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Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu
Setup Menu
AF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illuminator.
Digital Zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
B Notes on Digital Zoom
• The camera focuses on the subject at the center of the frame when digital zoom is in effect
(A 29).
• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations:
- When b Portrait, or e Night portrait scene mode is selected
- When taking pictures with the smile timer
- Q Subject tracking is selected for the touch shooting setting
- When W Multi-shot 16 is selected for the V Continuous setting
- Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2× can be applied while movies
are being recorded)
Tap B M Setup menu (A 140) M AF assist
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illuminator will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is
poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 5 m (16 ft.). Note that for some scene
modes, AF-assist illuminator turns off automatically (A 39).
Off
Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus under poor lighting.
Tap B M Setup menu (A 140) M Digital zoom
On (default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, tapping j
triggers digital zoom (A 29).
Off
Digital zoom will not be activated (except when recording movies).