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Taking Pictures in Auto Mode
Basic Photography
1
Ready the camera
Hold the camera steadily in both hands.
Photographs can be framed in the monitor
A
or the viewfi nder
B
.
Don’t Block the Shot
To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures,
keep fi ngers and other objects away from
the lens and fl ash window.
B
A
2
Frame the subject
The 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 4 ×, and digital
zoom, in which digital processing is used to
further magnify the image up to 4 ×, for a total
of 16 ×. Use the zoom buttons to frame your
subject in the center of the monitor:
• Press the button to zoom out from the
subject, increasing the area visible in the
frame.
• Press the
button to zoom in on the
subject so that it fi lls a larger area of the
frame.
• When the camera is zoomed in to maxi-
mum magnifi cation, holding the
button
down for about two seconds 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 inZoom out
Step 2 — Frame the Picture
Indicator in monitor shows
amount of zoom when ei-
ther button is pressed
Digital zoom