Nikon P5100 - Manual (Page 143)

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Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu
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h AF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination.
u Digital Zoom
Use this setting to control digital zoom operation.
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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 × can be applied while movies,
other than stop-motion movies, are being recorded)
• At magnifications of 1.2 × to 1.8 × , [Metering] is set to [Center-weighted], and at magnifications of
2.0 × to 4.0 × , [Metering] is set to [Spot].
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.
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.