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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 801842" data-attributes="member: 50197">The zoom is controlled by the large rubber ring closer to the body of the camera. The manual focus ring is the small rubber ring at the very front of the camera. The two are not connected. AF is done by the camera when you push the shutter button. Most folks push it halfway down and wait for the camera to focus, then push the rest of the way down to take the picture when they are ready. Depending on the AF mode you are in, the camera will beep when focus is acquired and a green box will surround the area the focus locked onto. If you have it in single AF point, there will be a single box in green. If you have it in auto area, they may be multiple boxes that illuminate in green that are in the same plane of focus. A red box indicates no focus lock. For normal non moving objects, I usually leave my camera in single point, and single servo mode. This will give you a single point of focus (which you can choose), and won't take the picture until it has focus lock. Starting out, using auto for both might be a good choice until you become more familiar with the camera. You can access the focus modes by pushing the i button and making your choices in focus mode, and again in AF area mode.There are many youtube videos that will walk you through the basics of this camera.</blockquote>