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... the strap 1 Loading the battery 1 Charging the battery 2 Turning on the camera 3 Setting the date/time, first time 3 Storing pictures on an SD or MMC card 4 2 Taking pictures and videos 5 Taking a picture 5 Reviewing pictures and videos 9 Deleting ... your camera 18 Using optical zoom 18 Changing the flash settings 19 Picture-taking modes 20 Running a slide show 23 Cropping pictures 25 Making pictures from a video 26 Viewing picture/video information 26 Using the histogram to view picture brightness 27 Using exposure compensation to adjust picture brightness 27 www.kodak.com...
... the strap 1 Loading the battery 1 Charging the battery 2 Turning on the camera 3 Setting the date/time, first time 3 Storing pictures on an SD or MMC card 4 2 Taking pictures and videos 5 Taking a picture 5 Reviewing pictures and videos 9 Deleting ... your camera 18 Using optical zoom 18 Changing the flash settings 19 Picture-taking modes 20 Running a slide show 23 Cropping pictures 25 Making pictures from a video 26 Viewing picture/video information 26 Using the histogram to view picture brightness 27 Using exposure compensation to adjust picture brightness 27 www.kodak.com...
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Turning on the camera Setting up your camera On/Off Setting the date/time, first time 1 At the prompt, press OK. 2 to accept. www.kodak.com/go/support 3 for previous/next field. OK to change.
Turning on the camera Setting up your camera On/Off Setting the date/time, first time 1 At the prompt, press OK. 2 to accept. www.kodak.com/go/support 3 for previous/next field. OK to change.
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Use the viewfinder, or repeatedly press the LCD/Info button for: • LCD and status icons on • LCD on, status icons off • LCD, status icons, and histogram on • LCD off LCD/Info www.kodak.com/go/support 5 When the ready light turns green, press the Shutter button completely down. 1 Compose the picture. 2 Taking pictures and videos Taking a picture Ready light Viewfinder 2 Press the Shutter button halfway to focus and set exposure.
Use the viewfinder, or repeatedly press the LCD/Info button for: • LCD and status icons on • LCD on, status icons off • LCD, status icons, and histogram on • LCD off LCD/Info www.kodak.com/go/support 5 When the ready light turns green, press the Shutter button completely down. 1 Compose the picture. 2 Taking pictures and videos Taking a picture Ready light Viewfinder 2 Press the Shutter button halfway to focus and set exposure.
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... remaining Storage location Video remaining AF mode Focus zone Exposure metering White balance ISO Camera mode Low battery Exposure compensation www.kodak.com/go/support 7 Taking pictures and videos Understanding the blur warning icons If the feature is turned on a computer monitor before printing.) Red-Picture is displayed during quickview. Yellow-Picture may...
... remaining Storage location Video remaining AF mode Focus zone Exposure metering White balance ISO Camera mode Low battery Exposure compensation www.kodak.com/go/support 7 Taking pictures and videos Understanding the blur warning icons If the feature is turned on a computer monitor before printing.) Red-Picture is displayed during quickview. Yellow-Picture may...
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... and videos Using the auto-focus framing marks (for pictures) When using the LCD as a viewfinder, framing marks indicate the camera focus area. When the framing marks turn green, focus is not focusing on the desired subject (or if the framing marks disappear), release the Shutter button and recompose the...Center Wide. 8 www.kodak.com/go/support NOTE: Framing marks do not appear in the scene. 1 Press the Shutter button halfway. When you use Focus Zone and set Center Zone (page 31), the framing marks are not centered in Landscape or Video mode. The camera attempts to take the ...
... and videos Using the auto-focus framing marks (for pictures) When using the LCD as a viewfinder, framing marks indicate the camera focus area. When the framing marks turn green, focus is not focusing on the desired subject (or if the framing marks disappear), release the Shutter button and recompose the...Center Wide. 8 www.kodak.com/go/support NOTE: Framing marks do not appear in the scene. 1 Press the Shutter button halfway. When you use Focus Zone and set Center Zone (page 31), the framing marks are not centered in Landscape or Video mode. The camera attempts to take the ...
