Northern Industrial Tools S500 user manual Frame a Picture, Using the Zoom, Ready the camera

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.

Basic Photography and

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

Playback: Auto Mode

2 Frame the picture.

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

Using the Zoom

Use the zoom buttons to activate optical zoom. Press t (j) to zoom out, increasing the area visi- ble in the frame, or v (k) to zoom in so that the subject fills a larger area of the frame.

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Zoom out Zoom in

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum magnification (3×), holding down v (k) 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 dis-	Optical zoom	Zoom indicator turns
played when the zoom	(up to 3×)	yellow when digital
22 buttons are pressed.		zoom is in effect.