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Tutorial—Basic Photography
Step 3—Frame a Photograph
To prevent blurred photographs caused by unsteady hands (camera shake),
hold the camera steadily in both hands, with your elbows propped lightly
against your torso for support. Hold the handgrip in your right hand and
cradle the cam era body or lens with your left.
The rec om mend ed stance for tak ing pho to graphs is with one foot a half pace
in front of the other and your upper body stable.
Viewfi nder Focus
The viewfi nder is equipped with diopter adjustment to
ac com mo date individual dif fer enc es in vision. To adjust
viewfi nder focus, pull the diopter adjustment knob out
(
ቢ
) and rotate it until the viewfi nder display and focus
brackets are in sharp focus (
ባ
). When operating the
diopter adjustment knob with your eye to the view-
fi nder, be careful not to put your fi ngers or fi ngernails
in your eye.
Diopter can be adjusted in the range –3 m
–1
to +1 m
–1
. Cor rec tive lenses (avail able
sep a rate ly; 244) allow di opt ers of –6 m
–1
to +3 m
–1
.
Attaching Diopter Adjustment Viewfi nder Lenses
Before attaching a diopter-adjustment viewfi nder lens,
remove the DK-17 viewfi nder eyepiece by closing the
viewfi nder shutter to release the eyepiece lock (
ቢ
) and
then unscrewing the eyepiece as shown at right (
ባ
).
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The shutter-release button
for vertical shooting ( 4)
can be used when taking
photographs in portrait
(tall) ori en ta tion.
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