Nikon COOLPIXP300BK AF Assist, Digital Zoom, 152, Enable or disable the digital zoom

Setup Menu

AF Assist

Press the dbutton Mz(Setup menu) (A142) MAF assist

Enable or disable the AF-assist illuminator that assists the autofocus when the lighting is dim.

Auto (default setting)

AF-assist illuminator turns on automatically when the subject is dimly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 4.0 m (13 ft.) at the maximum wide-angle position and about 1.5 m (4 ft. 11 in.) at the maximum telephoto position. However, for some focus areas and scene modes, AF-assist illuminator does not turn on even if Auto is set.

Off

Disable the function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is dim.

Basic Camera Setup

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Digital Zoom

Press the dbutton Mz(Setup menu) (A142) MDigital zoom

Enable or disable the digital zoom.

On (default setting)

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating and holding the zoom control at g(i) triggers the digital zoom (A27).

Off

The digital zoom is not activated.

BNotes on 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 Smile timer (A36) is set

-When Scene auto selector, Portrait, Night portrait, Easy panorama in Panorama or Pet portrait is selected in scene mode (A41)

-When Multi-shot 16 is selected for the Continuous (A79) setting

-When Subject tracking or Face priority tracking is selected for AF area mode (A83)

•When the digital zoom is in effect, Metering is set to Center-weighted.