Kodak EASYSHARE M550 User Manual

 Attach the strap, load the battery

KLIC-7006

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Battery Charging light:

• Orange: charging

• Green: finished

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2

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Your plug
may differ.

Turn off the camera.

Connect KODAK Camera USB Cable, Micro B / 5-Pin and
charger. (Use only the cable included with this camera!)

Charge the battery whenever necessary.

Battery Charging light:

• Blinking: charging

• Steady: finished

If your package includes a charger:

If your package includes an adapter:

Your adapter
may differ.

 Charge the battery

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 Turn on the camera

Press the Power button.

to change current field

for previous/next field

OK

to accept

At the prompt, press OK.

to change

OK

to accept

Language:

Date/Time:

 Set the language and date/time

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Press the Shutter button
halfway to focus and set
exposure.

When the framing marks turn
green, press the Shutter button
completely down.

Framing marks

The camera turns on in Smart Capture mode.
(If it’s in a different mode, press the Mode button,
then Smart Capture

until the LCD displays

mode. Then press OK.)

Compose the picture.

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Mode
button

 Take a picture

See other modes See page 10

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 Review pictures/videos

View previous/next
picture/video.

Press the Review
to enter/exit Review.

Play a video.

OK

button

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Turn on the
camera.

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Use the KODAK Camera USB
Cable, Micro B / 5-Pin to
connect camera to
computer. (Use only
the cable included
with this camera!)

1

Turn off the camera.

After the software
is installed, follow the
prompts to transfer pictures
and videos to your computer.

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* If the downloader does not run, find and launch it:

• WINDOWS OS: in My Computer

• MAC OS: on your Desktop

Download KODAK Software—so it’s easy
to transfer and share pictures and videos.

Make sure the computer is connected to the Internet. When
you connect the camera to the computer, the KODAK
Software Downloader automatically runs. Follow the prompts
to download and install KODAK Software.*

 Download software, transfer pictures

Download KODAK Software

To use this camera on more

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 Get help from your camera

Scroll through a
Help topic.

Press the Menu
button, then highlight a
menu choice.

Press the Info

1

button.

2

Your camera offers a built-in Help system.
It describes every setting for every menu choice.

Go to www.kodak.com/go/m550support for:

• the Extended user guide

• interactive troubleshooting and repairs

• interactive tutorials

• and more!

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Microphone
Flash

Self-timer/
Video
Recording
light

Lens Speaker

Front View

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Back View

Battery compartment,
SD/SDHC Card slot

Tripod socket

Wide Angle/
Telephoto
button

USB port

Power button
Flash button

Mode button
Shutter button

LCD

Delete, Menu, Info,
Review buttons

OK,

Strap post

Share button

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1 Do more with your camera

Mode button

Press the Mode button, then

until the LCD displays
the mode that best suits your
subjects and surroundings,

then press OK.

Use this mode For

Smart
Capture

Program Advanced picture taking—allows access to

Scene Point-and-shoot simplicity when taking

Video Capturing video with sound. (See page 11.)

General picture taking—excellent image
quality and ease of use.

manual settings.

pictures in practically any situation. (See

page 11.)

Adjust LCD brightness

To adjust the LCD brightness for your environment, see the
Extended user guide (www.kodak.com/go/m550support).

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Take a video

Do more with your camera

1 Press the Mode button, then

until the LCD displays

Video , then press OK.

2 Press the Shutter button

completely down,

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

Use Scene (SCN) modes

Choose a Scene mode—for great pictures in any situation.

1 Press the Mode button, then until the LCD displays

SCN, then press OK.

2 Press to choose a mode and read its description.

3 Press OK (or let the description turn off) to enter the chosen

Scene mode.

The camera is now in the chosen scene mode. To read a mode
description after it has turned off, press OK.

SCN mode For

Portrait Full-frame portraits of people.

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Do more with your camera

SCN mode For

Sport Action pictures.

Blur
Reduction

Panorama

Reducing blur caused by camera shake or subject
motion.

“Stitching” 2 or 3 pictures into 1 panoramic scene.

L-R, R-L

Landscape Distant scenes.

High ISO People indoors, in low-light scenes.

Close-up Close range. Use available light instead of flash, if

possible.

Flower Close-ups of flowers or other small subjects in bright

light.

Sunset Subjects at dusk.

Backlight Subjects that are in shadow or “backlit.”

Candle

Subjects illuminated by candle light.

Light

Children Action pictures of children in bright light.

Manner/
Museum

Quiet occasions. Flash and sound are disabled. For best
results, place the camera on a steady surface or tripod.

Text Documents. For best results, place the camera on a

steady surface or tripod.

Beach Bright beach scenes.

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SCN mode For

Snow Bright snow scenes.

Fireworks Fireworks. For best results, place the camera on a

steady surface or tripod.

