Nikon P6000 P6000 User's Manual - Page 41

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode Using the Zoom Use the zoom control to activate optical zoom. Rotate g to zoom in so that the subject fills a larger area of the frame, or f to zoom out, thus increasing the area visible in the frame. A zoom indicator is displayed at the top of the monitor when the zoom control is rotated. Step 2 Frame a Picture Zoom out Zoom in Optical zoom Digital zoom Digital Zoom When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom magnification, rotating and holding the zoom control at g triggers digital zoom. The subject is magnified up to 4×. Focus will be on the center of the screen (without active focus area display) when digital zoom is in effect. Optical zoom (up to 4×). Digital zoom is in effect. C Digital Zoom and Interpolation Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom uses a digital imaging process known as interpolation to magnify images (A126), resulting in slight deterioration of picture quality. Interpolation is applied at zoom positions beyond V. When zoom is increased beyond the V position, interpolation is initiated and the zoom indicator turns yellow to indicate that interpolation is being applied. The position of V moves to the right as image size decreases, allowing for confirmation of the zoom positions at which shooting without interpolation is possible at the current image mode setting. When the image size is small • Digital zoom (A168) in the Setup menu (A159) can be limited to the range at which interpolation is not in effect, or it can be turned off. 27