Nikon D80 Manual page 33

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Frame a photograph in the viewfi nder. The monitor remains off during shooting.
4.1 Hold the camera as shown.
Holding the Camera
Hold the handgrip in your right hand and cradle the camera body
or lens with your left. Keep your elbows propped lightly against
your torso for support and place one foot half a pace ahead of the
other to keep you upper body stable.
4.2 Frame a photo in the viewfi nder with the main subject po-
sitioned in any of the eleven focus areas.
Using a Zoom Lens
Use the zoom ring to zoom in on the subject so that it fi lls a larg-
er area of the frame, or zoom out to increase the area visible in
the fi nal photograph (select longer focal lengths on the lens fo-
cal length scale index to zoom in, shorter focal lengths to zoom
out).
Tutorial: "Point-and-Shoot" Photography (
Focus area
Zoom in
Zoom out
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