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Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu h AF Assist Enable or disable AF-assist illumination. Auto (default setting) AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is poorly lit. Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automatically. Off Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor. u Digital Zoom Use this setting to control digital zoom operation. On (default setting) Rotating and holding the zoom control at g (i), at the maximum optical zoom position, triggers digital zoom (A 25). Crop Limit digital zoom to the range at which image quality does not suffer. Off Disable digital zoom except when recording movies. Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus B Notes on Digital Zoom • When digital zoom is in effect, [AF area mode] is set to [Center] (A 105). • Digital zoom is not available in the following situations. - When [b Portrait] or [e Night portrait] is selected in scene mode - When [Multi-shot 16] is selected for [Continuous] (A 101) - When [Converter] (A 110) is set to [Wide-angle converter] - Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied while movies, other than stop-motion movies, are being recorded) • At magnifications of 1.2× to 1.8×, [Metering] is set to [Center-weighted], and at magnifications of 2.0× to 4.0×, [Metering] is set to [Spot]. 129

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Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu
Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus
h
AF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination.
u
Digital Zoom
Use this setting to control digital zoom operation.
B
Notes on Digital Zoom
•
When digital zoom is in effect, [AF area mode] is set to [Center] (
A
105).
•
Digital zoom is not available in the following situations.
-
When [
b
Portrait] or [
e
Night portrait] is selected in scene mode
-
When [Multi-shot 16] is selected for [Continuous] (
A
101)
-
When [Converter] (
A
110) is set to [Wide-angle converter]
-
Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2
×
can be applied while movies,
other than stop-motion movies, are being recorded)
•
At magnifications of 1.2
×
to 1.8
×
, [Metering] is set to [Center-weighted], and at magnifications of
2.0
×
to 4.0
×
, [Metering] is set to [Spot].
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is
poorly lit. Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off
automatically.
Off
Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.
On (default setting)
Rotating and holding the zoom control at
g
(
i
), at the maximum optical zoom
position, triggers digital zoom (
A
25).
Crop
Limit digital zoom to the range at which image quality does not suffer.
Off
Disable digital zoom except when recording movies.