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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Using the zoom
Use optical zoom to get up to 26X closer to your subject while taking pictures/videos.
IMPORTANT:
If the camera is in portrait mode (see page 5), press to zoom.
1 Use the LCD or EVF to frame your subject. (For
focus distances, see Camera specifications,
page 57.)
2 Press Telephoto (T) to zoom in. Press Wide Angle
(W) to zoom out.
3 Take the picture or video.
NOTE: To get a focused picture every time, remember:
■ Use the framing marks, page 9.
■ As you zoom in, you may need to move away
from your subject. See Focus System on
page 57.
Using digital zoom
Digital zoom is not available in Smart Capture mode.
NOTE: You may notice decreased image quality when using digital zoom.
Stage People on a lit stage. Fast shutter speed, high ISO. Flash and sounds are off.
(Flash setting can be changed.)
SCN mode For
Optical zoom Digital zoom
view single picture.