[ Jim watches and listens to those same telling sounds with a smile, giving her a satisfactory nod. ]

That's great. You're doing better than me during my first try, I've got to tell you.

[ He can't even remember how many films he ruined at first, not closing the chamber properly or just not locking the film into place and reeling it in safely. But everyone learns from their mistakes, and Jim's no different. ]

There's a ring on the lens— [ He reaches for the lens on her camera, shifting it around so she can see the image focusing and unfocusing. ] Called focus ring. You move it around until the image on the little circle on the center is lined up with the rest of the picture, and you're good. Usually for landscapes you don't have to change the focus, but you have to adjust it when you switch to closeups.

There are some cameras and lenses that have autofocus, too. Your phone camera can do that, for instance.