Nikon L120 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Use the zoom control to activate 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.

• The side zoom control can be turned toward g or f to operate the zoom.
• 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 operated.

When the camera is zoomed in to the maximum optical zoom position, turning and 
holding the zoom control or the side zoom control toward 

g triggers digital zoom.

Digital zoom can magnify the subject up to about 4× beyond the magnification of 
the optical zoom.

• When digital zoom is used, the focus area is not displayed and the camera 

focuses in the center of the frame.

Zoom out Zoom in

Optical zoom Digital zoom

g
Zoom in
f
Zoom out

Maximum optical zoom

Digital zoom is in effect.

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Unlike optical zoom, digital zoom uses a digital imaging process known as interpolation to magnify 
images, resulting in slight deterioration of image quality.
Interpolation is applied when taking still images at zoom positions beyond V.
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 you to confirm the zoom positions 
at which still images can be captured without interpolation using the current image mode setting.

When the image size is small.