145Basic Camera Setup: The Setup MenuShooting, Playback and Setup Menush AF AssistEnable or disable AF-assist illumination.u Digital ZoomEnable or disable digital zoom.B Notes on Digital Zoom• When digital zoom is in effect, AF area mode is set to Center (A122).• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.- When the focus mode (A36) is set to E (manual focus)- When a (smile timer) or y (blink proof ) (A54) is used- When Portrait, Night portrait or Fireworks show is selected for scene mode- When scene auto selector mode is selected- When Multi-shot 16 is selected in Continuous (A118) mode- Before beginning to record a movie (digital zoom of up to 2× can be used during recording of amovie, except for time-lapse movies)• At magnifications of 1.2× to 1.8×, Metering is set to Center-weighted, and at magnifications of2.0× to 4.0×, its set to Spot.Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A135) M AF assistAuto (default setting)AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject ispoorly lit. The illuminator has a range of about 4 m (13 ft.) at the maximum wide-angle position and about 2.2 m (7 ft. 2 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.However, note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns offautomatically (A41 to 46) even if Auto is set.OffDisable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.Press the d button M z (Setup menu) (A135) M Digital zoomOn (default setting)When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating andholding the zoom control at g (i) triggers digital zoom (A27).CropLimit digital zoom to the range at which image quality does not degrade.OffDigital zoom will not be activated (except when shooting a movie).
