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Framing Pictures, Optical Zoom, Digital Zoom

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Beyond Point-and-Shoot Framing Pictures Optical and Digital Zoom Your Nikon digital camera offers two kinds of 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 2.5 ×. Optical Zoom Photos can be framed in the monitor using the zoom buttons. Indicator in monitor displays amount of zoom while either button is pressed Zoom out Zoom in Digital Zoom At the maximum optical zoom position, holding the digital zoom. button down triggers Maximum optical zoom position Hold Zoom indicator turns yellow in digital zoom range The camera can be zoomed in and out in the digital zoom range by pressing the and buttons. To restore ordinary optical zoom, press until the zoom indicator turns white. In digital zoom, data from the camera's image sensor are processed digitally, enlarging the center portion of the picture to fill the frame. Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom does not increase the amount of detail visible in the picture. Instead, details visible at maximum optical zoom are enlarged, producing a slightly "grainy" image. While digital zoom is in effect, the camera focuses on the subject in the center of the frame, even if objects in other areas of the frame are closer to the camera. Digital zoom is not available in movie mode ( 26), at CONTINUOUS settings other than Single ( 61), or when BSS ( 62) is on. 42

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Beyond Point-and-Shoot
Framing Pictures
Optical and Digital Zoom
Your Nikon digital camera offers two kinds of 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 2.5
×
.
Optical Zoom
Photos can be framed in the monitor using the zoom buttons.
Digital Zoom
At the maximum optical zoom position, holding the
button down triggers
digital zoom.
The camera can be zoomed in and out in the digital zoom range by pressing
the
and
buttons.
To restore ordinary optical zoom, press
until the
zoom indicator turns white.
In digital zoom, data from the camera’s image sensor are processed digitally,
enlarging the center portion of the picture to fill the frame.
Unlike optical
zoom, digital zoom does not increase the amount of detail visible in the pic-
ture.
Instead, details visible at maximum optical zoom are enlarged, produc-
ing a slightly “grainy” image.
While digital zoom is in effect, the camera
focuses on the subject in the center of the frame, even if objects in other
areas of the frame are closer to the camera.
Digital zoom is not available in movie mode (
26), at CONTINUOUS settings
other than
Single
(
61), or when BSS (
62) is on.
Zoom out
Zoom in
Indicator in monitor displays
amount of zoom while either
button is pressed
Maximum optical zoom
position
Zoom indicator turns yellow
in digital zoom range
Hold