Kodak EASYSHARE P712 User Manual
Kodak EasyShare P712
zoom digital camera
User’s guide
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Rochester, New York 14650
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2Grip 12Flash
3 Self-timer/Video light 13 Flash button
4 LED indicator 14 Focus button
5 Shutter button 15 Strap post
6 Mode /Power switch 16 Speaker
7 Exposure metering button 17 Microphone
8 Program button 18 USB, A/V Out
9 Drive button 19 DC-In (5V)
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1 Delete button 10 Set button
2 Tripod socket 11 AE/AF lock button
3 Dock connector 12 Status button
4 LCD screen 13 Review button
5 EVF/LCD toggle button 14 Joystick ( ); OK button (press in)
6 Diopter dial 15 Slot for optional SD or MMC card
7 EVF (Electronic Viewfinder) 16 Share button
8 Zoom lever 17 Menu button
9 Command dial 18 Battery compartment
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Table of contents 1
1 Setting up your camera .........................................................................1
Attaching the lens cap and strap ................................................................... 1
Charging the battery ..................................................................................... 2
Loading the battery....................................................................................... 2
Turning on the camera .................................................................................. 3
Setting the language and date/time, first time ...............................................3
Setting the language and date/time, other times ............................................ 4
Storing pictures on an SD or MMC card .........................................................4
2 Taking pictures and videos ....................................................................5
Taking a picture ............................................................................................ 5
Using optical zoom ..................................................................................... 10
Using the flip-up flash .................................................................................11
Using an external flash unit ......................................................................... 11
Reviewing pictures and videos .....................................................................12
Protecting pictures and videos from deletion................................................ 16
3 Transferring and printing pictures .......................................................18
Installing the software................................................................................. 18
Transferring pictures.................................................................................... 19
Printing from a Kodak EasyShare printer dock or your computer ................... 20
Printing from an optional SD or MMC card .................................................. 20
Ordering prints online .................................................................................20
Direct printing with a PictBridge enabled printer .......................................... 21
Dock compatibility for your camera.............................................................. 22
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4 Doing more with your camera .............................................................23
Picture-taking modes .................................................................................. 23
Taking panoramic pictures........................................................................... 28
Using the focus button ................................................................................29
Using the drive mode for self-timer, burst, exposure bracketing.................... 30
Using the AE/AF button............................................................................... 33
Using the program button ........................................................................... 34
Changing the flash settings ......................................................................... 36
PASM and C1, C2, C3 modes ...................................................................... 37
Using the framing grid to compose a picture................................................40
Using the command dial for rapid setting changes ....................................... 40
Using the histogram.................................................................................... 41
Using highlight/shadow clipping .................................................................. 41
Changing picture-taking settings .................................................................42
Editing functions for Still and Video ............................................................. 53
RAW file development................................................................................. 55
Viewing picture/video information ...............................................................56
Making a video action print or picture ......................................................... 57
Copying pictures and videos ........................................................................ 58
Running a slide show .................................................................................. 59
Pre-tagging for album names ...................................................................... 60
Sharing your pictures................................................................................... 63
5 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................69
Camera problems........................................................................................ 69
Computer/connectivity problems.................................................................. 71
Picture quality problems .............................................................................. 72
Direct printing (PictBridge) problems............................................................ 74
6 Getting help ........................................................................................75
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Helpful links ................................................................................................ 75
Telephone customer support ....................................................................... 76
7 Appendix .............................................................................................77
Camera specifications .................................................................................77
Storage capacities ....................................................................................... 81
Power-saving features ................................................................................. 84
Accessories ................................................................................................ 85
Important safety instructions ....................................................................... 86
Battery information ..................................................................................... 88
Upgrading your software and firmware........................................................ 89
Additional care and maintenance ................................................................ 89
Warranty..................................................................................................... 90
Regulatory compliance ................................................................................ 92
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1 Setting up your camera
Attaching the lens cap and strap
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Setting up your camera
Charging the battery
Charge the Li-Ion rechargeable battery before first use.
Red—charging
Green—complete
Approximately 3 hours
for full charge
You can also charge the battery using a Kodak EasyShare printer dock or camera
dock. Purchase these and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak products or visit
www.kodak.com/go/p712accessories.
