Recording pictures (advanced)
AF Assist Lamp
[AF ASSIST LAMP]
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Illuminating the subject with the AF assist lamp allows the camera to focus on the subject in low light conditions.
When you press the
shutter button halfway in dark places or other
situations, an AF area wider than usual appears
and the AF assist lamp 1 turns on.
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•Be sure of the following points when the AF assist lamp is in use.
–Do not look in to the AF assist lamp closely.
–Detach the lens hood.
–Do not cover the AF assist lamp with your fingers.
–The battery may be consumed faster than usual.
•You cannot use the AF assist lamp in [SCENERY], [NIGHT SCENERY], [PANNING], [FIREWORKS] in scene
mode (P58) and when setting [CONVERSION] (P79) to [
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•When you do not want to use the AF assist lamp (e.g. when you take a picture of a subject in a dark place), set the [AF ASSIST LAMP] to [OFF]. In this case, it becomes difficult to focus on the subject.
•The AF area is set only to a point on the center of the screen when the AF assist lamp is turned on.
•A vignetting effect may appear on the circumference of the AF assist lamp because the AF assist lamp may be obscured by the lens, however, this does not cause a problem with the performance of the camera.
Digital Zoom [D.ZOOM]
SCN1 SCN2
It is possible to further magnify a subject already magnified 12 times with the optical zoom 4 more times with the digital zoom, thereby reaching a maximum of 48 times.
∫Entering the digital zoom range When you rotate the zoom lever to the extreme Tele position, the
You can enter the digital zoom range to continuously rotate the zoom lever to Tele or to release the zoom lever once and then rotate it to Tele again.
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1Optical zoom
2 Digital zoom
•When using the digital zoom the picture quality becomes deteriorated.
•In the digital zoom range, the stabilizer function may not be effective.
•We recommend using a tripod.
•The indicated zoom magnification is an approximation.
•The AF area is displayed with a size wider than usual and set only to a point on the center of the screen in the digital zoom range.
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