Nikon Coolpix 8800 Manuel D’Utilisation

Basic Photography

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1

 Ready the camera

Hold the camera steadily in both hands.

To avoid muffl ed sound or dark 
or partially obscured pictures, 
keep fi ngers and other objects 
away from the microphone, 
lens, built-in Speedlight, and 
AF-assist lamp (LED).

Before shooting, check that vibration reduction (VR) 
is on.  Vibration reduction reduces blurring caused 
by camera shake and stabilizes the view through 
the lens in the shooting display.

2

 Frame the subject

The camera is equipped with two types of built-in 
zoom: optical zoom, in which the camera’s tele-
scoping lens can be used to magnify the subject up 
to 10 ×, and digital zoom, in which digital process-
ing is used to further magnify the image up to 4 ×, 
for a total of 40 ×.  Use the  zoom buttons to frame 
your subject in the center of the monitor:

• Press  the 

 button to zoom out from your sub-

ject, increasing the area visible in the frame.

• Press  the 

 button to zoom in on your subject so 

that it fi lls a larger area of the frame.

• When the camera is zoomed in to maximum 

magnifi cation,  holding  the 

  button down for 

about two seconds will trigger digital zoom, and 
the zoom indicator will turn yellow.  Use the 

and 

  buttons to adjust zoom in the digital 

zoom range.  To cancel digital zoom, press 

until the zoom indicator turns white.

 Indicator shows 

amount of zoom

F5.6

1/125

15

Zoom

out

Zoom

in

Digital zoom

F5.6

1/125

15

Middle zoom 

position

Wide 

angle

Telephoto

Digital 

zoom