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close-focus range is about 10 inches; for other lenses, check the specifi-
cations in the lens manual.) You also may need to adjust the viewfinder
to accommodate your eyesight; see the next section for details.
Some lenses enable you to use autofocusing to set the initial focusing point and
then fine-tune focus manually. Check your lens manual for information on how
to use this option, if available. (This option isn’t offered on the kit lens.)
Zooming in and out
If you bought a zoom lens, it sports a movable zoom ring. On the kit lens, the
zoom ring is behind the focusing ring, as shown in Figure 1-3, but again, the
relative positioning of the two components depends on your lens. With the
kit lens, you rotate the lens barrel to zoom. A few zoom lenses use a push-
pull motion to zoom instead.
The numbers around the edge of the zoom ring, by the way, represent
focal
lengths.
Chapter 8 explains focal lengths in detail. In the meantime, just note
that when the lens is mounted on the camera, the number that’s aligned with
the white focal length indicator, labeled in Figure 1-3, represents the current
focal length. In Figure 1-3, for example, the focal length is 28mm.
Adjusting the Viewfinder Focus
Perched on the top-right edge of the viewfinder is a tiny black knob, labeled
in Figure 1-4. Officially known as a
dioptric adjustment control,
this knob
enables you to adjust the magnification of the viewfinder to mesh with your
eyesight.
Viewfinder adjustment knob
Autofocus point
Figure 1-4:
Roll the little knob to set the viewfinder focus for your eyesight.
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