Kodak EasyShare P712 zoom digital camera — User's guide

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2 Taking pictures and videos

Taking a picture

Reviewing a quickview of the picture or video just taken

After you take a picture or video, the EVF/LCD screen displays a Quickview for approximately 5 seconds. While the picture or video is displayed, you can:

To view pictures and videos anytime, see Reviewing pictures and videos.

Using the auto-focus framing marks (pictures)

When using the 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.

Press the Shutter button halfway. When the framing marks turn green, focus is accomplished.
If the camera is not focusing on the desired subject (or if the framing marks disappear), release the Shutter button and recompose the scene.
Press the Shutter button completely down to take the picture.

NOTE:

Framing marks do not appear in Landscape, Night Landscape, Fireworks, or Video mode. When you use AF Zone (

) and set Center Zone, the framing marks are fixed at Center Wide.

Using the Status button

In any Capture or Review mode, press the Status button to display status icons, settings, and picture/video information on your EVF/LCD screen.

Mode	Status button screen information
	Still	Video
Capture (Auto and SCN)	Status icons Highlight/Shadow clipping No icons	Status icons No icons
PASM and C modes	Status icons Status icons, histogram, and camera settings Highlight/Shadow clipping No icons	Status icons No icons
Review	Status icons Picture information Histogram, highlight/shadow clipping, and camera settings No icons	Status icons No icons Video information

Capture icons in liveview (default screen)

NOTE:

Your camera screen changes when you press the Status button (see Using the Status button).

Capture icons—shutter pressed halfway

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