Kodak EasyShare DX7590 zoom digital camera — User's guide


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2 Taking pictures and videos

Taking a picture

The camera is always ready to take pictures—in Review, Share, or Setup but not in Favorites. (In Video mode, the camera captures video.)

  1. Press the On/Off button.

  2. Turn the Mode dial to the desired setting.

NOTE: Use Auto for general picture-taking situations. (See Picture-taking modes for other camera-mode options.)

  3. Use the EVF or LCD screen to frame your subject. (Press the EVF/LCD toggle button to switch to the other. See Changing the display, EVF or LCD .)

The EVF /LCD screen displays a mode description and a live view.

NOTE: To take flash pictures, open the flip-up flash (see Turning on the flash ). An Open Flash warning appears on the EVF/LCD screen when the flash unit needs to be open.


  4. Press the Shutter button halfway to set the Auto Focus (AF) and Auto Exposure (AE).

The AF/AE indicator is displayed. If the focus and/or exposure fails, recompose the shot and try again.

  5. Continue pressing the Shutter button completely down to take the picture.





Using the auto-focus framing marks

When using the camera EVF/LCD screen as a viewfinder, framing marks indicate where the camera is focusing. For the best pictures, the camera attempts to focus on foreground subjects, even if the subjects are not centered in the scene.

  1. Press the Shutter button halfway and hold.

    When the framing marks turn from blue to green, focus is accomplished.

    While the shutter button is pressed halfway:

    Center focus

    Center wide focus

    Side focus

    Center and side focus

    Left and right focus

  2. If the camera is not focusing on the desired subject (or if the framing marks disappear), release the Shutter button and recompose the scene.

  3. Press the Shutter button completely down to take the picture.

NOTE: Framing marks do not appear in Landscape or Video mode. When you use Focus Zone () and set Center Zone, the framing marks are fixed at Center Wide.

Capture modes

Only active camera settings are displayed:

Capture modes—shutter pressed halfway

Press the Shutter button halfway to display the active manual settings:



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