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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

Enable or disable digital zoom.

BNotes on Digital Zoom
When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A106).
Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When Scene auto selector, Portrait, or Night portrait is selected in scene mode
- When smart portrait m ode is selected
- When subject tracking mo de is selected
- When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16 (A103)
- Just before recording a movie (Up to 2× zoom can be activated while recording movies)
d button M z (Setup menu) (A118) M h AF assist
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination is be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is
poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 5m (16ft.). Note that for some scene
modes, AF-assist illuminator turns off automatically (A37 – 42).
Off
AF-assist illumination is disabled. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is
poor.
d button M z (Setup menu) (A118) M u Digital zoom
On (default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating the
zoom control to g triggers digital zoom (A25).
Off
Digital zoom will not be activated (except when recording movies).