E74

The Setup Menu
Reference Section

AF Assist

Enable or disable AF-assist illuminator, which assists autofocus operation when the
subject is dimly lit.

Digital Zoom

Enable or disable digital zoom.
BNotes About Digital Zoom
•When digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses at the center of the frame.
•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When
Scene auto selector
,
Portrait
,
Night portrait
,
Night landscape
,
Backlighting
(when
HDR
is set to
On
),
Easy panorama
,
Pet portrait
, or
3D photography
is selected in scene
mode
- When smart portrait mode is sele cted
- When subject tracking mode is selected
-When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16
Press the d button M z tab M AF assist
Option Description
Auto
(default setting)
AF-assist illuminator will be used to assist the focus operation
when the subject is dimly lit. The illuminator has a range of
about 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in.) at the maximum wide-angle position and
about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.
Note that for some scene modes (such as Museum (A46) and
Pet portrait (A49)) or focus areas, the AF-assist illuminator
may not light even when Auto is selected.
Off AF-assist illuminator does not light. The camera may be unable
to focus under dim lighting.
Press the d button M z tab M Digital zoom
Option Description
On
(default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom
position, rotating the zoom control to g (i) triggers digital
zoom (A29).
Off Digital zoom will not be activated.