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AF Assist, Digital Zoom, Notes on Digital Zoom

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Shooting, Playback and Setup Menus 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 24). Crop Limit digital zoom to the range at which image quality does not suffer. Off Disable digital zoom except when recording movies. B Notes on Digital Zoom • When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A 102). • Digital zoom is not available in the following situations. - When the focus mode (A 34) is set to E (manual focus) - When b Portrait, e Night portrait or m Fireworks show is selected in scene mode - When Multi-shot 16 is selected for Continuous (A 98) - Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied while movies, other than time-lapse 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. 123

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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
102).
•
Digital zoom is not available in the following situations.
-
When the focus mode (
A
34) is set to
E
(manual focus)
- When
b
Portrait
,
e
Night portrait
or
m
Fireworks show
is selected in scene mode
- When
Multi-shot 16
is selected for
Continuous
(
A
98)
-
Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2
×
can be applied while movies,
other than time-lapse 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
24).
Crop
Limit digital zoom to the range at which image quality does not suffer.
Off
Disable digital zoom except when recording movies.