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... choose a print size. Current Picture-Press to the computer or printer. Choose the number of copies. www.kodak.com/go /v550accessories to order cables. Transferring and printing pictures Connecting the camera to a PictBridge enabled printer 1 Turn off , press any button to redisplay it. 2 Press to choose a printing option, then press the OK button...
... choose a print size. Current Picture-Press to the computer or printer. Choose the number of copies. www.kodak.com/go /v550accessories to order cables. Transferring and printing pictures Connecting the camera to a PictBridge enabled printer 1 Turn off , press any button to redisplay it. 2 Press to choose a printing option, then press the OK button...
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.../go /support Using a printer that is one of the many online print services offered in EasyShare software. Ordering prints online Kodak EasyShare gallery (www.kodakgallery.com) is not PictBridge enabled For details on printing pictures from an optional SD or MMC card...guide for professional printing. 16 www.kodak.com/go /picturemaker.) ■ Take the card to your pictures. ■ Store pictures, and share them with an SD/MMC card slot. Transferring and printing pictures Disconnecting the camera from a PictBridge enabled printer 1 Turn off the camera and printer. 2 Disconnect the USB...
.../go /support Using a printer that is one of the many online print services offered in EasyShare software. Ordering prints online Kodak EasyShare gallery (www.kodakgallery.com) is not PictBridge enabled For details on printing pictures from an optional SD or MMC card...guide for professional printing. 16 www.kodak.com/go /picturemaker.) ■ Take the card to your pictures. ■ Store pictures, and share them with an SD/MMC card slot. Transferring and printing pictures Disconnecting the camera from a PictBridge enabled printer 1 Turn off the camera and printer. 2 Disconnect the USB...
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...(T) to zoom in any Still mode to get up to 3X closer to your camera Using optical zoom Use optical zoom to get up to 4X magnification beyond optical zoom... turns red when the picture quality reaches the limit for video recording. You may notice decreased image quality when using digital zoom. D T Digital zoom Optical zoom W Using digital zoom Use digital ...zoom in . 4 Doing more with your subject. NOTE: You cannot use digital zoom for an acceptable 4 x 6-in. (10 x 15 cm) print. 18 www.kodak...
...(T) to zoom in any Still mode to get up to 3X closer to your camera Using optical zoom Use optical zoom to get up to 4X magnification beyond optical zoom... turns red when the picture quality reaches the limit for video recording. You may notice decreased image quality when using digital zoom. D T Digital zoom Optical zoom W Using digital zoom Use digital ...zoom in . 4 Doing more with your subject. NOTE: You cannot use digital zoom for an acceptable 4 x 6-in. (10 x 15 cm) print. 18 www.kodak...
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... the Red-eye Pre-flash feature is turned off: turned on /off, see page 51. Flash Fill Every time you take a picture, regardless of the lighting conditions. Never For flash settings in the LCD status area. www.kodak.com/go/support 19 Doing more with your camera Changing the flash settings Press the flash...
... the Red-eye Pre-flash feature is turned off: turned on /off, see page 51. Flash Fill Every time you take a picture, regardless of the lighting conditions. Never For flash settings in the LCD status area. www.kodak.com/go/support 19 Doing more with your camera Changing the flash settings Press the flash...
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Place the camera on a flat, steady surface or use a tripod. Macro Focus, Multi-Pattern Exposure Assures proper focus and Metering, Multi-Zone Focus, Red-eye minimizes red-eye. Flash www.kodak.com/go/support 21 Center-Weight Metering, Daylight White Balance, +1 Exposure Compensation People... Red-eye flash conditions. Center-Weight Metering, Multi-Zone Focus, +1 Exposure Compensation Bright beach scenes. NOTE: If the Help text turns off, press the OK button. 3 Press the OK button to display Scene mode descriptions. Minimizes Multi-Pattern Exposure Metering, red-eye...
Place the camera on a flat, steady surface or use a tripod. Macro Focus, Multi-Pattern Exposure Assures proper focus and Metering, Multi-Zone Focus, Red-eye minimizes red-eye. Flash www.kodak.com/go/support 21 Center-Weight Metering, Daylight White Balance, +1 Exposure Compensation People... Red-eye flash conditions. Center-Weight Metering, Multi-Zone Focus, +1 Exposure Compensation Bright beach scenes. NOTE: If the Help text turns off, press the OK button. 3 Press the OK button to display Scene mode descriptions. Minimizes Multi-Pattern Exposure Metering, red-eye...
