User manual KODAK EASYSHARE Z812 IS

[. . . ] Kodak EasyShare Z812 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/z812support Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2007 All screen images are simulated. Kodak and EasyShare are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. P/N 2F6565_en Product features Front view 8 7 6 5 11 12 9 10 4 3 11 2 1 Lens 7 1 Drive button (Self-timer, Burst, Exposure Bracketing) Mode dial On/Off switch 2 Low-light assist, Self-timer light, 8 Video light 3 Shutter button 4 Flash button 5 Strap post 9 10 Flash 11 Microphones 6 Focus button (Close-up/Macro, 12 Speaker Landscape, Manual Focus) www. kodak. com/go/support i Product features Back view 7 6 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 4 3 18 2 1 Battery compartment 2 Slot for optional SD card 3 Tripod socket 4 Dock connector 5 LCD 6 EVF/LCD button 7 EVF (Electronic viewfinder) 9 Jog dial 15 16 17 1 10 Info button 11 Review button 12 DC-In (3V) 13 USB, A/V Out 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 10 minutes 5 minutes 3 minutes (default) 1 minute NTSC (default)--used in North America and Japan; most common format. 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 Reset Camera Reset all settings to factory defaults. www. kodak. com/go/support 37 Doing more with your camera Press Menu, to highlight Setup, Options to access settings, then OK. Format Memory Card--deletes everything on the card; formats the card. CAUTION: Cancel--exits without making a change. 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. 38 www. kodak. com/go/support 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. Exposure and white balance are set with the first picture. 2 Press to highlight Panorama Left-Right or Panorama Right-Left (depending on the direction you want to pan). Then, either 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. www. kodak. com/go/support 39 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). The aperture Aperture setting may be affected by optical zoom. compensation, and ISO speed Priority Shutter Priority mode is primarily used to prevent blur when your subject is moving. The camera automatically sets the aperture for proper exposure. [. . . ] 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. Remanufactured Products, parts and materials are warranted for the remaining warranty term of the original Product, or 90 days after the date of repair or replacement, whichever is longer. [. . . ]