Kodak EasyShare C503 Zoom, EasyShare C533 Zoom User Guide

Kodak EasyShare C533/C503

zoom digital camera

User’s guide

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Front view

Product features

1 Shutter button 6 Flash

2 Mode dial 7 Viewfinder

3 Self-timer/Video light 8 Microphone

4Flash button 9Lens

5 Self-timer/Burst button 10 DC-In (3V) ,for optional AC adapter

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Product features

Back view

1 LCD 10 Slot for optional SD or MMC card

2Viewfinder 11

3 Ready light 12 OK button

4 Share button 13 USB, A/V Out

5 Wide angle button 14 Battery compartment

6 Telephoto button 15 Menu button

7 Delete button 16 Review button

8 LCD/Info button 17 Dock connector

9 Strap post 18 Tripod socket

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Table of contents 1

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

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

Loading the battery....................................................................................... 1

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

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

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

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

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

Using the flash .............................................................................................. 7

Reviewing pictures and videos on your camera .............................................. 8

3 Transferring and printing pictures .......................................................11

Installing the software................................................................................. 11

Transferring pictures with the USB cable ...................................................... 12

Printing pictures.......................................................................................... 12

Dock compatibility for your camera.............................................................. 15

4 Doing more with your camera .............................................................16

Using optical zoom ..................................................................................... 16

Picture-taking modes .................................................................................. 17

Using exposure compensation to adjust brightness ...................................... 19

Using the self-timer..................................................................................... 19

Using burst ................................................................................................. 20

Changing picture-taking settings ................................................................. 20

Customizing your camera ............................................................................ 24

Running a slide show .................................................................................. 26

Cropping pictures........................................................................................27

Viewing picture/video information ...............................................................28

Copying pictures and videos ........................................................................ 28

Pre-tagging for album names ...................................................................... 29

Sharing your pictures................................................................................... 30

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5 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................35

Camera problems........................................................................................ 35

Camera ready light status............................................................................ 37

Camera/computer communications.............................................................. 38

LCD screen messages .................................................................................. 39

6 Getting help ........................................................................................42

Helpful links ................................................................................................ 42

Telephone customer support ....................................................................... 43

7 Appendix .............................................................................................44

Camera specifications .................................................................................44

Storage capacities ....................................................................................... 47

Important safety instructions ....................................................................... 48

Battery life .................................................................................................. 50

Upgrading your software and firmware........................................................ 51

Additional care and maintenance ................................................................ 51

Warranty..................................................................................................... 51

Regulatory compliance ................................................................................ 54

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1 Setting up your camera

Attaching the strap

Loading the battery

Ni-MH (rechargeable)

For battery types, see page 46. To extend battery life, see page 50.

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CRV3 lithium (non-rechargeable)

2 AA (rechargeable or non-rechargeable)

Setting up your camera

Turning on the camera

Setting the language, date/time

OK (press)

to change.

for previous/next field.

to accept.

Setting the language, date/time in the future

Press Menu.

to highlight Setup Menu

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then press OK.

to highlight Language or Date/Time

, then press OK.

Setting up your camera

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: When using the card for the first time, format it in this camera before taking pictures (see Format on

page 25). We recommend Kodak SD or MMC cards.

Notched corner

SD or MMC 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 the pictures, the card, or the camera.

See page 47 for storage capacities. Purchase SD or MMC cards at a dealer of Kodak products or at www.kodak.com/go/c533accessories or

www.kodak.com/go/c503accessories.

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2 Taking pictures and videos

Taking a picture

1 2

Taking a video

1 2

Use the LCD or viewfinder. Press LCD/Info for:

• LCD on, status icons on

• LCD on, status icons off

• LCD off (use the viewfinder)

LCD/Info

Press the Shutter button halfway to focus and set exposure.

When the Ready light turns green, press the Shutter 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 displays a quickview for approximately 5 seconds.

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

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

Delete

Play a video.

adjust the volume on your

(

Video Out device.)

To review pictures and videos anytime, see page 8.

Understanding picture-taking icons

In capture mode—no buttons pressed

Self-timer

Date stamp

Album

Flash mode

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Picture size

Pictures/time remaining

Storage

location

wide

Zoom:

telephoto digital

Focus Zone

White balance

ISO speed Low battery

Camera

mode

Exposure compensation

Taking pictures and videos

In capture mode—shutter pressed halfway

Auto Exposure/ Auto Focus warning

Low battery

Exposure compensation

Using the auto-focus framing marks (to take pictures)

When using the LCD as a viewfinder, framing marks indicate the camera focus area. 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.

Fram ing mark s

Center focus

Center wide focus

Side focus

Center and side focus

Left and right focus

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Taking pictures and videos

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

disappear), release the Shutter button, recompose the scene, and repeat step 1.

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

Zone (see page 22) and set Center Zone, the framing marks are fixed at Center Wide.

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 below).

The current flash mode is shown in the LCD

status area.

Flash-to-subject distance

Zoom position Flash distance

Wide angle 2–11.5 ft (0.6–3.5 m) @ ISO 140

Telephoto 2– 6.6 ft (0.6–2.0 m) @ ISO 140

Flash modes Flash fires

Auto

When the lighting conditions require it.

Flash

Fill Every time you take a picture, regardless of the lighting conditions. Use

when the subject is in shadow or is “backlit” (when the light is behind the subject).

Red-

Once, so the subject’s eyes become accustomed to the flash, then fires

eye

again when the picture is taken. (If the lighting conditions require flash but do not require Red-eye reduction, the flash may fire only once.)

