E74
The Setup Menu
Reference Section
AF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illuminator, which assists autofocus operation when the
subject is dimly lit.
Digital Zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
B Notes About Digital Zoom
• When digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses at the center of the frame.
• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When
Scene auto selector
,
Portrait
,
Night portrait
,
Night landscape
,
Backlighting
(when
HDR
is set to
On
),
Easy panorama
,
Pet portrait
, or
3D photography
is selected in scene
mode
- When smart portrait mode is selected
- When subject tracking mode is selected
-When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16
Press the d button M z tab M AF assist
Option Description
Auto
(default setting)
AF-assist illuminator will be used to assist the focus operation
when the subject is dimly lit. The illuminator has a range of
about 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in.) at the maximum wide-angle position and
about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.
Note that for some scene modes (such as Museum (A46) and
Pet portrait (A49)) or focus areas, the AF-assist illuminator
may not light even when Auto is selected.
Off
AF-assist illuminator does not light. The camera may be unable
to focus under dim lighting.
Press the d button M z tab M Digital zoom
Option Description
On
(default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom
position, rotating the zoom control to g (i) triggers digital
zoom (A29).
Off Digital zoom will not be activated.