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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Doing more with your camera
Face Detect
Choose if faces get focuspriority. (Not
available in modes where faces already get
focus priority.)
On—The camera attempts to focus on faces.
Off
Exposure Metering
Evaluate light levels at specific areas of a
scene.
Multi-Pattern—Evaluates 5 zones to give an
even picture focus. Ideal for general picture taking.
Center-Weight—Evaluates the small area
centered in the lens. Ideal for focusing on a precise
area.
Spot—Similar to Center-Weight, except the
metering is concentrated on a smaller area of the
subject centered in the LCD or EVF.
AF Zone
Select a large or concentrated area of
focus.
Multi-zone—Evaluates 5 zones to give an even
picture focus. Ideal for general picture taking.
Center-zone—Evaluates the small area centered
in the LCD. Ideal when precise focus of a specific
area in the picture is needed.
Selectable-zone—Press to choose
the focus area.
AF Control (Still)
Choose an auto-focus setting.
Continuous AF—Because the camera is always
focusing, there is no need to press the Shutter
button halfway down to focus.
Single AF—Focuses when the Shutter button is
pressed halfway down. (This setting uses less
battery power.)
Exposure Bracketing Interval
Choose the difference in exposure
compensation while using exposure
bracketing.
Available only in P/M mode.
Off
+/- 0.3 EV
+/- 0.7 EV
+/- 1.0 EV
See page 21.
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