Off Never

button repeatedly to scroll

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Taking pictures and videos

Reviewing pictures and videos on your camera

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

Videos:

Play/pause.

for previous/next.

Review. (Press again to exit.)

To save battery power, use an optional Kodak EasyShare dock or Kodak 3-volt AC adapter. (See www.kodak.com/go/c533accessories or

www.kodak.com/go/c503accessories.)

NOTE: Pictures taken at the 4.4 MP (3:2) quality setting are displayed at a 3:2 aspect ratio with black bars

at the top of the screen. A video’s duration is displayed at the top of the LCD.

Magnifying a picture during review

Rewind to beginning (during playback).

Next picture/video (during playback).

W/T

magnify 1X - 8X.

view other parts of the picture.

return to 1X.OK

Viewing multi-up (thumbnails) during review

view multi-up thumbnails.

view previous/next row of thumbnails. view previous/next thumbnail.

view single picture.OK

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Understanding review icons

Pictures

Print tag/number of prints

Favorite tag

Email tag

Taking pictures and videos

Picture number Image storage

location

Protected

Scroll arrows

Videos

Video length Favorite tag

Email tag

Date/Time

Scroll arrows

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Review mode

Video number

Image storage location

Playback time counter

Volume control (for Video Out device)

Review mode

Taking pictures and videos

Deleting pictures and videos during review

Press Review.

for previous/next.

Press Delete.

Follow the screen prompts.

Using the undo delete feature

If you accidentally delete a picture, you can use Undo Delete to retrieve it. This feature is only available immediately after you delete a picture.

NOTE: You cannot use Undo Delete if your picture is larger than 20 MB.

Protecting pictures and videos from deletion

Press Review.

for previous/next.

Press Menu.

Press

to 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.

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3 Transferring and printing

pictures

Installing the software

CAUTION: Install EasyShare software 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 EasyShare software CD into the CD-ROM drive.

3 Load the software:

Windows OS—if the install window does not appear, choose Run from the Start menu and type d:\setup.exe where d is the drive letter that contains the CD.

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

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

Windows OS—select Complete to automatically install the most commonly used

applications, or Custom to choose the ones you wish to install.

Mac OS X—follow the on-screen instructions.

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 EasyShare software CD, click the Help button in EasyShare software.

before

connecting the camera to the

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Transferring and printing pictures

Transferring pictures with the USB cable

Turn off camera.

Connect USB cable (U-8).

Tur n o n cam era .

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

NOTE: Visit

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for an online tutorial on connecting.

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 15)

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

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

www.kodak.com/go/c533accessories or www.kodak.com/go/c503accessories.

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. Purchase this and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak products or visit www.kodak.com/go/c533accessories or

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Transferring and printing pictures

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 ■ PictBridge enabled printer

■ USB cable (may be sold separately)

Connecting the camera to a PictBridge enabled printer

1 Turn off the camera and printer.

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

printer user guide or visit www.kodak.com/go/c533accessories or

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Printing from a PictBridge enabled printer

1 Turn on the printer. Turn on the camera.

The PictBridge logo is displayed, followed by the current picture and menu. (If no pictures are found, a message is displayed.) If the menu interface turns off, press any button to redisplay it.

2 Press to choose a printing option, then press the OK button.

Current Picture Press to choose a picture. Choose the number of copies.

Tagged Pictures If your printer is capable, print pictures that you tagged for printing and

choose a print size.

Index Print Print thumbnails of all pictures. This option requires one or more sheets

of paper. If the printer is capable, choose a print size.

All Pictures Print all pictures in internal memory, on a card, or in Favorites. Choose

the number of copies.

Image Storage Access internal memory, a card, or Favorites.

NOTE: During direct printing, pictures are not permanently transferred or saved to the computer or printer.

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Transferring and printing pictures

Disconnecting the camera from a PictBridge enabled printer

1 Turn off the camera and printer.

2 Disconnect the USB cable from the camera and the printer.

Using a printer that is not PictBridge enabled

For details on printing pictures from your computer, click the Help button in EasyShare software.

Ordering prints online

Kodak EasyShare

services offered in the Kodak EasyShare software. You can easily:

■ Upload your pictures.

■ Edit, enhance, and add borders to your pictures.

■ Store pictures, and share them with family and friends.

■ Order high-quality prints, photo greeting cards, frames, and albums—and have

them delivered to your door.

Gallery (www.kodakgallery.com) is one of the many online print

Printing from an optional SD/MMC card

■ Automatically print tagged pictures when you insert your card into a printer with

an SD/MMC card slot. See your printer user’s guide for details.

■ Make prints at an SD/MMC card-capable Kodak picture maker/picture kiosk.

(Contact a location prior to visiting. See www.kodak.com/go/picturemaker.)

■ Take the card to your local photo retailer for professional printing.

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Transferring and printing pictures

Dock compatibility for your camera

Kodak EasyShare dock Docking configuration

■ printer dock plus series 3

■ printer docks and camera docks

series 3

■ printer dock

■ printer dock plus

■ printer dock 6000

■ camera dock 6000

Custom dock insert

Dock

Custom dock insert

Kodak dock adapter kit D-22

Dock

■ printer dock 4000

■ camera dock II

■ LS420, LS443 camera dock

Not compatible

Purchase camera docks, printer docks, and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak products or www.kodak.com/go/c533accessories or

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