25The Basics of Shooting and PlaybackC When Using a Tripod• We recommend using a tripod to stabilize the camera in the following situations:- When shooting in dim lighting- When shooting with the flash mode (A46) set to W (off)- When using the telephoto setting• When using a tripod to stabilize the camera during shooting, set Photo VR to Off in the setupmenu (A73) to prevent potential errors caused by this function.Using the ZoomWhen you move the zoom control, the zoom lens positionchanges.• To zoom in closer to the subject: Move toward g (telephoto).• To zoom out and view a larger area: Move toward f (wide-angle).When you turn the camera on, the zoom moves to themaximum wide-angle position.• A zoom indicator is displayed at the top of the monitorwhen the zoom control is moved.• Digital zoom, which allows you to further magnify thesubject up to approximately 4× the maximum optical zoomratio, can be activated by moving and holding the zoomcontrol toward g when the camera is zoomed in to themaximum optical zoom position.C Notes About Digital ZoomThe zoom indicator turns blue when the digital zoom is activated, and it turns yellow when thezoom magnification is increased further.• Zoom indicator is blue: Image quality is not noticeably reduced by using the Dynamic Fine Zoom.• Zoom indicator is yellow: Image quality is noticeably reduced.• The indicator remains blue across a wider area when the image size is smaller.• The zoom indicator may not turn blue when using certain continuous shooting settings.Zoom out Zoom inOpticalzoomDigitalzoom