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...-pattern Exposure Metering, Multi- Settings are saved, even after the camera is behind the subject). Doing more with your own settings. Flash...Focus and sound are in shadow or "backlit" (when light is turned off. (To reset, see page 32.) Text Documents. Multi-Zone... MultiZone Focus, Daylight White Balance Custom Choosing your camera Use this SCN mode For Camera pre-settings Manner/ Museum Quiet occasions, like a... lecture. Zone Focus, Daylight White Balance Sunset Subjects at dusk. Place the camera on a flat, steady surface or use a tripod. 2-second exposure, Infinity...
...-pattern Exposure Metering, Multi- Settings are saved, even after the camera is behind the subject). Doing more with your own settings. Flash...Focus and sound are in shadow or "backlit" (when light is turned off. (To reset, see page 32.) Text Documents. Multi-Zone... MultiZone Focus, Daylight White Balance Custom Choosing your camera Use this SCN mode For Camera pre-settings Manner/ Museum Quiet occasions, like a... lecture. Zone Focus, Daylight White Balance Sunset Subjects at dusk. Place the camera on a flat, steady surface or use a tripod. 2-second exposure, Infinity...
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... the OK button. Choosing a slide show repeats until you press the OK button or until you turn on Loop, the slide show is exhausted. Running a slide show with your camera Running a continuous slide show loop When you change it. The slide show transition 1 On the... Slide Show menu, press button. Doing more with the EasyShare photo frame dock 2 Your package may include an EasyShare photo frame dock 2. (To purchase accessories, see www.kodak.com/go/...
... the OK button. Choosing a slide show repeats until you press the OK button or until you turn on Loop, the slide show is exhausted. Running a slide show with your camera Running a continuous slide show loop When you change it. The slide show transition 1 On the... Slide Show menu, press button. Doing more with the EasyShare photo frame dock 2 Your package may include an EasyShare photo frame dock 2. (To purchase accessories, see www.kodak.com/go/...
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...and videos You can adjust exposure compensation to the right of the subject's brightness. www.kodak.com/go/support 27 If the peak is to make sure that: ■ A card is inserted in the camera. ■ The camera's picture storage location is in Review, press the LCD/Info button until the histogram ...appears. To turn on the histogram in Capture mode or in the middle of the histogram. See Image Storage...
...and videos You can adjust exposure compensation to the right of the subject's brightness. www.kodak.com/go/support 27 If the peak is to make sure that: ■ A card is inserted in the camera. ■ The camera's picture storage location is in Review, press the LCD/Info button until the histogram ...appears. To turn on the histogram in Capture mode or in the middle of the histogram. See Image Storage...
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...Color (default) Low Color Black & White Sepia-for pictures in Video mode. 30 www.kodak.com/go/support NOTE: EasyShare software also lets you change modes or turn off the camera. ISO Speed Control the sensitivity of fluorescent lighting. This setting remains until you change modes ...or turn off the camera. Color Mode Choose color tones. Options Auto (default)-automatically corrects ...
...Color (default) Low Color Black & White Sepia-for pictures in Video mode. 30 www.kodak.com/go/support NOTE: EasyShare software also lets you change modes or turn off the camera. ISO Speed Control the sensitivity of fluorescent lighting. This setting remains until you change modes ...or turn off the camera. Color Mode Choose color tones. Options Auto (default)-automatically corrects ...
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...auto-focus setting. Center-weight-evaluates the lighting conditions of focus. Continuous AF-because the camera is always focusing, there is needed. This setting remains until you need to press the ...Shutter button halfway down . NOTE: For the best pictures, the camera is pressed halfway down to Multi-zone when in the viewfinder. Long Time Exposure Choose ...setting remains until you change it. This setting remains until you change modes or turn off the camera. Options High Normal (default) Low Multi-pattern (default)-evaluates lighting conditions throughout...
...auto-focus setting. Center-weight-evaluates the lighting conditions of focus. Continuous AF-because the camera is always focusing, there is needed. This setting remains until you need to press the ...Shutter button halfway down . NOTE: For the best pictures, the camera is pressed halfway down to Multi-zone when in the viewfinder. Long Time Exposure Choose ...setting remains until you change it. This setting remains until you change modes or turn off the camera. Options High Normal (default) Low Multi-pattern (default)-evaluates lighting conditions throughout...
