Kodak EasyShare-One zoom digital camera — User's guide
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5 Taking pictures and videos: more tips and tricks
Changing capture settings
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Press the Menu button, then select Setup.
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Touch Capture
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Select a setting and option to change.
NOTE: Some capture settings are unavailable in some scene modes and videos.
Setting Options Choose a picture resolution.
This setting remains until you change it.
4.0 MP (default)—for printing up to 20 x 30 in. (51 x 76 cm); pictures are highest resolution and largest file size.
3.5 MP (3:2)—ideal for printing 4 x 6 in. (10 x 15 cm) prints without cropping. Also for printing up to 11 x 14 in. (28 x 36 cm); some cropping may result due to the 3:2 aspect ratio.
2.1 MP—for printing up to 8 x 10 in. (20 x 25 cm); pictures are medium resolution with smaller file size.
1.1 MP—for printing up to 5 x 7 in. (13 x 18 cm); for emailing, Internet, or screen display; pictures are lowest resolution and smallest file size.
Choose your lighting condition.
This setting remains until you change modes or turn off the camera.
Auto (default)—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.
Control the camera's sensitivity to light.
This setting remains until you change modes or turn off the camera.
Auto (default), manual: 80, 100, 200, 400
Choose a lower ISO setting in brightly lit scenes; use a higher ISO setting in low-light scenes.
Imprint the date on pictures.
This setting remains until you change it.
Choose a date format, or turn on Date Stamp. (Default is Off.)
Choose if Red-eye Pre-flash fires before a picture is taken.
This setting remains until you turn off the camera.
On—flash fires once before the picture is taken.
Off (default)—flash doesn't fire before the picture is taken, but camera still applies internal red-eye correction to the picture.
Choose color tones.
This setting remains until you change modes or turn off the camera.
Color (default)—for color pictures.
Black & White—for black-and-white pictures.
Sepia—for pictures with a reddish-brown, antique look.
NOTE: EasyShare software also lets you change a color picture to black-and-white or sepia.
Select a large or concentrated area of focus.
This setting remains until you change it.
Multi-zone (default)—evaluates 3 zones to give an even picture focus. Ideal for general picture taking.
Center-zone—evaluates the small area centered in the viewfinder. Ideal when precise focus of a specific area in the picture is needed.
NOTE: For the best pictures, the camera is set to Multi-zone when in Landscape mode.
Evaluate light levels at specific areas of a scene.
This setting remains until you change modes or turn off the camera.
Multi-pattern (default)—evaluates lighting conditions throughout the image to give an optimum picture exposure. Ideal for general picture-taking.
Center-weight—evaluates the lighting conditions of the subject centered in the viewfinder. Ideal for backlit subjects.
Center-spot—similar to Center-weight, except the metering is concentrated on a smaller area of the subject centered in the viewfinder. Ideal when you need an exact exposure of a specific area in the picture.
Control picture sharpness.
This setting remains until you change modes or turn off the camera.
High
Normal (default)
Low
Choose an auto-focus setting.
This setting remains until you change it.
On (default)—the camera continuously adjusts focus. When the Shutter button is pressed halfway, focus is locked.
Off—the camera adjusts (and locks) focus only when the Shutter button is pressed halfway.
Turn auto-focus on or off for videos.
This setting remains until you change it.
On (default) or Off.
NOTE: The auto-focus mechanism inside the camera may be audible during playback of videos. Turning off this reduces noise, but your subject may be out of focus, especially if it is moving.
Turn optical zoom on or off during videos.
This setting remains until you change it.
On (default) or Off.
NOTE: Like many video cameras, the zoom mechanism inside the camera may be audible during playback of videos. Turning off this setting reduces noise but disables zoom.
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