KODAK EASYSHARE Camera / Z5010 — Extended user guide

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5 Doing more with your camera

Using the Capture menu

Setting

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Picture or Video Size

Choose a picture or video resolution.

See Specifications, starting on Specifications.

White Balance

Choose your lighting condition. (Available only in Program 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 incandescent 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.

Color Mode

Choose color tones.

Unavailable in Video mode.

High Color

Natural Color

Low Color

Black & White


	Sepia - For a reddish-brown, antique look.

Face Detect Capture

Choose if faces get focus priority.


	On - In P mode (and in SCN modes designed for pictures of people), the camera attempts to focus on faces.

Off

Exposure Metering

Evaluate light levels at specific areas of a scene.

Multi-Pattern - Evaluates 5 zones to give an even picture focus. Ideal for general picture taking.

Center-Weighted - Evaluates the small area centered in the lens. Ideal for focusing on a precise area.

AF Zone

Select a large or concentrated area of focus.

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.

AF Control (Still)

Choose an auto-focus setting.

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

Single AF - Focuses when the Shutter button is pressed halfway down. (This setting uses less battery power.)

Sharpness

Control picture sharpness or softness.

High

Normal

Low

Contrast

Control picture contrast.

High

Normal

Low

Liveview Histogram

Turn on to evaluate the distribution of light before you take a picture. Optimal exposure is achieved when the peak is in the middle of the histogram. (See Using the histogram to view picture brightness.)

Off

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