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AF ILLUMINATOR
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 or if flash
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.
AF Illuminator (Built-in Flash) Function
You can cancel the built in flash’s AF illuminator if it will interfere
with your subject or is inappropriate.
Cancelling the AF Illuminator
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.
- AF illuminator on
- AF illuminator off
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.
