Kodak C330 User Manual

Kodak EasyShare C330

zoom digital camera

User’s guide

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Front View

Product features

1 Microphone 7 Self-timer/Burst button

2 Wrist strap 8 Flash

3 Self Timer /Video light 9 Viewfinder

4Mode dial: camera

modes/power settings

5 Shutter button 11 USB, A/V Out

6 Flash button 12 DC-In (3V) ,for

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10 Lens

optional AC adapter

Product features

Side View

1 Dock connector 9 Delete button

2 Tripod socket 10 Zoom (Wide Angle/Telephoto)

3 LCD screen 11 4-way controller

4 Viewfinder 12 OK button

5 Ready light 13 Slot for optional SD or MMC card

6 Review button 14 Share button

7 Menu button 15 Battery compartment

8 LCD On/Off/Status butt

button

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Table of contents 1

1 Setting up your camera .........................................................................1

Attaching the wrist strap ............................................................................... 1

Loading the batteries .................................................................................... 1

Turning on the camera .................................................................................. 2

Setting the date/time, first time ..................................................................... 2

Setting the language and date/time, other times ............................................ 3

Storing pictures on an SD or MMC card .........................................................3

2 Taking pictures and videos ....................................................................4

Taking a picture ............................................................................................ 4

Using optical zoom .......................................................................................8

Using the flash .............................................................................................. 9

Reviewing pictures and videos ....................................................................... 9

Protecting pictures and videos from deletion................................................ 12

3 Transferring and printing pictures .......................................................14

Minimum system requirements .................................................................... 14

Installing the software................................................................................. 15

Transferring pictures with the USB cable ...................................................... 16

Printing pictures.......................................................................................... 17

Dock compatibility for your camera.............................................................. 20

4 Doing more with your camera .............................................................21

Using the self-timer..................................................................................... 21

Using burst ................................................................................................. 22

Running a slide show .................................................................................. 23

Copying pictures and videos ........................................................................25

Changing the flash settings ......................................................................... 26

Picture-taking modes .................................................................................. 27

Changing picture-taking settings ................................................................. 29

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Customizing your camera ............................................................................ 32

Viewing picture/video information ...............................................................34

Pre-tagging for album names ...................................................................... 35

Sharing your pictures................................................................................... 37

5 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................42

Camera problems........................................................................................ 42

Computer/connectivity problems.................................................................. 44

Picture quality problems .............................................................................. 44

Camera ready light status............................................................................ 45

Direct printing (PictBridge) problems............................................................ 46

6 Getting help ........................................................................................47

Helpful links ................................................................................................ 47

Telephone customer support ....................................................................... 48

7 Appendix .............................................................................................50

Camera specifications .................................................................................50

Storage capacities ....................................................................................... 54

Power-saving features ................................................................................. 55

Important safety instructions ....................................................................... 55

Battery information ..................................................................................... 57

Upgrading your software and firmware........................................................ 58

Additional care and maintenance ................................................................ 59

Warranty..................................................................................................... 59

Regulatory compliance ................................................................................ 62

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1 Setting up your camera

Attaching the wrist strap

Loading the batteries

1 Open the battery door.

2 Load the batteries, then close the battery door.

CRV3 lithium (non-rechargeable)

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Ni-MH rechargeable battery pack

2-AA

lithium, Ni-MH,

or oxy-alkaline

Setting up your camera

For information on replacing batteries and extending battery life, see page 57.

Turning on the camera

Setting the date/time, first time

At the prompt, press OK.

to change.

for previous/next field.

o accept.

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Setting up your camera

Setting the language and date/time, other times

Press Menu.

to highlight Setup Menu

then press OK.

to highlight Language

or Date/Time If setting the date/time:

, then press OK.

to change.

for previous/next field. to accept.

Storing pictures on an SD or MMC card

Your camera has 16 MB of internal memory. You can purchase an SD or MMC card to conveniently store more pictures and videos.

NOTE: We recommend Kodak SD and MMC cards. When using the card for the first time, format it in this

camera before taking pictures (see page 33).

SD or MMC

Notched corner

card (optional)

CAUTION: A card can only be inserted one way; forcing it may cause damage. Inserting or removing a card when the Ready light is

blinking may damage pictures, card, or camera.

See page 54 for storage capacities. Purchase SD or MMC cards at a dealer of Kodak products or www.kodak.com/go/c330accessories.

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2 Taking pictures and videos

Taking a picture

Tur n o n cam era .

Ready light

Fram e yo ur subject in the

Viewfinder

or LCD screen.

Taking a video

Tur n o n cam era .

Fram e yo ur subject in the

Viewfinder

or LCD screen.

Press Shutter button

halfway to focus and set exposure.

When the Ready light

turns green, press the button completely down.

