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Taking pictures/videos
Capture modes
Choose the mode that best suits your subjects and surroundings.
Smart General picture taking—it offers excellent image quality and ease of
Capture use.
■Faces are detected.
■The scene is analyzed for other content and for lighting.
■KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology is applied, for better pictures.
You can choose the best picture size and aspect ratio for your
needs—just press the Menu
button and choose Picture Size.
■3:2 (the best choice when making 4 x 6 prints)
■16:9 (wide screen)
■4:3 (the default setting)
Sport | Subjects that are in motion. Shutter speed is fast. |
Panorama “Stitching” 2 or 3 pictures into 1 panoramic scene. (See page 12.)
SCN Scene Point-and-shoot simplicity when taking pictures under special conditions.
PProgram More creative control. (See page 14).
AAperture
SShutter M Manual
Video Video with sound. (See page 5.)
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Contents
Kodak Easyshare Z915
Digital Camera
4H5245en
Back view
Share button
Shutter button Flash button
Focus Macro/Infinity button For batteries, see
Flash Self-timer/Video/AF Assist light Lens/Cover Microphone
Front view
Table of contents
Table of contents
Setting up your camera
Other battery types
Battery chargers, Sdhc cards, etc
Attaching the strap Loading the batteries
Turning on the camera Setting the language, date/time
Storing pictures on an accessory SD or Sdhc Card
Using the framing marks
Taking pictures/videos
Taking a picture
Taking a video
Reviewing the picture/video just taken
Capture mode For
Capture modes
Capture use
Sport
Flash setting can be changed Fireworks
Scene modes
Night
Landscape Surface or use a tripod
Using optical zoom
SCN mode For
Text Documents. Focus is Macro
As you zoom in, move away from your subject
Using the flash
Using the Focus button
Through a window
Macro
From the lens
Using the self-timer
Using burst
Repeatedly press the Self-timer/Burst button
Taking panoramic pictures
Getting help from your camera
Great news
Turning on camera Help
Mode When to use
S, and M modes
To control
Changing P, A, S, or M mode settings
Using exposure compensation with exposure bracketing
If the exposure
Then the exposures
Interval is set to 0.3 steps Taken are
Using the histogram to view picture brightness
Understanding the picture-taking icons
Reviewing pictures/videos
Magnifying a picture during review
Using the undo delete feature
Deleting pictures/videos
Playing a video
Protecting pictures/videos from deletion
Protect icon
Using shortcuts
Using the menu button in Review
Adding sound tags
Recording a sound tag
Playing a sound tag
Cropping pictures
Using Kodak Perfect Touch Technology
To highlight the Edit tab
Editing videos
Making a picture from a video
Trimming a video
To highlight Trim, then press OK
Using video bookmarks
Setting bookmarks
Using bookmarks
Making a video action print
Play a multimedia slide show
To show all pictures/videos
To show selected pictures/videos
Displaying pictures/videos on a television
Viewing pictures/videos in different ways
Selecting multiple pictures/videos
Viewing as thumbnails multi-up
Copying pictures/videos
Understanding the review icons
Copy pictures/videos
Using the menu button
Capture Options
Video Size
Maximum video size
Color Mode High Color
Natural Color
Low Color
Black & White Sepia
Exposure Metering
AF Zone
Exposure Bracketing Off Interval +/- 0.3 EV
+/- 0.7 EV
Using the Setup menu
Capture Frame Grid
Horizontally Date Stamp
Red-eye Reduction
After a picture is taken
Sound Volume High Medium Low Mute Date & Time
Features
Auto Power Off Minutes
Video Out Check settings used in your location
Installing the software
Transferring, printing, and sharing pictures
Using other options
Transferring pictures with the USB cable
Printing pictures
Direct printing with a Kodak All-in-One Printer
Using a printer that is not Pictbridge Technology enabled
Disconnecting the camera from a Kodak All-in-One Printer
Ordering prints online
Printing from an optional SD or Sdhc Card
Marking your pictures
Marking pictures for printing
Printing marked pictures
Marking pictures/videos for emailing
Add a new email address or name
Marking pictures/videos as favorites
Assigning other tags to pictures/videos
Assigning a tag to the pictures/videos you take next
Troubleshooting
Camera problems
Try one or more of the following
Including protected files
Clean the lens
Make sure your camera is not in Close-up mode
Blue or black Internal memory see
Instead of a
Feature did not Off and then on again Take effect
Setup
Purchase a certified SD/SDHC Card
Recognize Format the card see
Camera/computer communications
LCD messages
Videos, including protected files
Getting help
Helpful links
Camera
Software
Australia
00 800
New Zealand 0800 880 Norway 23 16 21 Philippines
Turkey
Camera specifications
Appendix
Combined zoom-50X Shutter speed
Microphone-Yes Speaker-Yes
Operating temperature-32-104F 0-40C
Storage capacities
Output image size
Sound tag-Yes Date stamp-Yes Tripod mount-1/4 inch
Important safety instructions
Upgrading your software and firmware Battery life
Extending battery life
Care and maintenance
Limited warranty
Limited warranty coverage
Limitations
Your rights
Regulatory compliance
FCC compliance and advisory
Outside the United States and Canada
Canadian DOC statement
Korean Class B ITE Vcci Class B ITE
N137
China RoHS Russian GOST-R
Backlight, 4 battery
About this camera, 6 accessories
Life, 5 loading
Color mode, 2 continuous AF, 2 copy pictures
Macintosh Computers, installing
Kodak Perfect Touch technology
Pictbridge
Setting, 5 using
Reset camera, 6 review button, 1 reviewing pictures/videos
Select multiple pictures/videos, 12 self-portrait
Camera/computer communications
Storage capacities, 4 transfer, 1 viewing
Digital, 5 optical