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VPC-CA8EX VPC-CA8GX
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 Refer to the page indicated for detailed information
Symbols used in this manual
Points that require special attention
 Insert the battery pack
Install the battery pack and card
SHOOT, Play Back and Save
Insert the SD Memory Card
 SHOOT, Play Back and Save
For how to set the date and time, see Press the button
Shooting KVideo clip recording
KStill image photography
 KStill image playback
When you are finished using the camera
Playback KVideo clip playback
 Burn your recorded video clips onto a DVD Windows XP
Install the application programs
Click on the application program you wish to install
 About the Kodak online service
Installation window, click on Finish
Copy data from your camera to the computer
Turn on the camera
 PC Camera
Select COMPUTER, and press the SET button
 Before writing data to a DVD
Burn video clips onto a DVD
 Click on Files and Folders
Click on the New Project icon
 Click on the Project tab
Specify the data
Click the Open button
 Click the Create DVD tab
Xiii English
 Click the YES or no button
Click the Disk Click the Burn button
 Xv English
 Concerning your camera’s waterproof feature
 Storing and maintaining your camera
What is JIS IPX8 formerly JIS protection grade 8?
 Contents
  Simple
 Contents
  Option Settings
  Other Devices and Connections
 Quick Search by Operation
 Quick Search by Operation
 Adjust the monitor brightness
Adjust the speaker volume
Search for image Audio files
Magnify an image
 Protect files from accidental erasure
Delete files
Format a card
Delete a part of a video clip and join video clips
 Using with Windows Vista Playback
 Checking the Included Accessories
 Carefully before using
Quick Guide Safety Manual
Please read this booklet
Camera
 Handstrap
Checking the Included Accessories
How to use the accessories
 Soft case
 What card means in this manual
Media cards that can be used with this camera
 Waterproof capability
Special Features
 Movable monitor for any shooting angle
Special Features
 Capture still shots while recording a video clip
 Lots of accessories for optimal use of your captured images
 System MAP
 To open
Parts Names
Front
 Rear
Setup
 Plug the power plug into a power outlet AC 100 V to 240
Charging the Battery Pack
Insert the battery pack in the battery charger
 Recharge a battery pack in the following cases
Recharging the battery pack
Ambient temperature during recharging
 Install the battery pack
Installing the Battery Pack and Card
Open the battery/card compartment
Cover
 Press the Push Lock part to Close the cover securely
Close the battery/card compartment cover
 Close the battery/card compartment cover securely
Installing the Battery Pack and Card
Does the battery pack appear swollen?
About the internal backup battery
 When removing the card
Install the card
 Do not attempt to forcibly remove the card
Shooting without a card installed
 Turning on the camera
Turning the Camera on and OFF
 Turning off the camera
Turning the Camera on and OFF
 Turn on the camera page 30, and press the SET button
Date and Time Setting
 Set the clock
Date and Time Setting
Set the date
 Press the Menu button
About the settings backup
To correct the date and time settings
 Turn on the camera Press the REC/PLAY button
Example of the shooting Mode
Example of the playback Mode
 Select the operating mode icon, and press the SET button
Switching between the Simple and Normal modes
Simple Mode Menu Screen
Normal Mode Menu Screen
 Example Simple Mode Shooting Menu
Switching the Operating Mode
Accessing/exiting the SIMPLE/NORMAL Mode Menu Screen
 Using the Simple Mode Menu
 Press the H button
Using the Normal Mode Menu
Press the T/ or W/P button to select a tab
 Press
About the applicable mode indicator
 Exit
 Recording size page 56 h Select the video clip size to
Remaining battery power indication
Focus range
Flash
 Start slideshow
Simple Mode Playback Menu
 Slideshow
 Tab
Exit
 Still image settings
Video clip settings
Self-timer
Remaining battery power
 Recording MENU2 Movie Stabilizer
 Light-measuring mode
Focus mode
Movie stabilizer
Photo stabilizer
 Recording MENU3 White Balance
 White balance
High sensitivity mode
Face chaser
Digital zoom
 Protect
Normal Mode Playback Menu
Playback volume page 73 h Adjust the volume for video
 Copy
Edit photo
Select folder
 For best results
Before Taking Pictures
 SIMPLE/SHOOTING
Using the autofocus
 Fast-moving subjects
When both near and far objects are present
Before Taking Pictures
 To watch on TV
Select the recording size
 Select the desired focus range, and press the SET button
Select the focus setting
 Hints for taking pictures
Where are the image and audio files saved?
