Step 2 - Frame The Picture - Nikon COOLPIX 5100 Manual

Step 2 - Frame the Picture

Zoom out Zoom in
AUTO
Indicator in monitor shows
amount of zoom when ei-
ther button is pressed
AUTO
Digital zoom
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1
Ready the camera
Hold the camera steadily in both hands. Photo-
graphs can be framed in the monitor or the view-
finder.
Don't Block the Shot
To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep
your fingers and other objects away from the
lens, flash window and microphone.
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Frame your subject
Your Nikon digital camera is equipped with two
types of built-in zoom: optical zoom, in which
the camera's telescoping lens can be used to
magnify the subject up to 3 ×, and digital zoom,
in which digital processing is used to further
magnify the image up to 4 ×, for a total of 12 ×.
Use the zoom buttons to frame your subject in
the center of the monitor:
• Press the l (W) button to zoom out from
19 your subject, increasing the area visible in the
frame.
• Press the O (T) button to zoom in on your sub-
ject so that it fills a larger area of the frame.
• When the camera is zoomed in to maximum
magnification, holding the O (T) button down
for about one second will trigger digital zoom.
The zoom indicator will turn yellow, and the
green (AF) lamp next to the viewfinder will
blink. Use the O (T) and l (W) buttons to ad-
just zoom in the digital zoom range. To cancel
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digital zoom, press l (W) until the zoom in-
dicator turns white.