User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- KODAK EASYSHARE Z981 Digital Camera
- Product features
- Table of contents
- Setting up your camera
- Taking pictures/videos
- Taking pictures in Smart Capture mode
- Taking a video
- Adjusting LCD brightness
- Capture modes
- Using the zoom
- Using the flash
- Using the Drive button
- Using the Focus button
- Taking panoramic pictures
- P, A, S, and M modes
- Using exposure compensation to adjust brightness
- Using the histogram to view picture brightness
- Understanding the picture-taking icons
- Know when your batteries need charging
- Sharing and tagging pictures
- Reviewing and editing
- Reviewing pictures/videos
- Deleting pictures/videos
- Viewing pictures/videos in different ways
- A smarter way to find your pictures
- Understanding the review icons
- Creating a multimedia slide show
- Using the menu button in review
- Selecting multiple pictures/videos
- Cropping pictures
- Copying pictures/videos
- Using KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology
- Using the RAW Develop feature
- Editing videos
- Doing more with your camera
- Transferring, printing pictures
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- Index
Taking pictures/videos
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Capture modes
Capture mode For
Smart Capture Excellent image quality and ease of use.
■ Faces are detected.
■ The scene is analyzed for other content and for lighting.
■ KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology is applied, for better
pictures.
You can choose the best picture size and aspect ratio for your
needs—just press the Menu button and choose Picture
Size.
Portrait Full-frame portraits of people.
Sport Subjects that are in motion. Shutter speed is fast.
Panorama “Stitching” 2 or 3 pictures into 1 panoramic scene. (See
page 18.)
Scene Point-and-shoot simplicity when taking pictures under special
conditions. (See page 12.)
Program
Aperture Priority
Shutter Priority
Manual
More creative control. (See page 19.)
Video Video with sound. (See page 9.)
Choose the mode that
best suits your subjects
and surroundings.
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P
A
S
M