Nikon COOLPIX5900 Frame the Picture, Ready the camera, Frame your subject, Don’t Block the Shot

Step 2–Frame the Picture

1 Ready the camera

Hold the camera steadily in both hands. Pho- tographs can be framed in the monitor or the viewfinder.

Don’t Block the Shot

To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep your fingers and other objects away from the lens, flash window, AF-assist Illuminator, and micro- phone.

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Zoom out Zoom in

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Indicator in monitor shows amount of zoom when either button is pressed

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Digital zoom

Frame your subject

Your Nikon digital 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 3 ×, and digital zoom, in which digital processing is used to fur- ther magnify the image up to 4 ×, for a total of 12 ×. Use the Zoom Buttons to frame your sub- ject in the center of the monitor:

•Press the (W) Button to zoom out from your subject, increasing the area visi- ble in the frame.

•Press the (T) Button to zoom in on your subject so that it fills a larger area of the frame.

•When the camera is zoomed in to maxi-

mum magnification, holding the (T) Button down for more than two seconds will trigger digital zoom. The zoom indica- tor will turn yellow, and the green (AF) lamp next to the viewfinder will blink. Use

the (T) and (W) Buttons to adjust zoom in the digital zoom range. To cancel

digital zoom, press (W) until the zoom indicator turns white.

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