Nikon 5400 User Manual

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Taking Pictures in Auto Mode

Basic Photogr

aphy

Ready the camera

Hold the camera steadily in both hands.

Photographs can be framed in the monitor

or the viewfi nder

Don’t Block the Shot

To avoid dark or partially obscured pictures,
keep fi ngers and other objects away from
the lens and fl ash window.

Frame the subject

The camera is equipped with two types of
built-in zoom: optical zoom, in which the
camera’s telescoping lens can be used to
magnify the subject up to 4 ×, and digital
zoom, in which digital processing is used to
further magnify the image up to 4 ×, for a total
of 16 ×. Use the zoom buttons to frame your
subject in the center of the monitor:
• Press the

button to zoom out from the

subject, increasing the area visible in the
frame.

• Press the

button to zoom in on the

subject so that it fi lls a larger area of the
frame.

• When the camera is zoomed in to maxi-

mum magnifi cation, holding the

button

down for about two seconds will trigger
digital zoom. The zoom indicator will turn
yellow, and the green (AF) lamp next to the
viewfi nder will blink. Use the

and

buttons to adjust zoom in the digital zoom
range. To cancel digital zoom, press

until the zoom indicator turns white.

Zoom in

Zoom out

Step 2 — Frame the Picture

Indicator in monitor shows
amount of zoom when ei-
ther button is pressed

Digital zoom