1 Ready the camera.
Hold the camera steadily in both hands, keeping your fingers and other objects away from the lens, flash, and microphone.
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2 Frame the picture.
Frame the subject near the center of the monitor.
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Use the | button to frame the subject in the monitor. Press | to zoom out, | |
increasing the area visible in the frame. Press | to zoom in up to 3× so that the sub- | ||
ject fills a larger area of the frame. Pressing | for about two seconds at 3× zoom will | ||
trigger digital zoom, allowing the subject to be magnified up to 4× more, for a total of magnification of 12×. Note that unlike optical zoom, digital zoom does not increase the amount of detail visible in the picture. Instead, details visible at 3× zoom are simply enlarged, producing a slightly “grainy” image.
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