Af Assist; Digital Zoom - Nikon COOLPIX P5100 User Manual

h AF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination.
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination will be used to assist the focus operation when the subject is
poorly lit. Note that for some scene modes, AF-assist illumination turns off
automatically.
Off
Disable this function. The camera may be unable to focus if lighting is poor.
u Digital Zoom
Use this setting to control digital zoom operation.
On (default setting)
Rotating and holding the zoom control at g (i), at the maximum optical zoom
position, triggers digital zoom (A 25).
Crop
Limit digital zoom to the range at which image quality does not suffer.
Off
Disable digital zoom except when recording movies.
B
Notes on Digital Zoom
• When digital zoom is in effect, [AF area mode] is set to [Center] (A 105).
• Digital zoom is not available in the following situations.
- When [b Portrait] or [e Night portrait] is selected in scene mode
- When [Multi-shot 16] is selected for [Continuous] (A 101)
- When [Converter] (A 110) is set to [Wide-angle converter]
- Before movie recording begins (however, digital zoom of up to 2
other than stop-motion movies, are being recorded)
• At magnifications of 1.2
× ×
2.0 to 4.0 , [Metering] is set to [Spot].
× ×
to 1.8 , [Metering] is set to [Center-weighted], and at magnifications of
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×
can be applied while movies,
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