Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu

hAF Assist

Enable or disable AF-assist illumination.

Auto (default setting)

AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 5.5 m (18 ft.) at the maximum wide- angle position and about 3.2 m (10 ft.) at the maximum telephoto position.

However, note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automatically (A42 to 47) even if Auto is set.

Off

Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.

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uDigital Zoom

Enable or disable digital zoom.

On (default setting)

Rotating and holding the zoom control at g(i), at the maximum optical zoom position, triggers digital zoom (A27).

Crop

Limit digital zoom to the range at which image quality does not suffer.

Off

Disable digital zoom except when recording movies.

BNotes on Digital Zoom

•When digital zoom is in effect, AF Area mode is set to Center (A144).

•Digital zoom is not available in the following situations:

-When the focus mode (A37) is set to E(manual focus)

-When b Portrait, e Night portrait is selected in scene mode

-When Image quality (A124) is set to NRW (RAW), NRW (RAW) + Fine, NRW (RAW) + Normal or NRW (RAW) + Basic

-When Multi-shot 16 is selected for Continuous (A140)

-When On is selected for Wide-angle converter (A149)

-Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied while movies, other than time-lapse movies, are being recorded)

•At magnifications of 1.2× to 1.8×, Metering is set to Center-weighted, and at magnifications of 2.0× to 4.0×, to Spot.

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