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My recommendation: If you’re a purist, choose Optical Zoom Only. If
you’re a tourist, keep it on for the sheer convenience it offers.
Other things of note for these features:

 The Focus Area switches to Center when in Digital Zoom mode.
 The Metering Mode is set to Multi and cannot be changed.
 Face detection doesn’t work in either zoom mode.
 Neither feature can be used in RAW or RAW+JPG mode.
 The zoom function gets reset every time the camera gets switched off.

5.27 FOCUS MAGNIFIER

Menu Position MENU  6  Focus Magnifier

What it Does Magnifies a small area of the image to allow you to focus
critically

Recommended Setting n/a
Constraints Stays active for the duration specified in MENU  1 
Focus Magnif. Time

In Chapter 2 I told you about the joys of Peaking Level combined with
either Direct Manual Focus (DMF) or Manual Focusing. That’s a great
focusing aid that’s on all the time; but if you need some more assistance the
Focus Magnifier can come to your rescue.

When invoked (either from the menu or by assigning it to a button), it first
asks you to specify where in the image you want to focus critically, and
then it zooms in to allow you to focus.
Here’s how to use it:

1. Invoke the feature either from the menu or pressing a previously-
assigned button
2. A small orange rectangle appears in the middle of the screen. Here the
camera is asking you “What part of your composition do you want me