Muting the operation sounds
Taking pictures in backlight conditions
 End the recording
30, and set it to Shooting mode Press
Video Clip Recording
 Shooting Single Shots
Turn on the camera Set it to the shooting mode
Press Button Halfway
Continue to gently press the button all Way
 Shooting Single Shots
 Press the button to take the picture
Using the flash
 Do not touch the flash unit when shooting
 Shoot a Still Image While Recording a Video Clip
 About the recording size of still images
Shoot a Still Image While Recording a Video Clip
 Take the picture
MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY Zoom
 Allow the water to drain out through the drainage holes
After Using the Camera in Water
 Dry the camera
 Save
Playing Back Video Clips and Still Images
 If the a appears on the Playback Screen
To do this Do this
 Playing Back Video Clips and Still Images
How to save one frame from a video clip as a still image
 Slideshow Playback
About the slideshow settings
 Normal mode
Playback Volume
 Select the desired delete mode, and press the SET button
Deleting Files
 Select DELETE, and press the SET button
Deleting Files
 Multi-image display
Playback Modes
 Display the Playback Screen Press the W/P button 3 times
Playback Modes
Selecting the playback folder
 To magnify
Magnification is enabled
Magnifying zooming in the image
 When editing video clips
Audio mode
Recording Size
Movies
 Still images
 Recording Size
About the focus when shooting sequential shots
Sequential shots
Can the flash be used?
 Audio recording
Enabled
 You can capture a still image during an audio recording
Audio playback
About files saved in segments
Display the desired audio file
 Play back the recording To do this Do this
 Scene Select
 Select the desired icon, and press the SET button
 Filters
 Flash Operation
 SELF-TIMER
 When xis selected
To pause or cancel the self-timer function
 Motion Compensation Image Stabilizer
Select the desired setting, and press the SET button
Compensate for camera shake during video clip recording
Compensate for camera shake during still image shooting
 Can’t set the photo stabilizer setting?
When motion compensation is enabled
Limitations when the photo stabilizer is on
If the motion compensation does not seem to be working
 Motion Compensation Image Stabilizer
 Focus Range
 About zoom movement when using the manual focus
How to use the manual focus
Focus Range
About the focus distance
 Spot focus
Focus Mode
Point range finder focus
 Center-weighted light-measuring
LIGHT-MEASURING Mode Setting
Multi-section light-measuring
Spot light-measuring
 ISO Sensitivity
 White Balance
To cancel the white balance setting
 Face Chaser
When the face chaser is set to on
 Limitations of the high sensitivity mode
High Sensitivity Mode
 Digital Zoom Setting
 Select an existing folder
Specify a Folder to Save Files
 Exposure Compensation
Press the G or H button to adjust the exposure
 Time
Changing a setting
 Did you delete a BGM audio file from the camera?
Select Start and press the SET button
BGM for video clips?
 File Protect
To cancel the protect mode for a file
Select LOCK, and press the SET button
To select a different image in steps 2
 Select Right or LEFT, and press the SET button
Rotate Still Image
 Reduce Still Image Size Resize
Why can’t the image be resized?
