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Kodak EasyShare P712
zoom digital camera
User’s guide
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For interactive tutorials, www.kodak.com/go/howto
For help with your camera, www.kodak.com/go/p712support
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Eastman Kodak Company Rochester, New York 14650 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2006 All screen images are simulated. Kodak and EasyShare are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. Schneider-Kreuznach and Xenar are trademarks of Jos. Schneider Optische Werke GmbH used under license by Eastman Kodak Company. P/N 4J4761_en
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Product features Front View 9 10 11 8 7 12 6 13 14 15 5 16 4 17 3 2 18 1 19 1Lens 11 Hot shoe 2Grip 12 Flash 3 Self-timer/Video light 13 Flash button 4 LED indicator 14 Focus button 5 Shutter button 15 Strap post 6 Mode /Power switch 16 Speaker 7 Exposure metering button 17 Microphone 8 Program button 18 USB, A/V Out 9 Drive button 19 DC-In (5V) 10 Mode dial www.kodak.com/go/support i
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Product features Back View 7 6 5 8 9 10 11 4 12 13 14 3 15 16 2 17 1 18 1 Delete button 10 Set button 2 Tripod socket 11 AE/AF lock button 3 Dock connector 12 Status button 4 LCD screen 13 Review button 5 EVF/LCD toggle button 14 Joystick ( ); OK button (press in) 6 Diopter dial 15 Slot for optional SD or MMC card 7 EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) 16 Share button 8 Zoom lever 17 Menu button 9 Command dial 18 Battery compartment ii www.kodak.com/go/support
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Table of contents 1 1 Setting up your camera .........................................................................1 Attaching the lens cap and strap ...................................................................1 Charging the battery .....................................................................................2 Loading the battery.......................................................................................2 Turning on the camera .......................................
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Table of contents 4 Doing more with your camera .............................................................23 Picture-taking modes ..................................................................................23 Taking panoramic pictures...........................................................................28 Using the focus button ................................................................................29 Using the drive mode for self-timer, burst, exposure bracketing.........
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Table of contents Helpful links................................................................................................75 Telephone customer support .......................................................................76 7 Appendix .............................................................................................77 Camera specifications .................................................................................77 Storage capacities ....................................
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1 Setting up your camera Attaching the lens cap and strap 1 www.kodak.com/go/support
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Setting up your camera Charging the battery Charge the Li-Ion rechargeable battery before first use. Red—charging Green—complete Approximately 3 hours for full charge You can also charge the battery using a Kodak EasyShare printer dock or camera dock. Purchase these and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak products or visit www.kodak.com/go/p712accessories. Loading the battery CAUTION: We recommend that you use a Kodak Li-Ion rechargeable digital camera battery (KLIC-5001). For information
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Setting up your camera Turning on the camera Capture: Take pictures and videos. Favorites: View your Favorites, see page 66. Setting the language and date/time, first time Language: Move to choose a Language, then press OK. Date & Time: Press OK. 1 to change. for previous/next field. Press OK to accept. 2 3 www.kodak.com/go/support
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Setting up your camera Setting the language and date/time, other times Press Menu. 1 (Press again to exit.) Move to highlight Setup . 2 to highlight Language 3 or Date/Time, then press OK. to change. for previous/next field. Press OK. 4 Storing pictures on an SD or MMC card Your camera has 32 MB of internal memory. You can purchase an SD or MMC card to conveniently store more pictures and videos. For best results, purchase a Kodak card. NOTE: When using the card for the first time, format it
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2 Taking pictures and videos Taking a picture Press the Shutter button 4 halfway to set the AE/AF. 1 When the AE/AF indicator turns green, 2 Auto press the Shutter button completely down. LCD EVF 3 or AE/AF indicator: green—successful red—failed Use the Diopter to failed focus adjust the sharpness failed exposure of the Viewfinder. Taking a video Press the Shutter 4 1 button completely down and release. To stop recording, 2 press and release the Shutter button again. LCD EVF or 3 5 w
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Taking pictures and videos Reviewing a quickview of the picture or video just taken After you take a picture or video, the EVF/LCD screen displays a Quickview for approximately 5 seconds. While the picture or video is displayed, you can: Press OK to play/pause video. Move the Joystick: . To adjust the volume If you press no buttons, the To rewind or picture/video is fast forward. saved. Tag a picture/video for email or as a favorite, or tag a picture for print. Delete To view pictures and v
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Taking pictures and videos Using the auto-focus framing marks (pictures) When using the EVF/LCD screen as a viewfinder, framing marks indicate where the camera is focusing. For the best pictures, the camera attempts to focus on foreground subjects, even if the subjects are not centered in the scene. 1 Press the Shutter button halfway. When the framing marks turn green, focus is accomplished. Framing marks 2 If the camera is not focusing on the desired subject (or if the framing marks disa
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Taking pictures and videos Using the Status button In any Capture or Review mode, press the Status button to display status icons, settings, and picture/video information on your EVF/LCD screen. Keep pressing the Status Status button to change the screen information . button Mode Status button screen information Still Video Capture Status icons Status icons (Auto and SCN) Highlight/Shadow clipping No icons No icons PASM and C Status icons Status icons modes Status icons, his
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Taking pictures and videos Capture icons in liveview (default screen) Flash mode Picture size Zoom indicator Focus mode File type Drive mode Date stamp Pictures/time remaining Camera mode Storage location Album name Battery indicator Image stabilizer (flashing=exhausted) Accessory lens AF mode White balance Framing marks Exposure metering Exposure bracketing interval ISO Aperture Flash compensation Shutter speed Exposure compensation NOTE: Your camera screen changes when you press the Status
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Taking pictures and videos Using optical zoom Use optical zoom to get up to 12X closer to your subject. You can change optical zoom before or during video recording. 1 Use the EVF or LCD screen to frame your subject. 2 Press Telephoto (T) to zoom in. Press Wide Angle (W) to zoom out. The Zoom indicator shows zoom status. NOTE: Digital zoom is disabled when you select None in Advanced Digital zoom (see page 46). Current zoom position 3 Press the Shutter button halfway to set the exposure and f
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Taking pictures and videos Using the flip-up flash Use the flash when you take pictures at night, indoors, or outdoors in heavy shadows. Make sure you are within the flash range. When you press the Flash Shutter button halfway, and flash is needed, the flash automatically opens. Press the cover to close. To change the flash settings, see page 36. Flash-to-subject distance Zoom position Flash distance Wide angle 2.9 ft–17.4 ft (0.9 m–5.3 m) Telephoto 6.6 ft–15.4 ft (2.0 m–4.7 m) Using a
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Taking pictures and videos Reviewing pictures and videos Press Review to view and work with your pictures and videos. Pictures Press Review. 1 (Press again to exit.) View previous/next. 2 View multi-up thumbnails. (Press OK to exit.) View previous/next thumbnail. Press OK to view 3 single pictures. NOTE: Pictures taken at the 6.3 MP (3:2) quality setting are displayed at a 3:2 aspect ratio with a black bar at the top and bottom of the screen. Videos Press OK to play/pause. 1 : During playba
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Taking pictures and videos Multi-selection of pictures during review Use the Set button to create a set of pictures to review and to perform various functions, for example Delete (page 17), Protect (page 16), and Copy (page 58). Single-up 10 of 20 selected Press Review. 1 pictures (Press again to exit.) Press Set. 2 to highlight a picture. 3 To remove a picture from . the set, press Set again To deselect the entire set, press review or turn off the camera. Multi-up Review. Press 1 (Press ag
