KODAK EASYSHARE ZD15 Digital Camera — Extended user guide


Table of Contents > Working with pictures/videos > Using the menu button


4 Using the menu button


Using the Setup menu

You can change settings to get the best results from your camera.

  1. Press the Menu button.

  2. Press to highlight a tab:

    • Capture/Video for the most common picture/video-taking settings

    • Setup for other camera settings

  3. Press to highlight a setting, then press OK.

  4. Highlight an option, then press OK. (Some options let you use .)

IMPORTANT: Your camera offers a built-in Help system. Getting help from your camera.

NOTE: Some modes offer limited settings. Some settings remain until you change them; others, until you change modes or turn off the camera.

Press Menu, , , and OK to access settings Capture Options

Picture Size

Choose a picture resolution.

See Camera specifications.

Video Size

Available only in Video mode.

VGA (640 x 480) - medium quality and file size. (4 GB maximum video size.)

QVGA ( 320 x 240) - lower quality; smallest file size. (4 GB maximum video size.)

Color Mode

Choose color tones.

High Color

Natural Color

Low Color

Black & White

Sepia

NOTE: EASYSHARE Software also lets you change a color picture to black-and-white or sepia.

Unavailable in Video mode.

AF Control

Choose an auto-focus setting.

Available only in SCN, P, A, S, M, and Video modes.

Continuous AF - because the camera is always focusing, there is no need to press the Shutter button halfway down to focus.

Single AF - uses TTL-AF (through-the-lens auto focus) when the Shutter button is pressed halfway down.

White Balance

Choose your lighting condition.

Available only in P, A, S, M and Panorama modes.

Auto - automatically corrects white balance. Ideal for general picture taking.

Daylight - for pictures in natural lighting.

Tungsten - corrects the orange cast of household light bulbs. Ideal for indoor pictures under tungsten or halogen lighting without flash.

Fluorescent - corrects the green cast of fluorescent lighting. Ideal for indoor pictures under fluorescent lighting without flash.

Open Shade - for pictures in shade in natural lighting.

Exposure Metering

Evaluate light levels at specific areas of a scene.

Available only in P, A, S, M and Panorama modes.

Multi-pattern - evaluates lighting conditions throughout the image to give an optimum picture exposure. Ideal for general picture taking.

Center-weighted - evaluates the lighting conditions of the subject centered in the LCD. Ideal for backlit subjects.

Center-Spot - similar to Center-weighted, except the metering is concentrated on a smaller area of the subject centered in the LCD.

AF Zone

Select a large or concentrated area of focus.

Available only in P, A, S, M and Panorama modes.

Multi-zone - evaluates 5 zones to give an even picture focus. Ideal for general picture taking.

Center-zone - evaluates the small area centered in the LCD. Ideal when precise focus of a specific area in the picture is needed.

Exposure Bracketing Interval

Choose the difference in exposure compensation while using exposure bracketing.

Available only in P, A, and M modes.

Off

+/- 0.3 EV

+/- 0.7 EV

+/- 1.0 EV

See Using exposure compensation with exposure bracketing.

Sharpness

Control picture sharpness.

Available only in P, A, S, M and Panorama modes.

High

Normal

Low

Histogram

Turn histogram on/off.

On

Off



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