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Basic Photography
Step 2 — Frame the Picture
1
Ready the camera
Hold the camera steadily in both hands. Photo-
graphs can be framed in the monitor
A
or the
viewfi nder
B
.
Don’t Block the Shot
To avoid muffl ed sound or dark or partially obscured
pictures, keep your fi ngers and other objects away
from the microphone, lens, and fl ash window.
The Viewfi nder Eyecup
Use the viewfi nder eyecup when wearing glasses or
to prevent light entering via the viewfi nder (
2).
2
Frame your subject
Your Nikon digital camera is equipped with two
types of built-in zoom: optical zoom, in which the
camera’s telescoping lens can be used to magnify
the subject up to 3 ×, and digital zoom, in which
digital processing is used to further magnify the
image up to 4 ×, for a total of 12 ×. Use the zoom
buttons to frame your subject in the center of the
monitor:
• Press the button to zoom out from your sub-
ject, increasing the area visible in the frame.
• Press the button to zoom in on your subject
so that it fi lls a larger area of the frame.
• When the camera is zoomed in to maximum
magnifi cation, holding the button down for
about one second will trigger digital zoom. The
zoom indicator will turn yellow, and the green
(AF) lamp next to the viewfi nder will blink. Use
the and buttons to adjust zoom in the
digital zoom range. To cancel digital zoom, press
until the zoom indicator turns white.
Zoom
out
Zoom
in
Indicator in monitor
shows amount of
zoom when either
button is pressed
Digital zoom
A
B