Nikon COOLPIXS9 manual Frame a Picture, 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.

Basic Photography and Playback: L (Auto)

2 Frame the picture.

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

Use the zoom control to activate optical zoom. Press the zoom control to t to zoom out, increasing the area visible in the frame, or to v 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 triggers digital zoom. The subject is magnified up to 4×, for a total magnification of 12×.

A monitor indicator shows the current zoom ratio.

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Zoom out	Zoom in

Mode

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Zoom indicator dis- played when the zoom control is pressed.

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Optical zoom (up to 3×)

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W

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Zoom indicator turns yellow when digital zoom is in effect.

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