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Taking Pictures (B AUTO Mode)
AF-assist illuminator
Use this illuminator to focus on the subject in dimly lit
conditions.
When pressing the shutter button down halfway, the
camera fires the AF-assist illuminator (white) while
focusing on your subject.
MEMO
• Even when the AF-assist illuminator fires, the camera
may have difficulty focusing in some conditions.
• The camera focuses most easily when a picture is taken
at a distance of around 5.5 m (18.0 ft.) with wide-angle
and around 2.5 m (8.2 ft.) with telephoto.
• Even though there is no danger to safety, do not expose
it directly in someone’s eyes.
• When using the AF-assist illuminator in Macro mode,
the camera may have difficulty focusing to take close-
up shots.
• See p.121, 122 for information on turning the AF-assist
illuminator off.
• AF-assist illuminator does not fire in ,, , , ,
, . or mode.
Using zoom function
Turn the zoom ring to take pictures with zoom function.
The zoom bar appears on the screen while the zoom ring
is being used.
CHECK
Optical zoom focal length (35 mm camera
equivalent)
Approx. 28 mm to 400 mm Max. zoom scale: 14.3×
CHECK
When using digital zoom, appears in the bottom left
corner of the screen and the zoom bar color changes.
AF-assist
illuminator
Press (n) digital zoom button (➝p.31) to
change to Digital zoom mode (2×).
ISO AUTO(1600)
ISO AUTO(1600)
AUTO
AUTO