Kodak FZ41, PixPro FZ-41 Owner's Manual

User Manual

BEFORE YOU START

Declaration of Conformity

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Company Website: www.kodakcamera.jkiltd.com

For Customers in the U.S.A.

Tested to Comply with FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

This device 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.

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About this Manual

Thank you for purchasing this KODAK PIXPRO digital camera. Please read this manual carefully and keep it in a safe place for future reference.

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No part of this published manual may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form, by any means, without the prior written permission of JK Imaging Ltd.

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for identication purposes only and are properties

of their respective owners.

This manual provides you with instructions on how

to use your new KODAK PIXPRO digital camera. Every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this manual are accurate, however JK Imaging Ltd reserves the right to make changes without notice.

Throughout this manual, the following symbols are

used to help you locate information quickly and easily:

Indicates useful information.

Indicates precautions are to be taken while

operating the camera.

SAFETY NOTES

Safety notes for this camera

Do not drop the camera or allow it to hit solid

objects.

Do not attempt to disassemble the camera.

To prevent the camera from being damaged by

moisture, do not use or store the camera in very humid environments, such as in rain or near bodies of water.

Do not use or store the camera in dusty places or

on a beach to prevent dust or sand from entering the camera, causing possible damage to it.

Do not use or store the camera in a hot

environment or under direct sunlight.

Do not use or store the camera near a powerful

magnetic eld, for example near a magnet or

transformer.

Avoid touching the lens of the camera.

Do not expose the camera to direct sunlight for a

long period time.

Turn the camera off, remove the battery and the

memory card, and dry it within 24 hours if water accidentally comes in contact with the camera.

When you take the camera from a cold place to

a warmer environment, condensation may occur. Please wait for a reasonable period of time before you turn it on.

When you use the camera, remove the battery if it

overheats. Wait until the unit cools down.

Download your photos and remove the memory

card when you are going to store the camera for a long period of time.

Store the camera in a dry environment and place

it on a at surface when you are going to store the

camera for a long period of time.

Before you remove the battery and memory card,

the camera should be turned off.

When you clean the body of the camera, do not

use abrasive, alcohol-based or organic cleaner.

Use the professional lens wiping cloth and

dedicated cleaner to wipe and clean the lens.

Safety notes for battery

If battery uid leaks inside the camera, contact our

customer service department.

If battery uid leaks onto your skin, rinse your skin

with clean water and seek immediate medical attention.

Disposal of used batteries should be carried out

in accordance with the local (national or regional) regulations.

To prevent the battery from being damaged, do not

drop the battery or allow it to hit solid objects or to be scratched by the objects.

Do not let the battery come in contact with metal

objects (including coins) to avoid short circuiting, discharging, excessive heat, or possible leakage.

Do not attempt to disassemble the battery.

Do not expose the battery to water. Always keep

the battery contacts dry.

Do not heat the battery or throw it into a re to

avoid a possible explosion.

Do not store the battery in a hot environment or in

direct sunlight.

When the camera is stored for a long period of

time, remove the battery and keep it in a dry place that is not accessible to the infants and children.

In a colder environment, the performance of the

battery could be noticeably reduced.

When you install the battery, install it according to

the positive and negative markings on the battery compartment. Never force it into the battery compartment.

Safety notes for memory card

Do not drop the memory card or allow it to hit solid

objects to avoid damaging it.

Do not attempt to disassemble or repair the

memory card.

Do not expose the memory card to water. Always

keep it dry.

Do not remove the memory card when the camera

is turned on. Otherwise, the memory card could be damaged.

Do not directly edit the data on the memory card.

Copy the data to your PC before you edit them.

When the camera is stored for a long period of

time, be sure to download your photos and remove the memory card. Store it in a dry environment.

Format the memory card using the camera before

you use it or insert a new one.

We suggest buying only well-known, name brand

memory cards to ensure peak performance.

Do not modify the name of the les or folders of

the memory card using your PC. Modifying the le names may cause the les to not be recognized

on the camera or a possible error may occur.

A photo taken with the camera will be stored in the

folder that is automatically generated on the SD card. Do not store photos that are not taken using this camera in these folders as the pictures cannot

be recognized during the playback.

When you insert a memory card, make sure the

notch of the card matches the markings on the top of the card slot.

Other Safety Notes

Do not disconnect the power or turn the camera off

during the update process. Doing so may cause incorrect data to be written and the camera may not power on later.

When using your camera on an airplane, observe

the relevant rules specied by the airline.

Due to the limitations of manufacturing technology,

the LCD screen may have a few dead or bright pixels. These pixels do no effect the quality or performance of the camera, photos or video.

Do not expose the LCD screen to water. In a humid

environment, only wipe it with a soft and dry cleaning cloth.

If the LCD screen is damaged and the liquid crystal

comes into contact with your skin, wipe your skin with a dry cloth immediately and rinse it with clean water. If liquid crystal comes into contact with your eyes, wash them with clean water at least for 15 minutes and seek immediate medical attention. If you accidentally swallow liquid crystal, rinse your mouth immediately and seek medical attention.

