20Basic PhotographyStep 2–Frame the Picture1 Ready the cameraHold the camera steadily in both hands. Photo-graphs can be framed in the monitor.Don’t Block the ShotTo avoid dark or partially obscured pictures, keep yourfingers and other objects away from the lens, flashwindow, AF-assist illuminator, microphone, andantenna.2 Frame your subjectYour Nikon digital camera is equipped with twotypes of built-in zoom: optical zoom, in which thecamera’s telescoping lens can be used to magnifythe subject up to 3.5×, and digital zoom, in whichdigital processing is used to further magnify theimage up to 4×, for a total of 14×. Use the zoombuttons to frame your subject in the center of themonitor:• Press the j (W) button to zoom out from yoursubject, increasing the area visible in the frame.• Press the k (T) button to zoom in on your sub-ject so that it fills a larger area of the frame.To use digital zoomWhen the camera is zoomed in to maximum mag-nification, holding the k (T) button down for morethan two seconds will trigger digital zoom. Thezoom indicator will turn yellow. Use the k (T) andj (W) buttons to adjust zoom in the digital zoomrange. To cancel digital zoom, press j (W) untilthe zoom indicator turns white.