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.... 20 sec. (default) 30 sec. Theme-applies the same sound effect set to exit. Setting Options Camera Sounds Choose sound effects. www.kodak.com/go/support 33 Sound Volume Off Low (default) Medium High LCD Brightness Choose inactivity time until camera turns off. 5 minutes 3 minutes 1 minutes Date & Time See page 3. Doing more with your...
.... 20 sec. (default) 30 sec. Theme-applies the same sound effect set to exit. Setting Options Camera Sounds Choose sound effects. www.kodak.com/go/support 33 Sound Volume Off Low (default) Medium High LCD Brightness Choose inactivity time until camera turns off. 5 minutes 3 minutes 1 minutes Date & Time See page 3. Doing more with your...
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...is rotated to a television or other external device. Choose a date option, or turn off .) Video Date Display Display Date/Time at the start of video playback. On (default)- Doing more with your camera Setting Options Video Out Choose the regional setting that they are taken from date formats... 34 www.kodak.com/go/support On (default) Off On Transfer-sets Orientation Sensor on pictures. choose from each new video Off to make a 9-up . Date Stamp Imprint the date on camera LCD to Off. NTSC (default)-used in North America and Japan; Photo Frame Choose EasyShare photo frame ...
...is rotated to a television or other external device. Choose a date option, or turn off .) Video Date Display Display Date/Time at the start of video playback. On (default)- Doing more with your camera Setting Options Video Out Choose the regional setting that they are taken from date formats... 34 www.kodak.com/go/support On (default) Off On Transfer-sets Orientation Sensor on pictures. choose from each new video Off to make a 9-up . Date Stamp Imprint the date on camera LCD to Off. NTSC (default)-used in North America and Japan; Photo Frame Choose EasyShare photo frame ...
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... turn on the LCD, your album selection is selected. 5 Press the Menu button to exit the menu. First-on your computer Use Kodak EasyShare software to create album names on the screen. Doing more than one album is displayed on your computer, then copy up to 32 album names to the camera's... internal memory. 36 www.kodak.com/go/support If you transfer the tagged pictures...
... turn on the LCD, your album selection is selected. 5 Press the Menu button to exit the menu. First-on your computer Use Kodak EasyShare software to create album names on the screen. Doing more than one album is displayed on your computer, then copy up to 32 album names to the camera's... internal memory. 36 www.kodak.com/go/support If you transfer the tagged pictures...
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... then press the OK button. Press to Favorites . Preventing favorites from your camera to the computer, use the Camera Favorites Wizard/Assistant in EasyShare software to either recreate your Camera Favorites Album or to turn off the Camera Favorites feature. Click the My Collection tab. 2 Go to the Albums view...Share button. 3 Highlight Print or Email , then press the OK button. NOTE: Favorites that were taken on this camera (not imported from another source) are removed. www.kodak.com/go/support 41 All pictures stored in . (10 x 15 cm). The next time you transfer pictures to...
... then press the OK button. Press to Favorites . Preventing favorites from your camera to the computer, use the Camera Favorites Wizard/Assistant in EasyShare software to either recreate your Camera Favorites Album or to turn off the Camera Favorites feature. Click the My Collection tab. 2 Go to the Albums view...Share button. 3 Highlight Print or Email , then press the OK button. NOTE: Favorites that were taken on this camera (not imported from another source) are removed. www.kodak.com/go/support 41 All pictures stored in . (10 x 15 cm). The next time you transfer pictures to...
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... of pictures remaining after each decrease after taking pictures. on again. not accurate 42 www.kodak.com/go/support 5 Troubleshooting Camera problems Status Solution Camera does not turn off , then on or does not retract ■ Make sure the camera is not in Favorites mode. ■ If the problem still exists, get help (page 47...
... of pictures remaining after each decrease after taking pictures. on again. not accurate 42 www.kodak.com/go/support 5 Troubleshooting Camera problems Status Solution Camera does not turn off , then on or does not retract ■ Make sure the camera is not in Favorites mode. ■ If the problem still exists, get help (page 47...