Optima Batteries P90 manual AF Assist, Digital Zoom, 145, Enable or disable AF-assist illumination

Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu

hAF Assist

Press the dbutton Mz (Setup menu) (A135) MAF 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 4 m (13 ft.) at the maximum wide- angle position and about 2.2 m (7 ft. 2 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.

However, note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off automatically (A41 to 46) 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) (A135) MDigital zoom

Enable or disable 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 digital zoom (A27).

Crop

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

Off

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

BNotes on Digital Zoom

•When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A122).

•Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.

-When the focus mode (A36) is set to E(manual focus)

-When a (smile timer) or y (blink proof) (A54) is used

-When Portrait, Night portrait or Fireworks show is selected for scene mode

-When scene auto selector mode is selected

-When Multi-shot 16 is selected in Continuous (A118) mode

-Before beginning to record a movie (digital zoom of up to 2× can be used during recording of a movie, except for time-lapse movies)

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

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