For still images with a 169 aspect ratio
Select the new image size, and press the SET button
 Repair the red-eye effect
Playback Menu Select Edit PHOTO, and press
Enhance the image contrast Select the desired type of edit,
Proceed with the image correction
 If the Red-eye correction not successful message appears
Correcting the RED-EYE Effect and Image Blur
 Editing Video Clips
Procedure to cut extract a portion of a video clip
 Editing Video Clips
Procedure to join video clips
 Select CUT and press the SET button
Video clip cutting extracting
 When joining the first and latter Portions
Procedure Play
Specify the start point of the extract
Pause
 Select the desired option, and press the SET button
Press the R button
 Select Join and press the SET button
Joining video clips
 Join
 Hint
 Display the Printing Instructions Screen
Printing Instructions
 Printing a single frame from a video clip
Printing Instructions
About the Dpof format
About the finished prints
 Date/Copies Print Screen appears
Specifying date imprinting and print quantities
 Displayed on the print,
Specify whether the date is
Number of prints Specify the number of prints
Specify dated prints
 Select SET, and press the SET button
To cancel the index print setting
Index print
 Clearing all the printing instructions
Select CANCEL, and press the SET button
 Copy files from the internal memory to Card
Copy Files
Select the copy direction
 Copy Files
Select the desired type of copy When selecting Copy Single
When selecting Copy ALL
 Remaining battery charge
Setting
Least 1 second
Shooting or recording
 To access a Setting Screen
Display the Option Setting Menu
 OFF
Screen Display
 Xacti
Select the Startup Display
 Shutter
Operation Sounds
 If Turn ON/OFF or Audio Guide is selected
Operation Sounds
If Shutter or KEY SW is selected
If Operation VOL was selected
 Post View
POST-VIEW Display Setting
 Assign Functions to the Arrow Buttons
When is selected
 To confirm the assigned shortcuts
When Recommended Settings is selected
Press the T/ or W/P button
 Select the desired function and press the SET button
Display the Option Setting Menu 2 Select Noise REDUCTION,
NOISE-REDUCTION Function
 SOFT&VIVID
Adjust the Image Quality
 OFF
FLICKER-REDUCTION
 Monitor Brightness
Display in can also be accessed from the Shooting Screen
 Select the desired language, and press the SET button
Screen Language
Nederlands Dutch
 If no image appears on the TV
TV System Setting
 Power Save Function
 Press the SET button Press the Menu button
Press the T/ or W/P button to set the standby time. T
 File number memory function on File name image number
File NO. Memory
File number memory function OFF File name image number
 English
 File NO. Memory
 Select FORMAT, and press
Display the Option Setting Menu 3
SET button Card format Screen to select the type
Format appears
 Formatting erases the data
To cancel formatting
Initializing the Card Memory and Internal Memory
 Select RESET, and press the SET button
Resetting the Camera Settings
 Set the camera to the audio recording mode
Set the camera to the shooting mode
Checking the Remaining Card Memory
For audio recordings
 Option Settings
 Display the Shooting Menu or Playback Menu
Checking the Remaining Battery Pack Charge
Battery pack
 English
 Switch input to
Connecting to a TV
Insert and pull out the cable carefully
Copying dubbing images to a DVD recorder
 About the image display
Playing Back on a TV
Audio playback see
 Print preparations
PictBridge Mode
 Connecting to a Printer
 Printing selected images
Printing
 Select PRINT, and press the SET button
Printing all images
 Making an index print
Printing
 Dpof
 Changing the printer settings
 Setting parameter, and press SET button
Adjust the printer settings
When Printer Values is selected
Press the T/ or W/P Button to select a printer
 Question Answer Action
Power
Commonly Asked Questions
 Shooting
 Commonly Asked Questions
 Viewing
Monitor
 Magnified image Characteristics Clear? Camera
 Misc
 Near you for advice
 Camera
Troubleshooting
Problem Cause Action
 Troubleshooting
 English
 \ icon Camera’s Discontinue Appears, Internal Shooting,
 Behind Use
 Function ISO Set the ISO
 Camera Hold Moved when
 Missing Blocking Correctly, Lens Make sure
 Video
 Troubleshooting
 Scene Select
Setting Remarks
 Filter
About the scene select function and focus range settings
 Still images
Specifications
Video clips
Audio
 Specifications
 Auto ISO 50 to 400/ISO 50, ISO 100, ISO
 VAR-G8
 Battery life
Camera connectors
 Shooting Resolution Internal SD Memory Card Recording
 Concerning the multi-indicator
 Supplied Li-ion battery pack
Supplied battery pack charger
 Others
 Specifications
 Hints for Taking Pictures
If images are blurred even when the autofocus is used
How the autofocus works
Reasons for unfocused images
 Advantage of using the manual focus
How to photograph a moving subject
Using the manual focus effectively
Hints for Taking Pictures
 Points
Shooting portraits portrait mode
Photographing moving subjects sports mode a
 Photographing scenery landscape mode +
Night photography night view portrait mode