Loading the battery
CAUTION:
We recommend that you use a Kodak Li-Ion rechargeable digital
camera battery (KLIC-5001).
For information on replacing the battery and extending battery life, see page 88.
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Setting up your camera
Turning on the camera
■ Capture: Take pictures and videos.
■ Favorites: View your Favorites, see page 66.
Setting the language and date/time, first time
Language:
Move
a Language, then press OK.
to choose
Date & Time:
Press OK.
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to change.
for previous/next field.
Press OK to accept.
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Setting up your camera
Setting the language and date/time, other times
Press Menu.
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(Press again to exit.)
Move
2
to highlight Setup .
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4
to highlight Language
or Date/Time, then press OK.
to change.
for previous/next field.
Press OK.
Storing pictures on an SD or MMC card
Your camera has 32 MB of internal memory. You can purchase an SD or MMC card to
conveniently store more pictures and videos. For best results, purchase a Kodak card.
NOTE: When using the card for the first time, format it in this camera before taking pictures (see page 49).
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the camera
CAUTION:
A card can only be inserted one way; forcing it may cause
damage.
See page 81 for storage capacities. Purchase SD or MMC cards at a dealer of Kodak
products or www.kodak.com/go/p712accessories.
SD or MMC
card (optional)
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2 Taking pictures and videos
Taking a picture
Press the Shutter button
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EVF
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Auto
or
Use the Diopter to
adjust the sharpness
of the Viewfinder.
Taking a video
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LCD
halfway to set the AE/AF.
When the AE/AF
indicator
press the
completely down.
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turns green,
AE/AF indicator:
green—successful
red—failed
failed focus
failed exposure
Press the Shutter
button completely
down and release.
Shutter
button
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EVF
3
LCD
or
To stop recording,
press and release the
Shutter button again.
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Taking pictures and videos
Reviewing a quickview of the picture or video just taken
After you take a picture or video, the EVF/LCD screen displays a Quickview for
approximately 5 seconds. While the picture or video is displayed, you can:
Press OK to play/pause video.
Move the Joystick:
If you press
no buttons, the
picture/video is
saved.
Delete
To view pictures and videos anytime, see page 12.
To adjust the volume
To rewind or
fast forward.
Tag a picture/video for
email or as a favorite, or
tag a picture for print.
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Taking pictures and videos
Using the auto-focus framing marks (pictures)
When using the EVF/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.
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, Night Landscape, Fireworks, or Video mode. When you
use AF Zone (page 51) and set Center Zone, the framing marks are fixed at Center Wide.
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Taking pictures and videos
Using the Status button
In any Capture or Review mode, press the Status button to display status icons,
settings, and picture/video information on your EVF/LCD screen.
Keep pressing the Status
button to change the
screen information
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Mode Status button screen information
Still Video
Capture
(Auto and SCN)
PASM and C
modes
■ Status icons
■ Highlight/Shadow clipping
■ No icons
■ Status icons
■ Status icons, histogram, and
■ Status icons
■ No icons
■ Status icons
■ No icons
camera settings
■ Highlight/Shadow clipping
■ No icons
Review
■ Status icons
■ Picture information
■ Histogram, highlight/shadow
■ Status icons
■ No icons
■ Video information
clipping, and camera settings
■ No icons
Status
button
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Taking pictures and videos
Capture icons in liveview (default screen)
Picture size
Zoom indicator
File type
Pictures/time remaining
Storage location
Battery indicator
(flashing=exhausted)
AF mode
White balance
Exposure metering
Exposure
bracketing interval
ISO
Flash compensation
Exposure compensation
Drive mode
Date stamp
Camera mode
Album name
Image stabilizer
Accessory lens
Framing marks
Aperture
Shutter speed
Flash mode
Focus mode
NOTE: Your camera screen changes when you press the Status button (see page 8).
Capture icons—shutter pressed halfway
Framing marks
Battery indicator
Auto Focus/
Auto Exposure
(AF/AE indicator)
Slow shutter
speed warning
Aperture
Shutter speed
Exposure compensation
ISO
Flash compensation
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Taking pictures and videos
Using optical zoom
Use optical zoom to get up to 12X closer to your subject. You can change optical
zoom before or during video recording.
