Kodak EasyShare Z812 IS zoom digital camera — User's guide

Table of Contents > Doing more with your camera > Capture modes

4 Doing more with your camera

Capture modes

Capture mode		For
	Smart Scene	General picture taking—offers an excellent balance of image quality and ease of use. When the Shutter button is pressed halfway, faces are detected, the scene is analyzed, and the best settings are applied.
P, A, S, M		More creative control. (See P, A, S, and M modes.) Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, and Manual mode.
	Favorites	Viewing favorite pictures. (See Tagging pictures as favorites.)
	Video	Video with sound. (See Taking a video.)
	Scene	Point-and-shoot simplicity when taking pictures under special conditions. (See SCN (Scene) modes.)
	High-ISO	People in low-light scenes.
	Panorama	"Stitching" 2 or 3 pictures into 1 panoramic scene. (See Taking panoramic pictures.)

SCN (Scene) modes

Turn the Mode dial to .
Press to highlight a SCN mode and view its description.

NOTE: If the SCN mode description turns off, press OK.
To choose the SCN mode, either press OK or keep that SCN mode highlighted.
- To return to Smart Scene mode, turn the mode dial to Smart Scene .

SCN mode

For

Portrait

Full-frame portraits of people. Subject is sharp and the background is indistinct. Position your subject at least 6 ft (2 m) away and fill the frame with a head and shoulder pose. Use Telephoto to exaggerate background blur.

Sport

Subjects that are in motion. Shutter speed is fast. The camera pre-settings are Multi-Pattern Exposure Metering, Multi-Zone focus.

Landscape

Distant scenery. Flash does not fire. Auto-focus framing marks (Using the auto-focus framing marks (for pictures)) are not available in Landscape.

Night Landscape

Distant scenery at night. Flash does not fire.

NOTE:

To avoid blur, place the camera on a tripod.

Night Portrait

Reducing red eye of people in night scenes or low-light conditions.

NOTE:

To avoid blur, place the camera on a tripod.

Flower

Close-ups of flowers or other small subjects in bright light.

Sunset

Subjects at dusk.

Backlight

Subjects that are in shadow or "backlit" (when light is behind the subject).

Candle Light

Subjects illuminated by candle light.

Manner/ Museum

Quiet occasions, like a wedding or lecture. Flash and sound are disabled. Place the camera on a tripod.

Self- portrait

Close-ups of yourself. Assures proper focus and minimizes red eye.

Text

Documents. Place the camera on a tripod.

Beach

Bright beach scenes.

Snow

Bright snow scenes.

Fireworks

Fireworks.

NOTE:

To avoid blur, place the camera on a tripod.

Children

Action pictures of children in bright light.

Previous Next