User manual KODAK Z712

[. . . ] Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS zoom digital camera User's guide www. kodak. com For interactive tutorials, www. kodak. com/go/howto For help with your camera, www. kodak. com/go/z712support Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2007 All screen images are simulated. P/N 4J6066_en Product features Front view 7 8 9 6 5 10 11 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lens Low-light assist, Self-timer light, Video light Shutter button Flash button Drive button (Self-timer, Burst, Exposure Bracketing) 1 7 8 9 Mode dial On/Off switch Flash 10 Microphone Focus button (Close-up/Macro, Landscape, Manual Focus) 11 Speaker www. kodak. com/go/support i Product features Back view 7 6 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 3 2 1 Battery compartment 2 Slot for optional SD or MMC card 3 Tripod socket 4 Dock connector 5 LCD 6 EVF/LCD button 7 EVF (Electronic viewfinder) 9 Jog dial 15 16 17 1 18 10 Info button 11 Review button 12 USB, A/V Out 13 DC-In (3V) 14 OK button 15 16 Share button 18 Delete button , for optional AC adapter 8 Zoom (Wide Angle/Telephoto) button 17 Menu button ii www. kodak. com/go/support Table of contents 1 1 Setting up your camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Attaching the lens cap and strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Loading the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Turning on the camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Choose from available languages. Date & Time Auto Power Off Choose amount of inactivity time until camera turns off. Video Out Choose the regional setting that lets you connect the camera to a television or other external device. Language 32 www. kodak. com/go/support Doing more with your camera Press Menu, to highlight Setup, Options to access settings, then OK. Formatting a card deletes all Internal Memory--deletes everything in internal (including protected) memory including email addresses, album names, pictures/videos. Formatting and favorites; formats the internal memory. internal memory deletes all pictures/videos, email addresses, album names, and favorites. About View camera information. www. kodak. com/go/support 33 Doing more with your camera Taking panoramic pictures Use panorama to "stitch" up to 3 pictures into a panoramic scene. (For a steady shutter release on a tripod, see page 11. ) Only the panoramic picture is saved; individual pictures are not. 2 Press to highlight Panorama Left-Right or Panorama Right-Left (depending on the direction you want to pan), then press OK (or keep the SCN mode highlighted). After a quickview, the LCD displays the liveview and an "overlay" from the first picture. Make the overlay from the first picture cover the same portion in the new picture. (You can press the Delete button to re-take a picture. ) 5 If you are taking only 2 pictures, press OK to stitch them together. After you take 3 pictures, the pictures are automatically stitched together. 2 1 3 Take 2 or 3 pictures. Get 1 panoramic picture. 34 www. kodak. com/go/support Doing more with your camera P, A, S, and M modes Use these modes when you want more control over your camera and pictures. Mode When to use Press Jog dial to control Program mode offers the ease of auto shooting with full access to all menu options. The camera Program automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture (f-stop) based on the scene lighting. Exposure compensation (how much light enters the camera), flash compensation, and ISO speed Use Aperture priority mode to control depth of Aperture, exposure compensation, flash field (the range of sharpness). compensation, and ISO speed Priority Shutter priority mode is primarily used to Shutter speed, exposure prevent blur when your subject is moving. The compensation, flash Shutter camera automatically sets the aperture for compensation, and ISO speed Priority proper exposure. (To prevent blur, use a tripod for slow shutter speeds. ) The highest level of creative control. (To prevent Aperture, shutter speed, flash blur, use a tripod for slow shutter speeds. ) compensation, and ISO speed Manual Jog dial (press, turn) NOTE: Settings you change in P, A, S, or M modes apply only to pictures taken in those modes. For example, if you change the Color Mode to Sepia while in P, A, S, or M mode, you retain the default setting of Color for Smart Scene and SCN modes. The settings, including Flash, are maintained for P, A, S, and M modes--even when you change modes or turn off the camera. Use Camera (see page 33) to reset P, A, S, or M mode to its default setting. www. kodak. com/go/support 35 Doing more with your camera Changing P, A, S, or M mode settings PASM modes control the aperture (f-number, also known as f-stop), shutter speed, and exposure compensation, flash compensation, and ISO. Use the Menu button to control all other settings. PASM Options White--selectable Grey--non-selectable Yellow--changeable value Red--out of range ISO Flash compensation Exposure compensation Shutter speed Aperture 1 Turn the Mode dial to P, A, S, or M. [. . . ] If Kodak is unable to repair or replace a Product, Kodak will, at its option, refund the purchase price paid for the Product provided the Product has been returned to Kodak along with proof of the purchase price paid. Repair, replacement, or refund of the purchase price are the sole remedies under the warranty. If replacement parts are used in making repairs, those parts may be remanufactured, or may contain remanufactured materials. If it is necessary to replace the entire Product, it may be replaced with a remanufactured Product. [. . . ]