North Star S205 user manual HAF Assist, UDigital Zoom, Enable or disable digital zoom

Setup Menu

hAF Assist

d button M z(Setup menu) (A126) M hAF assist

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

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, or focus areas, AF-assist illuminator may not light.

Off

AF-assist illuminator does not light. The camera may be unable to focus under dim lighting.

Basic Camera Setup

uDigital Zoom

d button M z(Setup menu) (A126) M uDigital zoom

Enable or disable digital zoom.

On (default setting)

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating the zoom control to g triggers digital zoom (A 25).

Off

Digital zoom will not be activated (except when recording movies).

BNotes on Digital Zoom

•When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A 44).

•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.

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

-When smart portrait mode is selected

-When subject tracking mode is selected

-When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16 (A 41)

136 - Just before recording a movie (Up to 2× zoom can be activated while recording movies)