Using The Zoom - Nikon CoolPix A300 Reference Manual

Using the Zoom

When you move the zoom control, the zoom lens
position changes.
To zoom in: Move toward g
To zoom out: Move toward f
When you turn the camera on, the zoom moves to
the maximum wide-angle position.
A zoom indicator is displayed on the shooting
screen when the zoom control is moved.
Digital zoom, which allows you to further magnify
the subject up to approximately 4× the maximum
optical zoom ratio, can be activated by moving and
holding the zoom control toward g when the
camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position.
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Digital Zoom
The zoom indicator changes to blue when the digital zoom is activated, and it changes to
yellow when the zoom magnification is increased further.
Zoom indicator is blue: Image quality is not noticeably reduced by using the Dynamic Fine
Zoom.
Zoom indicator is yellow: There may be cases in which image quality is noticeably
reduced.
The indicator remains blue across a wider area when the image size is smaller.
The zoom indicator may not change to blue when using certain continuous shooting
settings or other settings.
Shooting Features

Using the Zoom

Wide-angle
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Telephoto
Optical Digital
zoom zoom