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Basic Photography
Step 2 - Frame the Picture
Ready the camera
Hold the camera steadily in both hands. Photo-
graphs can be framed in the monitor or the
viewfinder.
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 l (W) button to zoom out from
your subject, increasing the area visible in the
frame.
• Press the O (T) button to zoom in on your sub-
ject so that it fills a larger area of the frame.
• When the camera is zoomed in to maximum
magnification, holding the O (T) button down
for about two seconds will trigger digital
zoom. The zoom indicator will turn yellow,
and the green (AF) lamp next to the viewfinder
will blink. Use the O (T) and l (W) buttons
to adjust zoom in the digital zoom range. To
cancel digital zoom, press l (W) until the
zoom indicator turns white.
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Don’t Block the Shot
To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep
your fingers and other objects away from the
lens, flash window and microphone.
Zoom out Zoom in
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Indicator in monitor shows
amount of zoom when ei-
ther button is pressed
Digital zoom
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