Step 2 – Frame the picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zoom out

 

 

Zoom in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indicator in monitor shows amount of zoom when ei- ther button is pressed.

Digital zoom

Digital Zoom

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Frame your subject.

Frame your subject in the center of the monitor.

Use the zoom buttons.

• Your Nikon digital camera is equipped with an optical zoom. The camera’s zoom lens can be used to magnify the subject up to 3x.

• Press the W button to zoom out, increas- 3 ing the area visible in the frame.

subject so that it fills a larger area of the

Basic

• Press the T button to zoom in on your

 

frame.

Photography

• At the maximum optical zoom position,

 

holding the T button down for about two

 

seconds triggers the digital zoom. The digital

 

zoom magnifies the subject up to a further

 

4x, for a total of 12x. The zoom indicator

 

turns yellow in the digital zoom range.

 

• To cancel digital zoom, press the W but-

 

ton until the zoom indicator turns white.

 

In digital zoom, data from the camera’s image sensor are processed digitally, en- larging the center portion of the picture to fill the frame. Unlike the optical zoom, the digital zoom does not increase the amount of detail visible in the pic- ture. Instead, details visible at maximum optical zoom are enlarged, producing a slightly “grainy” image.

In digital zoom, the center focus area is used and the autofocus indicator ( ) in the monitor lights green/flashes red instead of the focus area indicator when the shutter-release button is pressed halfway ( 35).

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Nikon Coolpix SQ manual Frame your subject, Use the zoom buttons