18Step2 Frame a Picture

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1 Ready the camera.

• Hold the camera steadily in both hands, keeping your fingers and other objects away from the lens, flash, and micro- phone.

•When taking pictures in “tall” orientation, turn the camera counterclockwise so that the built-in flash is above the lens.

2 Frame the picture.

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• Frame the picture with the main subject

 

positioned near the center of the monitor.

 

 

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Using the Zoom

 

Use the zoom buttons to activate optical

Zoom out Zoom in

zoom. Press t (j) to zoom out, increasing

 

the area visible in the frame, or v (k) to

 

zoom in so that the subject fills a larger area

 

of the frame.

 

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum magnification (3×), holding v (k) down triggers digital zoom. The subject is magnified up to 4×, for a total magnification of 12×.

A monitor indicator shows the current zoom ratio.

Zoom indicator displayed

Optical zoom

Zoom indicator turns

when the zoom buttons

(up to 3×)

yellow when digital

are pressed.

 

zoom is in effect.