Nikon S6400 - Manual (Page 47)

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When Using a Tripod
• We recommend using a tripod to stabilize the camera in the following situations.
- When shooting in dim lighting or when the flash mode ( A59) is set to W (off)
- When using the telephoto setting
• Set Vibration reduction to Off in the setup menu ( A104) when using a tripod to stabilize the
camera during shooting.
Using the Zoom
Use the zoom control to activate optical zoom.
• To zoom in closer to the subject, rotate the zoom control
to g (telephoto).
• To zoom out and view a larger area, rotate the zoom
control to f (wide-angle).
When you turn the camera on, the zoom moves to the
maximum wide-angle position.
• A zoom indicator is displayed at the top of the monitor
when the zoom control is rotated.
• Digital zoom, which allows you to further magnify the
subject up to approximately 4× the maximum optical
zoom ratio, can be activated by rotating and holding the
zoom control to
g when the camera is zoomed in to the
maximum optical zoom position.
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Digital Zoom and Interpolation
While using digital zoom, the image quality decreases due to
interpolation when the zoom is increased beyond the V position.
Since the position of V moves to the right as the size of an image
decreases, selecting a smaller image size in the image mode setting
(
A69) allows you to zoom in further without decreasing the image
quality due to interpolation.
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Digital
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Small image size