AF-assist illuminator

Use this illuminator to focus on the subject in dimly lit conditions.

When pressing the shutter button down halfway, the camera fires the AF-assist illuminator (green) while focusing on your subject.

AF-assist illuminator

MEMO

•Even when the AF-assist illuminator fires, the camera may have difficulty focusing in some conditions.

•The camera focuses most easily when a picture is taken at a distance of around 4.5 m (14.8 ft.) with wide-angle and 2.0 m (6.6 ft.) with telephoto.

•Even though there is no danger to safety, do not expose it directly in someone’s eyes.

•When using the AF-assist illuminator in Macro mode, the camera may have difficulty focusing to take close- up shots.

•See p.122 for information on turning the AF-assistilluminator off.• AF-assist illuminator does not fire in ,, .,, ,, , or mode.

Using zoom function

Turn the zoom ring to take pictures with zoom function. The zoom bar appears on the screen during zooming.

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CHECK

Optical zoom focal length (35 mm camera equivalent)Approx. 28 mm to 300 mm Max. zoom scale: 10.7×Press (➝p.15, 31) to change to Digital zoom mode (2×).Use the zoom ring to adjust digital zoom operation as well as optical zoom.

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