Kodak EasyShare C743/C703 zoom digital camera — User's guide

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4 Doing more with your camera

Changing picture-taking settings

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

Press the Menu button.
Press to highlight a setting, then press the OK button.
Choose an option, then press the OK button.
Press the Menu button to exit.

NOTE:

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

Setting

Options

Exposure Bracketing

Determine the best exposure level for your conditions based on your evaluation of 3 pictures.

Off

+/- 0.5

+/- 1.0

The camera takes 3 pictures—at +, at 0, and at - exposure.

Exposure Compensation

Control how much light enters the camera.

-2.0 to +2.0 (in 0.5 increments)

Picture Size

Choose a picture resolution.

7.1 MP (default) - for printing up to 20 x 30 in. (51 x 76 cm); pictures are highest resolution and largest file size.

6.1 MP (3:2) - ideal for printing 4 x 6 in. (10 x 15 cm) prints without cropping. Also for printing up to 20 x 30 in. (51 x 76 cm).

4.0 MP - for printing up to 20 x 30 in. (51 x 76 cm); pictures are medium resolution with smaller file size.

1.9 MP - for printing up to 11 x 14 in. (28 x 36 cm); pictures are medium resolution with smaller file size.

0.8 MP - for printing 4 x 6 in. (10 x 15 cm), emailing, Internet, screen display, or for conserving space.

White Balance

Choose your lighting condition.

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.

ISO Speed

Control the camera's sensitivity to light.

Choose a lower ISO setting in brightly lit scenes; use a higher ISO for low-light scenes. Choose Auto (default), 80, 100, 200, 400, 800 (800 available only for smallest picture size setting).

NOTE:

ISO returns to Auto when the camera is set to Portrait, or SCN mode, or during Long Time Exposure.

Unavailable in Video mode.

Focus Zone

Select a large or concentrated area of focus.

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.

Color Mode

Choose color tones.

Color

Black & White


	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.

Unavailable in Video mode.

Long Time Exposure

Choose how long the shutter stays open.

0.5 - 4.0 seconds

Set Album

Choose Album names.

On or Off

Pre-select album names before you take pictures or videos. Then, all the pictures or videos you take are tagged with those album names. See Pre-tagging for album names.

Image Storage

Choose a storage location for pictures/videos.

Auto (default) - the camera uses the card if one is in the camera. If not, the camera uses internal memory.

Internal Memory - the camera uses internal memory, even if a card is installed.

NOTE:

If you fill up your card while taking pictures, your camera's memory plus feature prompts you to switch to internal memory, if space is available. Memory plus is unavailable in Video mode.

Video Size

640 x 480

320 x 240

Available only in Video mode.

Video Length

Continuous (default)

5 seconds

15 seconds

30 seconds

Available only in Video mode.

Setup Menu

Choose additional settings.

See Customizing your camera on .

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