User’s guide
Kodak EasyShare Z812 IS zoom digital camera
Eastman Kodak Company, 2007 All screen images are simulated
Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York
On/Off switch
Front view
Product features
Mode dial
Product features
Back view
Table of contents
Table of contents
Attaching the lens cap and strap
Setting up your camera
To replace batteries and extend battery life, see page
Loading the battery
Setting up your camera
camera battery KLIC-8000
to change
Turning on the camera Setting the language and date/time
Setting up your camera
Language
3 Turn on the camera
Storing pictures on an SD card
Setting up your camera
optional card
LCD or EVF electronic viewfinder
Taking pictures/videos
Taking a picture
AF/AE indicator
2 Press the Shutter button completely down to take the picture
Using the auto-focus framing marks for pictures
When the framing marks turn green, focus is accomplished
1 Press the Shutter button halfway
Taking pictures/videos
Taking a video
Zoom indicator
Using optical zoom
Using digital zoom
The zoom indicator shows zoom status
The current flash mode appears in the status area
Using the Flash button
Zoom position
Flash distance
2 Press the Focus button repeatedly until the
Using the Focus button
to have more control over camera focusing
1 Turn the Mode dial to P, A, S, or M mode see page
Using the self-timer
Using the Drive button
Use the same procedure to take a video, but
2 Press the Shutter button halfway to focus and set exposure
Using burst
there is no more storage space
Press the Drive button to choose a burst mode
Using exposure bracketing
Using the Info button
Capture modes-shutter pressed halfway
What the capture icons mean
Taking pictures/videos
Capture modes-no buttons pressed
Videos
Working with pictures/videos
Reviewing pictures and videos
Magnifying a picture
Working with pictures/videos
Using the undo delete feature
Deleting pictures and videos
Protecting pictures and videos from deletion
Using the Menu button in Review
Cropping pictures
Using Kodak Perfect Touch technology
The sound tag is applied to your picture
Adding sound tags
Recording a sound tag
Playing a sound tag
Making a picture from a video
Editing videos
Trimming a video
1 Press the Review button, then to find a video
Making a video action print
Press the Menu button, then
Setting bookmarks
Using video bookmarks
Using bookmarks
Working with pictures/videos
Using the histogram to view picture exposure
Running a slide show
Starting the slide show
Changing the slide show display interval
The interval setting remains until you change it
Running a continuous slide show loop
Working with pictures/videos
Viewing pictures/videos in different ways
Displaying pictures and videos on a television
Viewing as thumbnails multi-up
Viewing by date, album, or image storage
Selecting multiple pictures/videos
Copy pictures or videos
Copying pictures and videos
Working with pictures/videos
What the review icons mean
Perfect Touch tech. Mode indicator Album Scroll arrows Review mode
Battery level Video controls
Shutter Priority, and Manual mode
Capture mode
Doing more with your camera
Capture modes
To return to Smart Scene mode, turn the mode dial to Smart Scene
SCN Scene modes
NOTE To avoid blur, place the camera on a tripod
1 Turn the Mode dial to
NOTE To avoid blur, place the camera on a tripod
Using the Menu button
Doing more with your camera
Using the capture tab
black-and-white or sepia
Standard default-medium compression medium
Doing more with your camera
Using the capture plus tab
Available only in PASM mode
Multi-pattern default-evaluates lighting conditions
Spot-similar to Center-weight, except the metering is
using exposure bracketing
Doing more with your camera
Using the Setup menu
Using the video tab
Eye Preflash is set to Off
in the camera. If not, the camera uses internal
internal memory, even if a card is installed
Doing more with your camera
to videos and to pictures
Doing more with your camera
NTSC default-used in North America and
Reset all settings to factory defaults
Choose the regional setting that lets you
Doing more with your camera
including protected
pictures/videos, email
to access settings, then OK
Taking panoramic pictures
Doing more with your camera
When to use
P, A, S, and M modes
Mode
Doing more with your camera
Changing P, A, S, or M mode settings
1 Turn the Mode dial to P, A, S, or M
Flash Compensation-adjust flash brightness
Tagging pictures for printing
Sharing your pictures
Printing tagged pictures
Selected addresses are checked
Tagging pictures/videos for emailing
First-on your computer
Second-tag pictures/videos on your camera
Preventing camera favorites from synchronizing with the software
Tagging pictures as favorites
Turn the Mode dial to Favorites
Doing more with your camera
First-on your computer
Optional settings
Tagging pictures/videos for albums
Printing and emailing favorites
2 Press the Menu button 3 Press to highlight Album, then press OK
Second-on your camera
Third-transfer to your computer
1 Press the Review button, then find the picture/video
Third-transfer to your computer
Pre-tagging for album names
First-on your computer
Second-on your camera
Transferring and printing pictures
Installing the software
Also available for transferring
Transferring pictures
Transferring and printing pictures
Printing with a Kodak EasyShare printer dock
Direct printing with a PictBridge enabled printer
Connecting the camera to a PictBridge enabled printer
Printing pictures
Disconnecting the camera from a PictBridge enabled printer
Printing from a PictBridge enabled printer
Printing from an optional SD card
Accessories for your camera
Ordering prints online
Printing pictures from your computer
Camera problems
Troubleshooting
Try one or more of the following
page
Troubleshooting
Try one or more of the following
NOTE The flash does not fire in all modes
Insert a charged battery page
Computer/connectivity problems
Picture quality problems
Troubleshooting
accessing internal memory/card or Favorites
Direct printing PictBridge problems
Troubleshooting
Make sure camera is not in Close-up/Macro mode if you are more
Software
Getting help
Helpful links
Camera
International Toll Line
Getting help
Czech Republic
toll free 000800 440
Picture size
Camera specifications
Accessory lens thread-Yes Lens protection-Lens cap
Appendix
Image file format
Shutter speed
ISO speed
Video capture
PictBridge support-Yes
Care and maintenance
Tripod mount-1/4 inch Operating temperature-32-104 F 0-40 C
Video output-NTSC or PAL
Keep batteries out of the reach of children
Important safety instructions
Storage capacities
When removing the battery, allow it to cool it may be hot
Extending battery life
Battery life
Limitations
Limited warranty
Limited warranty coverage
Upgrading your software and firmware
Outside the United States and Canada
Your rights
Appendix
Appendix
Regulatory compliance
FCC compliance and advisory
MPEG-4
China RoHS
Canadian DOC statement
Australian C-Tick
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment labeling
Appendix
VCCI Class B ITE Korean Class B ITE Russian GOST-R
Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, NY AIO-40
Index
edit videos
customizing camera settings
guidelines, battery
downloading pictures
manual, 40 manual focus, 10 memory
Kodak EasyShare software installing, 48 upgrading
lens, i cap, 1 cleaning
landscape, 10, 30 language, 37 LCD
Index
safety