1 Use the EVF 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.
NOTE: Digital zoom is disabled when you select None in Advanced
Current zoom position
Optical range
Digital 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 12X to 60X.
NOTE: To enable Advanced digital zoom, select this option in the Setup menu (page 46).
1 Press Telephoto (T) to the optical zoom limit (12X). 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.
Digital zoom (see page 46).
3 Press the Shutter button halfway to set the
exposure and focus, then 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 flip-up flash
Use the flash when you take pictures at night, indoors, or outdoors in heavy shadows.
Make sure you are within the flash range.
Flash
When you press the
Shutter button halfway,
and flash is needed,
flash automatically opens.
Press the cover to close.
the
To change the flash settings, see page 36.
Flash-to-subject distance
Zoom position Flash distance
Wide angle 2.9 ft–17.4 ft (0.9 m–5.3 m)
Telephoto 6.6 ft–15.4 ft (2.0 m–4.7 m)
Using an external flash unit
Use an external flash unit when you want additional or specialized lighting (we
recommend a Kodak external flash unit for fully automatic extended flash
capabilities). You can use the camera’s built-in flash, as well, to provide extra fill flash.
1 Slide off the Hot-shoe cover.
2 Mount the flash unit to the Hot shoe.
3 Turn on the external flash unit.
The external flash unit is live when connected to the
camera. The flash synchronizes at any shutter speed.
Refer to your external flash unit user’s guide for details.
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Taking pictures and videos
Reviewing pictures and videos
Press Review to view and work with your pictures and videos.
Pictures
Press Review.
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(Press again to exit.)
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3
View previous/next.
View multi-up thumbnails.
(Press OK to exit.)
View previous/next thumbnail.
Press OK to view
single pictures.
NOTE: Pictures taken at the 6.3 MP (3:2) quality setting are displayed at a 3:2 aspect ratio with a black bar
at the top and bottom of the screen.
Videos
Press OK to play/pause.
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Rewind/fast forward.
Adjust volume.
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Rewind/fast forward by frame.
End video play.
Rate:
Hold
the rate of rewind/fast forward.
Press
decrease the rate.
3 seconds to set
again to increase/
During playback
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During pause
To save battery power, use the optional Kodak EasyShare camera or printer dock, or
Kodak 5-volt AC adapter. (See www.kodak.com/go/p712accessories.)
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Taking pictures and videos
Multi-selection of pictures during review
Use the Set button to create a set of pictures to review and to perform various
functions, for example Delete (page 17), Protect (page 16), and Copy (page 58).
Single-up
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Multi-up
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Review.
Press
(Press again to exit.)
Press
Set.
to highlight a picture.
To remove a picture from
the set, press Set again
Review.
Press
(Press again to exit.)
Press
through your pictures.
Press
A blue box appears around
your picture.
Scroll to the next picture.
NOTE: Each time you press Set to
select a picture, a blue box appears.
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and
Set to select a picture.
10 of 20 selected
pictures
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to scroll
To deselect the entire set, press
review or turn off the camera.
To deselect a picture, press Set
again and the blue box
disappears.
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Magnifying a picture during review
Use the Zoom lever to magnify your pictures.
W/T
Taking pictures and videos
Magnify 1X–10X.
View other parts
of the picture.
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OK
Return to 1X.
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Taking pictures and videos
Identifying the review icons
Picture
Favorite tag
Email tag
Selected/
Total number
Review mode
Album name
Scroll arrows
Print tag/number of prints
Picture number
Date stamp
NOTE: Your camera screen changes when you press the Status button (see page 8).
Video
Favorite tag
Email tag
Selected/
Total number
Review mode
Album name
Video length
Protect
Image storage
location
Battery indicator
Protect
Video number
Image storage
location
Battery indicator
Play/Pause
Multi-up
Video date display
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Taking pictures and videos
Protecting pictures and videos from deletion
Press Review.
1
(Press again to exit.)
2
3
4
view previous/next.
Press Menu.
to highlight
then press OK.
