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. Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automatically.

Off

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

uDigital Zoom

Use this setting to control digital zoom operation.

On (default setting)

Rotating and holding the zoom control at g(i), at the maximum optical zoom position, triggers digital zoom (A25).

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] (A105).

Digital zoom is not available in the following situations.

-When [b Portrait] or [e Night portrait] is selected in scene mode

-When [Multi-shot 16] is selected for [Continuous] (A101)

-When [Converter] (A110) is set to [Wide-angle converter]

-Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied while movies, other than stop-motion 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×, [Metering] is set to [Spot].

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Nortel Networks P5100 user manual HAF Assist, UDigital Zoom, 129, Enable or disable AF-assist illumination