Minolta 800si instruction manual Flash Basics, AF Illuminator

AF ILLUMINATOR

In low light situations or when the contrast of your main subject is too low to be read by the AF sensors, the autofocus illuminator will activate automatically. The AF illuminator projects a pattern of lines onto your subject which the AF sensors detect and use to focus.

•Be careful not to obstruct the AF illuminator while holding the camera.

•The range of the AF illuminator is 0.7 - 7m.

•The AF illuminator will not operate if the camera is in Continuous Autofocus Mode (p 64).

•The AF illuminator will not operate with a 300mm or longer focal length lens (excluding the AF Zoom/AF Zoom xi 100-300 and AF Zoom 75- 300).

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

•When a program flash is attached, its AF illuminator will be active in place of the camera’s AF illuminator.

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