Nikon Coolpix A300 - Manual (Page 67)

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Shooting Features
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.
C
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.
Using the Zoom
Wide-angle Telephoto
Optical
zoom
Digital
zoom