Contents
Kodak EasyShare Z8612 is Digital camera
Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, NY
Front view
Flash Lens Mode dial
Zoom Telephoto/Wide Angle
Shutter button Speaker
Back view
Info, Review, Delete, Menu buttons Battery compartment
Share button
Tripod socket
Table of contents
Table of contents
To extend battery life, see
Attaching the strap Loading the battery
Turning on the camera
Setting the language, date/time
Language
Date/Time
Turn off the camera before inserting or removing a card
Storing pictures on an optional SD or Sdhc card
Taking a video
Taking a picture
Reviewing the picture/video just taken
Using the framing marks to take pictures
To review pictures/videos anytime, see
Press the Shutter button halfway
Scene modes
Capture modes
Are Multi-Pattern Exposure Metering and Multi-Zone Focus
SCN mode For Sport
Landscape
Marks are not available in Landscape
As you zoom in, move away from your subject
Using optical zoom
Focus distance
Auto
Taking flash pictures
Focus mode
Using focus modes
Macro
Infinity
Still modes, press the Self-timer/Burst button
Taking self-timer pictures
To get into the scene
Place the camera on a tripod or flat surface. In most
Taking burst pictures
Mode Icon Description Purpose
Take the first picture
Taking panoramic pictures
Understanding the picture-taking icons
Status icons indicate mode, feature, and camera status
Magnifying a picture during review
Reviewing pictures/videos
Viewing picture/video information
Playing a video
Using the undo delete feature
Deleting pictures/videos
Protecting pictures/videos from deletion
Using the menu button in Review
Adding sound tags
Recording a sound tag
Playing a sound tag
Using Kodak Perfect Touch technology
Cropping pictures
Edit tab Press to highlight Crop. Press the OK button
Making a picture from a video
Editing videos
Trimming a video
To pause. Press to navigate through video frames
Using video bookmarks
Setting bookmarks
Using bookmarks
Running a slide show
Use Slide Show to display your pictures/videos on the LCD
Making a video action print
Starting the slide show
Running a continuous slide show loop
Changing the slide show display interval
Running a multimedia slide show
Press the OK button
Displaying pictures/videos on a television
Viewing pictures/videos in different ways
Viewing as thumbnails multi-up
Searching pictures by date, favorites, or other tag
Copying pictures/videos
Selecting multiple pictures/videos
Press the Review button, then to find a picture/video
Copy pictures/videos
Understanding the review icons
Pictures
Videos
Capture Options
Using the Menu button to change settings
Black-and-white or sepia
Sharpness High
Settings Panorama modes White Balance
Normal
Low
Setup Options
Add Tag
Set Tag Clear All
Delete Tag
Exit
Cancel-exits without making a change
Sound Volume Off, Low, Medium, High Auto Power Off Minutes
Advanced Digital Zoom
Digital zoom
Using the framing grid to compose a picture
Using Pasm modes
Mode When to use
Picture sizes
Changing P, A, S, or M mode settings
Using exposure compensation with exposure bracketing
Using the histogram to view picture brightness
Then
Interval is set to 0.3 steps
Sharing your pictures
Tagging pictures for printing
Printing tagged pictures
First-on your computer
Tagging pictures/videos for emailing
Second-tag pictures/videos on your camera
Third-transfer and email
Printing and emailing favorites
Tagging pictures as favorites
To find a picture
As favorites
Pre-tagging
Tagging pictures/videos
First-create tags names
Second-assign tags
Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software
Installing the software
Also available for transferring
Transferring pictures with the USB cable
Printing pictures
Connecting the camera to an EasyShare all-in-one printer
Printing with a Kodak EasyShare printer or printer dock
Direct printing with an EasyShare all-in-one printer
Printing from an EasyShare all-in-one printer
Using a printer that is not PictBridge enabled
Turn on the printer. Turn on the camera
Press to choose a printing option, then press the OK button
Dock compatibility for your camera
Ordering prints online
Printing from an optional SD/SDHC card
Including protected files
Camera problems Try one or more of the following
Make sure your camera is not in Close-up mode
Clean the lens see
Blue or black Card or internal memory see
Instead of a
Behind the subject
Turn on the flash see
Increase Exposure Compensation see
Purchase a certified SD/SDHC card
Videos, including protected files
LCD messages
Try one or more of the following
Camera
Helpful links
Software
Other
00 800
Australia
Italy 02 696 Japan 03 5540 Korea 080 708 Netherlands
New Zealand 0800 880 Norway 23 16 21 Philippines
Appendix
Camera specifications
Flash modes-Auto, Fill, Red-eye, Off
Flash compensation-Yes
Operating temperature-32-104F0-40C
Auto power off-Selectable 1, 3, 5, 10 minutes
Video size-VGA 640 x 480 @30 fps Qvga 320 x 240 @30 fps
Video output-NTSC or PAL selectable
When removing the battery, allow it to cool it may be hot
Battery life
Extending battery life
Do not charge non-rechargeable batteries
Care and maintenance
Limited warranty
Limited warranty coverage
Limitations
FCC compliance and advisory
Regulatory compliance
Your rights
Outside the United States and Canada
Canadian DOC statement
Australian C-Tick
N137
FCC and Industry Canada
Appendix
Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, NY AIO-40
Russian GOST-R
About picture, video, 16 about this camera, 34 accessories
Backlight, 7 battery
Out
Extending life, 58 life, 58 loading
Focus mode
Settings, 9 flower, 7 focus
About pictures, videos, 16 installing
Exposure
Portrait, 6 power, camera, 2 printer dock
Lens, cleaning, 59 loading
OK button
Night landscape, 7 night portrait
Numbers, 53 setting
Self-timer
Printing
Ready light
Support, technical, 52
Sound volume, 34 tag
Tag
Snow, 7 software
Turning camera on/off Undelete
Volume, adjusting Warranty, 59 WEEE, 63 white balance
Size
Viewing