Self­Portrait

Night
Portrait

Night
Landscape

Panning
Shot

Close-ups of yourself. Assures proper focus and
minimizes red eye.

Reduces red eye of people in night scenes or low-light
conditions.

Distant scenery at night. Flash does not fire.

Emphasizing horizontal motion, with a sharp subject
and blurred background.

Use the optical zoom

1 Use the LCD to frame your

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subject.

2 To zoom in, press Telephoto

(T).

To zoom out, press Wide
Angle (W).

3 Take the picture.

Do more with your camera

Flash button

Use the flash

Press the Flash button
repeatedly until the LCD
displays the desired flash
mode.

Flash modes Flash fires

Auto When the lighting conditions require it.

Fill
(Flash On)

Red-eye
Reduction

Choose a
setting in
the Setup
menu.

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).

NOTE: (Not available in Smart Capture mode.)

Preflash A preflash fires, shrinking the eye pupil,

before the picture is taken.

Digital
Correction

A preflash does not fire; the camera
corrects red eye.

NOTE: When using digital correction, image

processing takes longer than when

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using preflash.

Do more with your camera

Press
to show/hide
shortcuts.

Shortcuts

Use shortcuts

Your camera has a clean, uncluttered interface. For quick access
to the most popular capture and review functions:

1 Press the Info button.

The shortcuts appear. To hide the shortcuts again, press .

2 Press to access functions like Exposure Compensation,

Self-timer, and Auto focus. (You’ll see different functions in
different modes.)

3 Press to choose a setting.

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Do more with your camera

Delete pictures/videos

1 Press the Review button.

2 Press for previous/next picture/video.

3 Press the Delete button.

4 Follow the screen prompts.

Use the menu button to change settings

IMPORTANT:

Your camera offers a built-in Help system. To get
the most from your camera, see page 7.

You can change settings to get the best results from your
camera. Some modes offer limited settings.

1 Press the Menu button.

2 Press to choose a tab:

■ Capture/Video for the most common picture- and

video-taking settings

■ Setup for other camera settings

3 Press to choose a setting, then press OK.

4 Choose an option, then press OK.

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Do more with your camera

Battery level

Pictures/time
remaining

Zoom
indicator

Capture mode

Keyword tag

Self timer

Flash mode

Exposure compensation

Focus mode

Play video

Upload

Email

Print/number
of prints

Protected

Picture/Video
number

Battery level

Favorite

Video duration
Select

picture/video

Text tag

Add text tag
View

thumbnails

Understand the picture-taking icons

Understand the review icons

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2 Share pictures/videos

It’s never been easier to share pictures on your favorite social
networking sites.

IMPORTANT:

1 Press the Review button, then to find a picture.

2 Press the Share button.

If it’s your first time, a Help screen appears.

3 Press to choose a networking site, then press OK.

A check mark appears. Repeat this step to choose more sites.
(You can press OK again to remove a check mark.)

4 Press to choose Done, then press OK.

The picture is displayed with the Share icon. When you transfer

To use the camera’s social networking features, you
need to download KODAK Software. (See page 6.)

the picture to your computer, it will be sent to the networking
site(s) that you chose.

Tip: Do you send pictures to the same sites each time?
Find a picture, then press and hold the Share button for about 1
second.

The camera applies the settings that you used previously and adds
the Share icon to the picture.

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Share pictures/videos

Choose which social networking sites to
display on your camera

You can show/hide social networking sites on your camera so
that only your favorite sites appear.

1 In Review, press the Menu button.

2 Press to choose the Setup tab, then to choose

Share Button Settings, then press OK.

3 Press to choose a social networking site, then press

to choose Show/Hide. Repeat this step until you have

chosen Show/Hide for each social network.

4 When finished, press to choose Done, then press OK.

To return to picture-taking mode, press the Shutter button
halfway down. When you are in Review and press the Share
button, your chosen sites are shown.

Manage email addresses, KODAK PULSE
Digital Frames

You can add, edit, or delete email addresses and KODAK PULSE
Digital Frames on your camera.

1 In Review, press the Share button. Press to choose

Manage Email Addresses (or Manage Frames), then press
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Share pictures/videos

2 To add an email address or frame, press to choose

New Email or New Frame, then press OK. Use the on-screen
keyboard to make the addition.
(Example: [e-mail])

To edit an email address or frame, press to choose
the address’s nickname (“Dad” or “Mary”) or the frame,
then press OK. Use the on-screen keyboard to make edits.

To delete an email address or frame, choose Delete Email or
Delete Frame, then press OK. Press to choose the
address or frames, then press OK so that a check mark
appears. Press to choose Delete, then press OK.

3 When finished, press to choose Done, then press OK.

To return to picture-taking mode, press the Shutter button
halfway down.

