Af Illuminator - Minolta DYNAX 303 SI Instruction Manual

AF ILLUMINATOR

AF Illuminator (Built-in Flash) Function
The AF Illuminator is a secondary
function of the built-in flash. When the
scene is too dark for the camera to
focus accurately, the built-in flash fires
a few short bursts when the shutter-
release button is pressed partway
down to provide the illumination
necessary for the camera to focus on
your subject.
• The range of the AF Illuminator flash is approximately one to five meters.
(3.3 ~16.4ft.)
• The AF illuminator will not fire in continuous focus mode
cancel is selected.
• The AF illuminator will not operate with 300mm or longer single focal
length lenses.
• The AF illuminator will not operate with 3x-1x Macro Zoom.
• When an accessory flash is attached, its AF illuminator will be active in
place of the camera's AF illuminator.
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Cancelling the AF Illuminator
You can cancel the built in flash's AF illuminator if it will interfere
with your subject or is inappropriate.
or if flash
When the AF Illuminator is cancelled;
• The built-in flash's AF illuminator will not fire, but an attached accessory
flash's AF illuminator will not be cancelled.
• Other flash functions will operate normally.
To turn the AF illuminator on or off,
slide the Main switch to LOCK,
then to ON while pressing the
flash-mode button.
• The status of the AF illuminator is
displayed in the data panel.
- AF illuminator on
- AF illuminator off
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