Nikon L5 manual Frame a Picture, Ready the camera, Frame the picture

Step2 Frame a Picture

Basic Photography and Playback: L (Auto) Mode

1 Ready the camera.

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

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

2 Frame the picture.
• Frame the picture with the main subject positioned
near the center of the monitor.
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• Press t (j)/v (k) to activate optical zoom. Press	Zoom out	Zoom in
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 (5×), holding v (k) down for approximately two seconds triggers digital zoom. The subject is magnified up to 4×, for a total magnification of 20×.

A monitor indicator shows the current zoom ratio.

Zoom indicator	Optical zoom	Zoom indicator
displayed when	(up to 5×)	turns yellow when
t (j)/v (k) is pressed		digital zoom is in
		effect

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