Tag pictures

Tag pictures to make them easy to find, later. You can tag
pictures in 2 ways:

■ People, and then find all pictures of “Mary.”

■ Keywords, and then find all pictures from “Dad’s 60th

Birthday.”

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Share pictures/videos

Tag people

When you tag faces, you’re helping your camera to recognize
people by name. Then it matches names and faces in pictures
you’ve taken—

and

those you take in the future!

1 Press the Review button, then to find a picture

that contains faces.

2 Press the Menu button. Press to choose Tag

People, then press OK.

3 Press to choose Apply Tags, then press OK.

4 Press to choose an existing name, or New Name to

add a new one (see page 23), then press OK.

If more than one face is detected, a name or question mark is
assigned to each detected face. To resolve an incorrect name or
a question mark, press to select a face, then press OK.

5 When prompted to Update People Tags, press to

choose Yes, then press OK.

Other pictures are scanned and updated with the name(s) you
applied here. Press to add names to other pictures. When
finished, press to choose Done, then press OK. To return
to picture-taking mode, press the Shutter button halfway down.

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Tip: Are faces not always detected?
If a face is turned sideways, is too distant, or if the contrast
between face and background is insufficient, then the camera
might not detect the face.

Need to update a name?

If you meet a new friend—James—but you already have
pictures tagged with an old friend, James, you can:

■ Tag the new James with “James Smith” and/or

■ Update the old James to “James Monroe”

1 Press the Review button.

2 Press the Menu button. Press to choose Tag

People, then press OK.

3 Press to choose Modify Names List, then press OK.

4 Press to choose the name you want to modify, then

press OK.

5 Edit the name, press to choose OK, then press OK.

To return to picture-taking mode, press the Shutter button
halfway down.

Tip: You can have up to 20 active names.

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Share pictures/videos

Tag with keywords

1 Press the Review button, then to find a picture.

2 Press the Menu button. Press to choose Keyword

Tag, then press OK.

3 Press to choose an existing keyword or New Keyword

(see Use the keyboard) to add a new one, then press OK.

4 Press to add keywords to other pictures. When finished,

press to choose Done, then press OK.

To return to picture-taking mode, press the Shutter button
halfway down.

Tip: You can pre-choose a tag so that new pictures are
assigned that tag (example: My Italy Trip). See the Extended
user guide at www.kodak.com/go/m550support.

Use the keyboard

The keyboard appears when you need to add names or
keywords.

1 Press to highlight a letter, then press OK.

2 When finished, press to choose OK, then press OK.

3 If you’ve added a new name, the camera prompts you to

update all faces to match assigned names. Choose Yes, then
press OK.

The name is assigned to all faces that match this one.

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Share pictures/videos

Keywords

Favorites

People

Date

All

For best results, make sure the
camera’s date/time is current.

A smarter way to find your pictures

Once you have tagged pictures—by people or keywords—you
can easily find them, later. For example, the camera can find all
pictures that contain “Mary” or “Dad’s 60th Birthday.” (See

Tag people, page 21 or Tag with keywords, page 23.)

1 Press the Review button.

2 Press the Wide Angle (W) button to view pictures by

thumbnail (or choose View Thumbnails shortcut).

3 Press to choose a tab and sort pictures by All,

Date, People, Favorite, or Keyword.

4 Press to choose a picture or picture stack.

Press Telephoto (T) to see pictures in a stack or to see an
individual picture. Press Wide Angle (W) to see thumbnails or
picture stacks. To return to picture-taking mode, press the
Shutter button halfway down.

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3 Solve camera problems

Camera problems

Status Solution

Camera does not
turn on or off

■ Make sure the battery is charged and

installed correctly (see page 1).

Camera buttons and
controls do not function

Flash does not fire ■ Check the flash setting, and change as

needed (see page 14).

NOTE: The flash does not fire in all modes.

In Review, a blue or
black screen is
displayed instead of
a picture

You cannot take a

■ Transfer

all

pictures to the computer (see

page 6).

■ Take another picture.

■ Turn the camera off, then on again.

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■ Press the Shutter button all the way (see

page 4).

■ Insert a new or charged battery (see

page 1).

■ Memory is full. Transfer pictures to the

computer (see page 6), delete pictures
(see page 16), or insert another card.

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CAUTION:

Do not disassemble this product; there are no user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to
qualified service personnel. KODAK AC Adapters and Battery Chargers are intended for
indoor use only. The use of controls, adjustments, or procedures other than those specified
herein may result in exposure to shock and/or electrical or mechanical hazards. If the LCD
breaks, do not touch the glass or liquid. Contact Kodak customer support.

■ The use of an accessory that is not recommended by Kodak may cause fire, electric

shock, or injury. For approved accessories, go to www.kodak.com/go/accessories.