Follow the screen prompts.
,
PICTURE or VIDEO—protects the displayed picture or video.
EXIT—exits the Protect screen.
SELECTED—protects selected pictures and videos from your current storage
location.
ALL—protects all pictures and videos in your current storage location.
The picture or video is protected and cannot be deleted. The Protect icon appears with
the protected picture or video.
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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Taking pictures and videos
Deleting pictures and videos
Press Review.
1
(Press again to exit.)
2
3
4
view previous/next.
Press Delete.
Follow the screen prompts.
PICTURE or VIDEO—deletes the displayed picture or video.
EXIT—exits the Delete screen.
SELECTED—deletes selected pictures and videos from your current storage location.
You can scroll to verify selected pictures.
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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pictures
Installing the software
CAUTION:
Install Kodak EasyShare software
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.
2 Place the Kodak 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. Select Custom to choose the applications you wish to install.
Mac OS X—follow the on-screen instructions.
NOTE: When prompted, register your camera and software. Registering lets you sign up for information
that keeps your system up-to-date. 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.
before
connecting the camera or
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Transferring and printing pictures
Transferring pictures
You can transfer pictures to your computer using a USB cable (U-8), EasyShare dock,
or 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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Transferring pictures with a USB cable, model U-8
If your package does not include an EasyShare dock, use the USB cable (model U-8)
that came with your camera.
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
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for an online tutorial on connecting.
Transferring pictures with an EasyShare dock
If your package includes an EasyShare dock, use it to transfer pictures to your
computer. (For details, see the dock user’s guide. To purchase accessories, see
www.kodak.com/go/p712accessories. For dock compatibility, see page 22.)
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Transferring and printing pictures
Printing from a Kodak EasyShare printer dock or your computer
Printer dock—Dock your camera to the Kodak EasyShare printer dock and print
directly with or without a computer. For dock compatibility for your camera, see
page 22. Purchase this and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak products or
www.kodak.com/go/p712accessories.
Computer—Click the Help button in the Kodak EasyShare software.
Printing from an optional SD or MMC card
■ Automatically print tagged pictures when you insert your card into a printer with
an SD or MMC card slot. See your printer user’s guide for details.
■ Make prints at an SD or 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.
Ordering prints online
Kodak EasyShare
online print 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, (formerly Ofoto) is one of the many
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Transferring and printing pictures
Direct printing with a PictBridge enabled printer
Your camera features PictBridge technology, which lets you print directly to PictBridge
enabled printers, without a computer. You need:
■ Camera with fully charged batteries, or with
optional Kodak 5-volt AC adapter
■ PictBridge enabled printer
■ USB cable (U-8)
Connecting the camera to the printer
1 Turn off the camera and printer.
2 Optional: If you have a Kodak 5-volt AC adapter (optional accessory), plug it into
the camera and into an electrical outlet.
3 Using a USB cable for your camera, connect the camera to the printer. (See your
printer user’s guide for details.)
Printing pictures
NOTE: Raw and TIFF files are not directly printable (see page 55).
1 Turn the Mode switch to or .
2 Turn on the printer.
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.
3 Move the Joystick to choose a printing option, then press the
OK button.
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Transferring and printing pictures
NOTE: During direct printing, pictures are not permanently transferred or saved to the computer or printer.
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 (see page 63) 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 memory card, or in
Favorites. Choose the number of copies.
Image Storage Access internal memory, a memory card, or Favorites.
NOTE: If you turned the Mode switch to Favorites, the current favorite picture is displayed.
Disconnecting the camera from the printer
1 Turn off the camera and printer.
2 Disconnect the USB cable from the camera and printer.
Dock compatibility for your camera
To see which EasyShare camera and printer docks are compatible, visit
www.kodak.com/go/dockcompatibility.
Purchase camera docks, printer docks, and other accessories at a dealer of Kodak
products or www.kodak.com/go/p712accessories.
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Picture-taking modes
Choose the mode that best
suits your subjects and
surroundings.
Use Auto mode for general
picture-taking.
Use this mode For
Mode Switch—Capture and Favorites.
Capture Taking pictures and videos.
Favorites Viewing your favorites (see page 66).
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