Nikon S7 manual Frame a Picture, Using the Zoom, Ready the camera, Frame the picture

Step 2 Frame a Picture

1 Ready the camera.

Hold the camera steadily in both hands, keeping your fingers and other objects away from the lens, flash, and self-timer lamp.

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

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2 Frame the picture.

Position the main subject near the center of the mon- itor.

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Using the Zoom

Use the zoom control to activate optical zoom. Zoom out Zoom in Press to t (j) to zoom out, increasing the area

visible in the frame, or to 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 the zoom control down to v (k) triggers digital zoom. The subject is magni- fied up to 4×, for a total magnification of 12×.

A monitor indicator shows the current zoom ratio.

Zoom indicator dis-	Optical zoom	Zoom indicator turns
played when the zoom	(up to 3×)	yellow when digital
control is pressed.		zoom is in effect.

jDigital Zoom

Unlike optical zoom, data from the camera’s image sensor are processed digitally with digital zoom. Details visible at maximum optical zoom are simply enlarged, producing a slightly “grainy” image.

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