■ Use only a USB-certified computer equipped with a current-limiting motherboard.

Contact your computer manufacturer if you have questions.

■ If using this product in an airplane, observe all instructions of the airline.

■ When removing the battery, allow it to cool; it may be hot.

■ Follow all warnings and instructions supplied by the battery manufacturer.

■ Use only batteries approved for this product to avoid risk of explosion.

■ Keep batteries out of the reach of children.

■ Do not allow batteries to touch metal objects, including coins. Otherwise, a battery may

short circuit, discharge energy, become hot, or leak.

■ Do not disassemble, install backward, or expose batteries to liquid, moisture, fire, or

extreme temperature.

■ Remove the battery when the product is stored for an extended period of time. In the

unlikely event that battery fluid leaks inside the product, contact Kodak customer
support.

■ In the unlikely event that battery fluid leaks onto your skin, wash immediately with

water and contact your local health provider. For additional health-related information,
contact your local Kodak customer support.

■ See www.kodak.com/go/reach for information about the presence of substances

included on the candidate list according to article 59(1) of Regulation (EC) No.
1907/2006 (REACH).

■ Dispose of batteries according to local and national regulations. Go to

www.kodak.com/go/kes.

■ Do not charge non-rechargeable batteries.

For more information on batteries, see www.kodak.com/go/batterytypes.

Limited Warranty

Kodak warrants its digital cameras and accessories (excluding batteries) to be free from
malfunctions and defects in both materials and workmanship for the warranty period

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specified on your KODAK Product packaging. Retain the original dated sales receipt. Proof of
purchase date is required with any request for warranty repair.

Limited warranty coverage

Warranty service is only available from within the country where the products were originally
purchased. You may be required to ship products, at your expense, to the authorized service
facility for the country where the products were purchased. Kodak will repair or replace
products if they fail to function properly during the warranty period, subject to any conditions
and/or limitations stated herein. Warranty service will include all labor as well as any
necessary adjustments and/or replacement parts. If Kodak is unable to repair or replace a
product, Kodak will, at its option, refund the purchase price paid for the product provided
the product has been returned to Kodak along with proof of the purchase price paid. Repair,
replacement, or refund of the purchase price are the sole remedies under the warranty. If
replacement parts are used in making repairs, those parts may be remanufactured, or may
contain remanufactured materials. If it is necessary to replace the entire product, it may be
replaced with a remanufactured product. Remanufactured products, parts and materials are
warranted for the remaining warranty term of the original product, or 90 days after the date
of repair or replacement, whichever is longer.

Limitations

This warranty does not cover circumstances beyond Kodak’s control. This warranty does not
apply when failure is due to shipping damage, accident, alteration, modification,
unauthorized service, misuse, abuse, use with incompatible accessories or attachments (such
as third party ink or ink tanks), failure to follow Kodak’s operation, maintenance or repacking
instructions, failure to use items supplied by Kodak (such as adapters and cables), or claims
made after the duration of this warranty. Kodak makes no other express or implied

warranty for this product, and disclaims the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In the event that the exclusion

of any implied warranty is ineffective under the law, the duration of the implied warranty will
be one year from the purchase date or such longer period as required by law. The option of
repair, replacement, or refund is Kodak’s only obligation. Kodak will not be responsible for
any special, consequential or incidental damages resulting from the sale, purchase, or use of
this product regardless of the cause. Liability for any special, consequential or incidental
damages (including but not limited to loss of revenue or profit, downtime costs, loss of the
use of the equipment, cost of substitute equipment, facilities or services, or claims of your
customers for such damages resulting from the purchase, use, or failure of the product),
regardless of cause or for breach of any written or implied warranty is expressly disclaimed.
The limitations and exclusions of liability set forth herein apply to both Kodak and its
suppliers

You r r i g h t s

Some states or jurisdictions do not allow exclusion or limitation of incidental or
consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. Some
states or jurisdictions do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the
above limitation may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific rights, and you may
have other rights which vary from state to state or by jurisdiction.

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Outside the United States and Canada

In countries other than the United States and Canada, the terms and conditions of this
warranty may be different. Unless a specific Kodak warranty is communicated to the
purchaser in writing by a Kodak company, no warranty or liability exists beyond any
minimum requirements imposed by law, even though defect, damage, or loss may be by
negligence or other act.

FCC compliance and advisory

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. The KODAK High
Performance USB AC Adapter K20-AM complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

Canadian DOC statement
DOC Class B Compliance—This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian

ICES-003.
Observation des normes-Classe B—Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme

à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

China RoHS

VCCI Class B ITE

Australian C-Tick

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Korean Class B ITE

Korean Li-Ion Regulatory

Appendix

Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester, New York 14650
© Kodak, 2009
Kodak and Pulse and EasyShare are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.

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