16 Tutorial: “Point-and-Shoot” Photography ( Mode)3 Frame a photograph in the viewfinder.4 Focus and shoot.3.1 Hold the camera as shown.Holding the CameraHold the handgrip in your right hand and cradle the camerabody or lens with your left. Keep your elbows propped lightlyagainst your torso for support and place one foot half a paceahead of the other to keep you upper body stable.3.2 Frame a photo in the viewfinder with the main subjectpositioned in any of the three focus areas.Focus areaUsing a Zoom LensUse the zoom ring to zoom in on the subject so that it fills a largerarea of the frame, or zoom out to increase the area visible in thefinal photograph (select longer focal lengths to zoom in, shorterfocal lengths to zoom out).Zoom inZoom out4.1 Press the shutter-release button halfway. The camera willautomatically select the focus area containing the subjectclosest to the camera and focus on this subject. If the sub-ject is dark, the AF-assist illuminator may light to assist thefocus operation and the flash may pop up. The monitorwill turn off.When the focus operation is complete, the selected focusarea will be highlighted, a beep will sound, and the in-focus indicator (z) will appear in the viewfinder. The num-ber of exposures that can be stored in the memory buffer(“r”; 32) is shown in the viewfinder display while theshutter-release button is pressed halfway.
