FOCUS – AF Illuminator
The AF Illuminator is a secondary function of the built-in flash. When the scene is too dark for the camera to focus accurately, the built-in flash fires a few short bursts when the shutter- release button is pressed partway down to provide the illumination necessary for the camera to focus on your subject.
• Pressing the spot AF button also activates the AF illuminator.
•The range of the AF Illuminator flash is approximately one to five meters.
•The AF illuminator will not fire in continuous focus mode 
or if flash cancel ( 
) is selected.
•The AF illuminator will not operate with 300mm or longer single focal length lenses.
•The AF illuminator will not operate with 3x-1x Macro Zoom.
•When an accessory flash is attached, its AF illuminator will be active in place of the camera’s AF illuminator.
Custom Function 9 (p75) lets you cancel the built-in flash’s AF illuminator if it will interfere with your subject or is inappropriate.
EXPOSURE – 14 Segment Metering
Fourteen-Segment Honeycomb-Pattern Metering uses information from the autofocus system to set the metering pattern according to the position of the main subject. The light metered by each applicable segment is then evaluated to determine the degree of spot-lighting or backlighting present in your scene. The focus-area indicator displays the sensor being used when the shutter release button is pressed partway down.
Fourteen-Segment Honeycomb-Pattern Metering is the camera’s standard metering mode and is appropriate for most photographic situations.