Press the Shutter button

completely down and release.

To stop recording, press and release the Shutter button again.

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Taking pictures and videos

Reviewing the picture or video just taken

After you take a picture or video, the LCD screen displays a Quickview for approximately 5 seconds.

While the picture or video and are displayed:

Delete

If you press no buttons, the picture/video is saved.

OK to play/pause a video (adjust the volume on your Video Out device.)

Tag a picture/video for email or as a favorite, or tag a picture for print.

To view pictures and videos anytime, see page 9.

Checking camera and picture status

Press the LCD On/Off/Status button to see the active camera and picture settings.

Press once to turn off

Status

button

the icons of the active camera and picture settings.

Press twice to turn off the screen entirely. (Press again to turn on icons and picture settings.)

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Taking pictures and videos

Using the auto-focus framing marks (pictures)

When using the 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.

While the shutter button is pressed halfway:

Framing marks

2 If the camera is not focusing on the desired subject (or if the framing marks

disappear), release the Shutter button and recompose the scene.

3 Press the Shutter button completely down to take the picture. NOTE: Framing marks do not appear in Landscape, Fireworks, or Video mode. When you use Focus Zone

(page 30) and set Center Zone, the framing marks are fixed at Center Wide.

Center focus

Center wide focus

Side focus

Center and side focus

Left and right focus

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Capture mode

Taking pictures and videos

Self Timer/Burst

Date stamp

Album name

Zoom:

digital telephoto wide

Flash Mode

Picture size

Pictures/time remaining

location

Storage

Focus

zone

White balance

ISO

Low battery

Camera mode

Exposure compensation

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Taking pictures and videos

Using optical zoom

Use optical zoom to get up to 3X closer to your subject. Optical zoom is effective when the lens is no closer than 2 ft (0.6 m) to the subject or 5 in. (13 cm) in Close-up mode. You can change optical zoom before (but not during) video recording.

1 Use the Viewfinder 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.

Zoom indicator

Digital zoom range

Optical zoom range

Using digital zoom

Use digital zoom in any Still mode to get an additional 5X magnification beyond optical zoom. Combined zoom settings are from 3X to 15X.

1 Press the Telephoto (T) button to the optical zoom limit (3X). Release the button,

then press it again.

The Zoom indicator shows zoom status.

2 Take the picture. NOTE: You cannot use digital zoom for video recording. You may notice decreased image quality when

using digital zoom. The blue slider on the zoom indicator pauses and turns red when the picture quality reaches the limit for an acceptable 4 x 6-in. (10 x 15 cm) print.

3 Press the Shutter button halfway to set the

exposure and focus, then press completely down to take the picture. (When taking videos, press and release the Shutter button.)

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Taking pictures and videos

Using the flash

Use the flash when you take pictures at night, indoors, or outdoors in heavy shadows.

Press the through flash modes (see Flash modes table).

The active flash icon is displayed in the LCD screen.

button repeatedly to scroll

To change the flash settings, see page 26.

Flash-to-subject distance

Zoom position Flash distance

Wide angle 2–12 ft (0.6–3.6 m) @ ISO 140

Telephoto 2–7 ft (0.6–2.1 m) @ ISO 140

Reviewing pictures and videos

Press the Review button to view and work with your pictures and videos.

Review

(Press again to exit)

(previous/next)

Videos: OK to play/pause

Adjust the volume

Rewind to beginning (during playback)

Next picture/video (during playback)

To save battery power, use the optional Kodak EasyShare camera or printer dock, or Kodak 3-volt AC adapter. (See www.kodak.com/go/c330accessories.)

NOTE: Pictures taken at the 3.5 MP (3:2) quality setting are displayed at a 3:2 aspect ratio with a black bar

at the top of the screen.

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Taking pictures and videos

What the review icons mean

Print tag/number of prints

Favorite

Email tag

arrows

Scroll

Video length Favorite tag

Email tag

Press OK to Play

or Pause

tag

Protected

Picture number

storage

Image location

Review mode

Protected

Video number

Image storage

location

Review mode

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Magnifying a picture during review

Taking pictures and videos

W/T

magnify 1X–8X.

view other parts of the picture.

return to 1X

Viewing multi-up (thumbnails) during review

view multi-up thumbnails.

view previous/next row of thumbnails.

view previous/next thumbnail.

view single picture.

Cropping a picture during review

Press Menu. (To exit, press Menu again.)

Highlight Crop , then press OK.

Follow on-screen instructions.

zoom out or in.

W/T

(Crop box turns red at maximum zoom.)

crop and save picture. (Original picture is kept.)

move crop box.

NOTE: Cropping may not be supported for images captured on other digital cameras.

Pictures under 2.1 MP cannot be cropped.

