Taking Pictures in A(Auto) Mode
4Frame the picture.
Position the main subject in the focus area and use the zoom control to frame the pic- ture in the monitor.
Select Mto zoom out | Select Lto zoom in | ||||||||||||||||||
|
| AUTO | AUTO | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||
| Zoom indicator |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||||||||
Holding the Camera
Hold the camera steady with both hands and brace your elbows against your sides. Shaking or unsteady hands can blur your shots.
To prevent pictures that are out of focus or too dark (un- derexposed), keep your fi n- gers and other objects away from the lens and fl ash.
Photography Basic
Zoom in up to 5 × using optical zoom, or use digital zoom (see below) to zoom in closer.
2Tip: Focus Lock
Use focus lock (pg. 22) to focus on subjects that are not in the focus frame.
2Tip: Digital Zoom
Digital zoom can be activated by rotating the mode dial to D(pg. 30) or using the dDIGITAL ZOOM option in the setup menu (pg. 76).
Playback and
15