Recording Menu Settings
[REC] mode menu (Refer to P66 for the setting method.)
AF Assist Lamp
[AF ASSIST LAMP]
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 A turns on.
ON The AF assist lamp turns on under low light conditions. In this time, the AF assist lamp icon [
] appears on the screen. The effective range of the AF assist lamp is 1.5 m (4.92 feet).
OFF The AF assist lamp does not turn on.
•Be sure of the following points when the AF assist lamp is in use.
–Do not look into the AF assist lamp.
–Do not cover the AF assist lamp with your fingers or other objects.
•In simple mode [
], the setting on the [AF ASSIST LAMP] is fixed to [ON].
•You cannot use the AF assist lamp in [SCENERY] (P58), [NIGHT SCENERY] (P59), [FIREWORKS] (P62) and [SELF PORTRAIT] (P64) in scene mode.
•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.
•When the AF assist lamp is turned on, an AF area with a size wider than usual normal AF area is indicated and the area is set only to a point on the center of the screen. (P73)
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