24Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) ModeStep 2 Frame a Picture1 Ready the camera.Hold the camera steadily in both hands, keeping yourfingers and other objects away from the lens, flash, AFassist-illuminator, microphone, and speaker.When taking pictures in portrait (“tall”) orientation, turnthe camera so that the built-in flash is above the lens.2 Frame the picture.At the default settings, a face recognized by the camerawill be framed by a yellow double border (focus area).Up to 12 faces can be recognized. If more than one face isrecognized, the face closest to the camera will be framedby a double border, and the others by a single border.When taking pictures of subjects other than people, orframing a subject with which no face is recognized, a focus area will not be displayed.Frame the picture so that the intended subject is at or near the center of the frame.1 11 1
