Nikon CT2L02(11), L820 Black Using the Zoom, When Using a Tripod, Digital Zoom and Interpolation

Optical zoom Digital zoom

C When Using a Tripod

•We recommend using a tripod to stabilize the camera in the following situations:

-When shooting in dark conditions with the flash lowered, or when shooting in dark conditions using a shooting mode in which the flash does not fire

-When zooming in on the subject

•Set Vibration reduction to Off in the setup menu (A 96) when using a tripod.

Using the Zoom

Rotate the zoom control to activate optical zoom. Zoom out Zoom in

• To zoom in closer to the subject, rotate the zoom control to g (telephoto).

•To zoom out and view a larger area, rotate the zoom control to f (wide-angle).

When you turn the camera on, the zoom moves to the maximum wide-angle position.

• The side zoom control (A 2) can also be turned toward g or f to operate the zoom.

g

Zoom in

f

Zoom out

• A zoom indicator is displayed at the top of the monitor when the zoom control is operated.

• If you rotate the zoom control or the side zoom control to g when the camera is

zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, you can use the digital zoom to magnify the image further by up to 4×.

C Digital Zoom and Interpolation

When using the digital zoom, image quality deteriorates when zooming in past V.
The position of Vis more to the right when shooting smaller images;
therefore, when the image size is smaller (as determined by the image	Small image size
mode setting; A 65, E31), more digital zoom can be applied without
image quality deterioration.

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