156iChoose On to enable face priority (0 27).When On is selected, the built-in AF-assist illuminator will light to illuminatepoorly-lit subjects if:• AF-S is selected for focus mode (0 149)or single AF is selected in AF-A, and• Auto-area is selected for AF-areamode (0 153) or the center focus areais selected for Single-point.The AF-assist illuminator will not light to assist the focus opera-tion in advanced movie mode, during movie recording, or whenOff is selected. If the AF-assist illuminator does not light, autofo-cus may not produce the desired results when lighting is poor.Face-PriorityBuilt-in AF AssistA See AlsoSee page 151 for information on using the AF-assist illuminator. Infor-mation on the modes in which AF-assist is available may be found onpage 181.AF-assist illuminator
