Nikon S1200PJ - Manual (Page 187)

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The Setup Menu
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AF Assist
Enable or disable AF-assist illumination, which assists autofocus operation when
the subject is poorly lit.
Digital Zoom
Enable or disable digital zoom.
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Notes on Digital Zoom
• When digital zoom is used, the camera focuses at the center of the frame regardless of the AF area
mode setting.
• Digital zoom cannot be used in the following situations.
- When Portrait, Night portrait, Night landscape, or Pet portrait scene mode is selected
- When smart portrait mode is selected
- When Continuous is set to Multi-shot 16 ( E 39)
- When AF area mode ( E 42) is set to Subject tracking in auto mode
d button M z tab M AF assist
Option Description
Auto (default setting)
AF-assist illumination is used to assist the focus operation
when the subject is poorly lit. The illuminator has a range of
about 4.5 m (14 ft) at the maximum wide-angle position and
about 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in.) at the maximum telephoto position.
Note that for some scene modes such as Museum (
A 43) or
Pet portrait ( A 45) scene mode, or focus areas, the AF-assist
illuminator may not light even when Auto is selected.
Off
AF-assist illuminator does not light up. The camera may be
unable to focus under dim lighting.
d button M z tab M Digital zoom
Option Description
On (default setting)
When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom
position, rotating the zoom control to
g (i) triggers digital
zoom ( A 29).
Off
Digital zoom will not be activated (except during movie
recording).