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Taking pictures and videos

Protecting pictures and videos from deletion

Press Review. (To exit, press

Review again.)

Note: To cancel Protect, press OK again.

for previous/next.

Press Menu.

Press

highlight Protect , then press OK.

The picture or video is protected and cannot be deleted. The Protect icon appears with the protected picture or video.

Press the Menu button to exit the menu.

CAUTION: Formatting internal memory or an SD or MMC card deletes all

(including protected) pictures, videos. (Formatting internal memory also deletes email addresses, album names, and favorites. To restore them, see EasyShare software Help.)

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Deleting pictures and videos

Taking pictures and videos

Press Review. (To exit, press

Review again.)

for previous/next.

Press Delete.

Follow the screen prompts.

PICTURE or VIDEO—deletes the displayed picture or video.

EXIT—exits the Delete screen.

ALL—deletes all pictures and videos from your current storage location.

NOTE: To delete protected pictures and videos, remove protection before deleting.

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3 Transferring and printing

pictures

CAUTION: Install Kodak EasyShare software

optional dock to the computer. Failure to do so may cause the software to load incorrectly.

Minimum system requirements

Windows OS-based computers Macintosh computers

■ Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000 SP1, or

XP OS

■ Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher

■ 233 MHz processor or greater

■ 64 MB RAM (128 MB RAM for

Windows XP OS)

■ 200 MB hard disk space available

■ CD-ROM drive

■ Available USB port

■ Color monitor, 800 x 600 pixels (16-bit

or 24-bit recommended)

NOTE: To download EasyShare software, visit

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before

connecting the camera or

■ Power Mac G3, G4, G5, G4 Cube,

iMac; PowerBook G3, G4; or iBook computers

■ Mac OS X version 10.2.3, 10.3

■ Safari 1.0 or higher

■ 128 MB RAM

■ 200 MB hard disk space available

■ CD-ROM drive

■ Available USB port

■ Color monitor, 1024 x 768 pixels

(thousands or millions of colors recommended)

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Transferring and printing pictures

Installing the software

CAUTION: Install Kodak EasyShare software connecting the camera or optional

dock to the computer. Failure to do so may cause the software to load incorrectly.

1 Close all software applications that are open on your computer (including

anti-virus software).

2 Place the Kodak EasyShare software CD into the CD-ROM drive.

3 Load the software:

Windows OS-based computer

Run from the Start menu and type d:\setup.exe where d is the drive letter that contains the CD.

Mac OS X

4 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the software.

Windows OS-based computer—select Typical to automatically install the most

commonly used applications. Select Custom to choose the applications you wish to install.

Mac OS X

NOTE: When prompted, take a few minutes to electronically register your camera and software. This lets

you receive information regarding software updates and registers some of the products included with the camera. You must be connected to your Internet service provider to register electronically. To register later, see

5 If prompted, restart the computer. If you turned off anti-virus software, turn it back

on. See the anti-virus software manual for details.

For information on the software applications included on the Kodak EasyShare software CD, click the Help button in the Kodak EasyShare software.

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—double-click the CD icon on the desktop, then click the Install icon.

—follow the on-screen instructions.

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—if the install window does not appear, choose

before

Transferring and printing pictures

Transferring pictures with the USB cable

1 Turn off the camera.

2 Plug the labeled end of the USB cable into the

labeled USB port on your computer. See your computer user’s guide for details.

3 Plug the other end of the USB cable into the labeled

USB port on the camera.

4 Turn on the camera.

Kodak EasyShare software opens on your computer. The software prompts you through the transfer process.

NOTE: Visit

Also available for transferring

You can also use these Kodak products to transfer your pictures and videos.

■ Kodak EasyShare camera dock, Kodak EasyShare printer dock (see page 20)

■ Kodak multi-card reader, Kodak SD multimedia card reader-writer

Purchase these and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak products or

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for an online tutorial on connecting.

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Transferring and printing pictures

Printing pictures

Printing with a Kodak EasyShare printer dock

Dock your camera to the Kodak EasyShare printer dock and print directly—with or without a computer. The printer dock may require a D-22 Adapter (see page 20). Purchase this and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak products or

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Direct printing with a PictBridge enabled printer

Your camera is compatible with PictBridge technology, so you can print directly to PictBridge enabled printers. You need:

■ Camera with fully-charged batteries, or

with optional Kodak 3-volt AC adapter

Connecting the camera to a PictBridge enabled printer

1 Turn off the camera and printer.

2 Optional: If you have a Kodak 3-volt AC adapter (optional accessory), plug it into

the camera and into an electrical outlet.

3 Connect the appropriate USB cable from the camera to the printer. (See your

printer user guide or www.kodak.com/go/c330accessories for details.)

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■ PictBridge enabled printer

■ USB cable (may be sold separately)

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