E58

The Setup Menu
Reference Section

AF Assist

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

Digital Zoom

Enable or disable digital zoom.
BNotes About Digital Zoom
•When digital zoom is used, the camera focuses at the center of the frame regardless of the AF area
mode setting.
•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16 (E26) in A (auto) mode.
- When AF area m ode (E30) is set to Subject tracking in A (auto) mode.
- When Scene auto selector, Portrait, Night portrait, or Pet portrait scene mode is selected.
- When smart portrait m ode is selected.
Press the d button M z tab M AF assist
Option Description
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination is used to assist the focus operation
when the subject is poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of
about 1.9 m (6 ft 2 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 (A44) or
Pet portrait (A46) scene mode, or focus areas, the AF-assist
illuminator may not light even when Auto is selected.
Off AF-assist illuminator does not light up. 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 (A27).
Off Digital zoom will not be activated (except during movie
recording).