Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu

hAF Assist

Press the dbutton Mz(Setup menu) (A117) MhAF 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 3.0 m (9 ft. 10 in.) at the maximum wide-angle position and about 1.0 m (3 ft. 3 in.) at the maximum telephoto position. However, note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automatically (A38 to 44) even if Auto is set.

Off

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

uDigital Zoom

Press the dbutton Mz(Setup menu) (A117) MuDigital zoom

Enable or disable digital zoom.

On (default setting)

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

Off

Digital zoom will not be activated (except when shooting a movie).

BNotes on Digital Zoom

•When using digital zoom, AF area mode is set to Center and cannot be changed (A104).

•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.

-When Scene auto selector, Portrait or Night portrait is selected for scene mode

-When smart portrait mode is selected

-When subject tracking mode is selected

-When Multi-shot 16 is selected (A101)

-Before movie recording begins (digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied while movies are being recorded)

•When using digital zoom, Metering is set to Center-weighted.

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