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SPECIAL FOCUS SITUATIONS/ AF ILLUMINATOR

Special Focus Situations

The camera may not be able to focus in the situations described below. Use focus lock (p. 30) or manual focus (p. 47).

If the subject within the focus frame is very bright, or low in contrast.

If two subjects at different distances overlap in the focus frame.

If a subject

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the focus frame.

 

AF Illuminator

The built-in flash is used as an AF Illuminator. When the scene is too dark for the camera to focus, the built-in flash fires a few short bursts when the shutter-release button is pressed part- way down to provide the light necessary for the camera to focus.

•Pressing the spot AF button can also activate the AF illuminator.

•The range of the AF Illuminator is approximately 1 to 5 m (3.3 to 16.4 ft.).

•The AF illuminator will not fire when focusing on moving subjects or if the flash cancel mode is selected.

•The AF illuminator may not operate with 300mm or longer focal length lenses.

•The AF illuminator will not operate with the Minolta 3x-1x Macro Zoom.

•When an accessory flash is attached, the flash will be used as the AF illuminator in place of the camera’s built-in unit.

• See p. 55 on how to cancel the AF illuminator.

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