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
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Taking pictures/videos
Using the histogram to view picture brightness
Use the histogram to evaluate the distribution of light before or after you take a
picture. Optimal exposure is achieved when the peak is in the middle of the
histogram. The flash may affect a picture’s light and shadow.
In P, A, S, M modes, press the Menu button, then to choose Histogram.
In Review, press Menu button, then to choose Properties.
Understanding the picture-taking icons
Know when your batteries need charging
The battery level icon works like the gas gauge in your car, but appears only when the
batteries require your attention. Charge the batteries when necessary.
Purchase extra batteries for your special event www.kodak.com/go/z981accessories
Dark picture Balanced picture Bright picture
Battery level
Capture mode
Pictures/time remaining
Zoom slider
Tag name
Self timer/Burst
Flash mode
Focus mode