Nikon 25515 User Manual - Page 26

Basic Photography Step 2-Frame the Picture 1 Ready the camera Hold the camera steadily in both hands. Avoid pressing buttons on left side of camera while shooting. Don't Block the Shot To avoid muffled sound or dark or partially obscured pictures, keep fingers and other objects away from the microphone, lens, and flash. To avoid blocking the red-eye reduction lamp, keep your fingers below the ridges on the camera grip. 2 Frame the subject The camera is equipped with two types of built-in zoom: optical zoom, in which the camera's tele- scoping lens can be used to magnify the subject up to 8 ×, and digital zoom, in which digital processing Zoom Zoom out in is used to further magnify the image up to 4 ×, for a total of 32 ×. 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 8M that it fills a larger area of the frame. 1/125 F5.6 15 Indicator shows amount of zoom when either button is pressed • When the camera is zoomed in to maximum magnification, holding the button down for about two seconds will trigger digital zoom, and the zoom indicator will turn yellow. Use the and buttons to adjust zoom in the digital zoom range. To cancel digital zoom, press until the zoom indicator turns white. 8M 1/125 F5.6 15 Digital zoom 16