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Tips for better pictures
• Move close enough to your subject so
it fills the viewfinder but not closer
than 2 ft (0.6 m).
• Take pictures at the subject’s level.
Kneel down to take pictures of children
and pets.
• Hold your camera vertically to capture
tall, narrow subjects, such as
a waterfall, skyscraper, or a single person.
• Add interest to your picture by framing
it with a tree branch, a window, or
even the rails of a fence.
• Keep the sun behind you. This provides
the best subject illumination.
• Stand at an angle to shiny surfaces
like windows or mirrors to avoid flash
reflection and bright spots in your
pictures.
• Turn on all room lights and have your
subject look at the red-eye-reduction
light to reduce red eyes in flash
pictures.
USING THE ZOOM LENS
This camera has a motorized-zoom lens
that lets you select the ideal lens-focal
length for taking pictures. When you turn
the camera on, it is initially set to the wide-
mode position.
1. Completely lift up the LENS COVER/
FLASH (3) to uncover the LENS (8)
and to turn on the camera.
2. Slide the ZOOM-DIAL LEVER (1) to the
right for telephoto to zoom
closer
to
the subject or to the
left for wide-angle to
zoom
away
from
the subject.
3. Look through the
VIEWFINDER
EYEPIECE
(14).
