KODAK EASYSHARE CX4200 Digital Camera — User's Guide


Table of Contents > Taking Pictures—Capture Mode > Changing Picture-Taking Options

2 Taking Pictures—Capture Mode

Changing Picture-Taking Options

Use the Capture menus to change picture-taking options. If you are in Review, Share, or Setup modes you must return to Capture mode before you can access the Capture menus.

To Return to Capture From Another Mode

To return to Capture from:

  • Any mode, press the Shutter button to take a picture and revert to Capture.

  • Review mode, press the Review button.

  • Share mode, press the Share button.

  • Setup mode, press the Menu button.

To Access the Capture Menu

  1. In Capture mode (LCD is blank, no picture is displayed), press the Menu button.

  2. Press the Menu button to turn off the menu.

Capture Menus

Self Timer (Putting Yourself in the Picture)

Date Stamp (Placing the Date on Pictures)

Image Storage (Choosing Internal Memory or MMC/SD Card)

Orientation Sensor (Turning Off the Orientation Sensor)

Exposure Compensation (Setting Exposure Compensation)

Setup (To Access Setup Mode/Menus)

Quality (Setting Picture Quality)

Putting Yourself in the Picture

The Self Timer creates a 10-second delay between the time you press the Shutter button and the time the picture is taken.
  1. In Capture mode, press the Menu button.

  2. Highlight Self Timer , then press the OK button.

  3. Highlight On, then press the OK button.

  4. Press the Menu button to turn off the menu screen.


  5. Place the camera on a flat surface or use a tripod.

  6. Press the Shutter button.

The red Self Timer light turns on for 8 seconds, then blinks for 2 seconds. The picture is taken.

The Self Timer turns off after you take the picture.

Setting Exposure Compensation

Use Exposure Compensation to control how much light is allowed into the camera. The exposure range is +2 to -2 in 1/2-step increments.

NOTE: This setting is ideal for controlling pictures in which the light source is behind the subject (backlit), or for correcting pictures that are too light or too dark.

  1. In Capture mode, press the Menu button.

  2. Highlight Exposure Compensation , then press the OK button.


  3. Press to select the Exposure Compensation setting.

  • If your pictures are too light, press to decrease (-) the value.

  • If your pictures are too dark, press to increase (+) the value.

  4. Press the OK button to accept the change and return to the menu screen.

  5. Press Menu to exit the menu screen.

This setting remains until you change it.

Setting Picture Quality

Use the Quality setting to select a picture resolution:

  1. In Capture mode, press the Menu button.

  2. Highlight Quality , then press the OK button.

The active Quality setting appears in the top left corner.


  3. Highlight an option:

Best —(2 MP) for printing up to 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm); produces highest picture resolution, more detail, and largest file sizes. appears in the status bar.

Better —(1 MP) for printing up to 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm); pictures are medium resolution with smaller file sizes. appears in the status bar.

Good —(0.5 MP) for emailing or screen display; pictures are lowest resolution with smallest file sizes. appears in the status bar.

  4. Press the OK button.

  5. Press the Menu button to turn off the menu screen.

This setting remains until you change it.

Placing the Date on Pictures

Use Date Stamp to imprint the date on your pictures.

  1. Make sure the camera clock is set to the correct date (Setting the Clock).

  2. In Capture mode, press the Menu button.

  3. Highlight Date Stamp , then press the OK button.


  4. Highlight an option:

Off

YYYY MM DD

MM DD YY

DD MM YYYY

  5. Press the OK button.

  6. Press the Menu button to turn off the menu.

The current date is printed in the bottom right corner of new pictures. This setting remains until you change it.

Turning Off the Orientation Sensor

If you turn the camera when you take a picture (for example, to take a lengthwise or portrait picture), the Orientation Sensor repositions the picture so it is displayed correct side up during Quickview, Review, picture transfer, multi-up, and in video-out display.

The Orientation Sensor is turned on as the factory default. You can turn it off so that pictures are displayed in the same orientation as they are taken.


  1. In Capture mode, press the Menu button.

  2. Highlight Orientation , then press the OK button.

  3. Highlight Off, then press the OK button.

  4. Press the Menu button to turn off the menu.

    This setting remains until you change it.



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