Nikon 8400 - Manual (Page 28)

Basic Photography
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1 Ready the camera
Hold the camera steadily in both hands.
Don’t Block the Shot
To avoid muffl ed sound or
dark or partially obscured
pictures, keep fi ngers and
other objects away from the
microphone, lens, built-in
Speedlight, AF-assist lamp
(LED), and AF ranging sensor.
2 Frame the subject
The camera is equipped with two types of built-in
zoom: optical zoom, in which the camera’s tele-
scoping lens can be used to magnify the subject up
to 3.5 ×, and digital zoom, in which digital process-
ing is used to further magnify the image up to 4 ×,
for a total of 14 ×. Use the zoom buttons to frame
your subject in the center of the monitor:
• Press the button to zoom out from your sub-
ject, increasing the area visible in the frame.
• Press the button to zoom in on your subject so
that it fi lls a larger area of the frame.
• When the camera is zoomed in to maximum
magnifi cation, holding the button down for
about two seconds will trigger digital zoom, and
the zoom indicator will turn yellow. Use the
and buttons to adjust zoom in the digital
zoom range. To cancel digital zoom, press
until the zoom indicator turns white.
Step 2 — Frame the Picture
Indicator shows
amount of zoom
F5.6 1/125
8M
126
Zoom
out
Zoom
in
Digital zoom
F5.6 1/125
8M
126
F5.6 1/125 15
8M
Digital zoom Middle zoom position
Wide angle Telephoto