Nikon Coolpix P300 User Manual download pdf (Page 39)

Step 2 Frame a Picture

Basic Photography and Playback: A (Auto) Mode

Using the Zoom

Rotate the zoom control to activate the optical zoom.

Rotate the zoom control toward g to zoom in,

increasing the size of the subject. Rotate the zoom

control toward f to zoom out, increasing the area

visible in the frame.

• When the camera is turned on, the zoom is at the

maximum wide-angle position.

• A zoom indicator is displayed at the top of the

monitor when the zoom control is rotated.

Digital Zoom

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, rotating

and holding the zoom control at g triggers digital zoom.

Digital zoom can magnify the subject up to about 2× beyond the maximum

magnification of the optical zoom.

• The camera focuses at the center of the frame and the focus area is not

displayed when digital zoom is in effect.

C Digital Zoom and Interpolation

Unlike the optical zoom, the digital zoom uses a digital imaging process known as interpolation to

magnify images, resulting in slight deterioration of picture quality depending on the image mode

(A74) and digital zoom magnification.

Interpolation is applied at zoom positions beyond V when taking still pictures.

When zoom is increased beyond the V position, interpolation is initiated and the zoom indicator

turns yellow to indicate that interpolation is being applied.

The position of V moves to the right as image size decreases, allowing for confirmation of the zoom

positions at which shooting without interpolation is possible at the current image mode setting.

• Digital zoom can be disabled from the Digital zoom option (A152) in the setup menu (A141).

Optical zoom Digital zoom

Zoom out

Zoom in

Maximum optical zoom Digital zoom enabled

When the image size is small

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Nikon Coolpix P300 User Manual Page 39