CONTENTS

BEFORE YOU START ............................1

SAFETY NOTES ....................................3

CONTENTS ............................................6

GETTING READY ................................ 10

Accessories Included ......................................10

Part Names .....................................................11

Installing Battery and Memory Card ................13

Turning Camera On and Off ............................15

Symbol Description .........................................15

Set your Language, Date/Time .......................16

Set your Language, Date/Time after the

rst power-on ............................................16

Resetting your Language ..........................17

Resetting Date/Time .................................18

MODE OVERVIEW .............................. 19

Display Setting ................................................19

LCD Screen Display ........................................20

Overview of the screen icons in photo

shooting mode ..........................................20

Overview of the Screen Icons in Movie

Mode .........................................................21

Overview of the Screen Icons in

Playback Mode .........................................22

Using the Mode Button ....................................23

Manual Mode .................................................24

Auto Mode ......................................................24

Panorama Mode ..............................................25

Scene Mode ...................................................26

Auto Scene Mode .....................................28

BASIC OPERATION ............................. 29

Photos and Video Deletion ..............................38

Flash Mode .....................................................29

Macro Mode ....................................................30

Self-Timer Setting ...........................................31

EV Setting .......................................................32

Using the Zoom Function ................................33

Using Quick Recording ...................................33

PLAYBACK ........................................... 34

Viewing Photos and Videos ...........................34

Thumbnail View ...............................................35

Using Zoom Playback (for still pictures only) ..36

Slideshow ........................................................37

USING THE MENUS ............................ 39

Photo Setup Menu .........................................39

Image Size ................................................39

Cont. AF ....................................................40

Continuous Shot .......................................40

Focus Setting ............................................41

Color Effect ...............................................41

White Balance Setting ..............................42

Scene ........................................................42

Photo Shooting Setting Menu .........................44

Quality .......................................................44

AF-Assist Beam ........................................45

Digital Zoom ..............................................45

Date Imprint ..............................................46

Sound Settings .........................................55

Quick Review ............................................46

Movie Menu .....................................................47

Video Quality ............................................47

Movie Setting Menu ........................................48

Digital Zoom ..............................................48

Playback Menu ................................................49

Red-Eye Reduction ...................................49

Rotate .......................................................50

Playback Setting Menu ...................................50

Protect ......................................................51

Delete .......................................................52

DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) ...........52

Trim ...........................................................53

Setup Menu .....................................................54

Power Saver .............................................55

Language ..................................................56

World Time ................................................56

Date & Time ..............................................56

File / Software .................................................57

Format ......................................................57

Copy to Card .............................................58

File Numbering .........................................59

Reset ........................................................60

FW Version ...............................................61

CONNECTIONS ................................... 62

APPENDICES ...................................... 71

Connecting to a Computer ..............................62

Setting the USB Mode ..............................62

Transferring les to your computer ...........63

Video System ..................................................64

Connecting to a PictBridge Compatible Printer 65

Setting the USB Mode ..............................65

Connecting to your Printer ........................66

Using the PictBridge Menu ..............................67

Print (with Date) ........................................67

Print (without Date) ...................................68

Print Index .................................................69

Print DPOF Images ...................................70

Exit ............................................................70

Specications ..................................................71

Prompts and Warning Messages ....................75

Troubleshooting .............................................79

GETTING READY

ck Start Guid

Accessories Included

Your camera box should contain the camera model you purchased along with the following accessories. If anything is missing or appears to be damaged, please contact your retailer.

AA battery x 2 CD-ROM Wrist Strap

Warranty Card Quick Start Guide

USB Cable

Service Card

Part Names

1 Flash Lamp 6 Mode Selection Button 11 Display Button/Arrow Button (Up)

AF Assist Beam/Timer

Indicator

3 Lens 8 Playback Button 13 Flash Button/Arrow Button (Right)

4 Microphone 9 Status Indicator 14 Delete Button//Arrow Button (Down)

5 LCD Screen 10 Zoom Button 15 Menu Button

Macro Button/Self-Timer

Button/Arrow Button (Left)

12 SET Button

16 Wrist Strap Mount 19 Fast Video Recording Button 22 Battery Cover

USB Port 20 Power Button 23 Tripod Receptacle

Shutter Button 21 Speaker

Installing Battery and Memory Card

1. Open the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery into the battery slot in the correct position as shown in the following diagram:

as shown in the diagram below:

The memory card (SD/SDHC) is optional and not included in all camera packaging. If you have to purchase a memory card, select one with storage capacity between 4GB and 32GB to ensure correct data storage.

To remove your memory card, open the battery cover, gently press the memory card to eject it and remove it carefully.

4. Close the battery cover.3. Insert the memory card into the memory card slot

Write protection buckle

Turning Camera On and Off

Symbol Description

Press the Power button to turn the camera on. To turn the camera off, press the Power button again.

Power Button

In the instructions below, the following symbols may be used throughout this manual on how to operate the camera. This is to facilitate better understanding.

[Button name]: When one button on the camera

「

Item properties

cannot be indicated by an icon, the symbol [ ] is used to indicate it.

」

: The optional properties in the

camera interface are indicated by the symbol「」.

Set your Language, Date/Time

Set your Language, Date/Time after the rst

power-on

1. When you turn the camera on for the rst time, the

language selection screen appears.

2. Press the arrow buttons to select your desired language.

3. After you press the selection, the Date/Time settings screen appears.

4. Press the left/right arrow button to select the Date/ Time to be adjusted: Time is displayed in yyyy:MM: dd HH:mm.

button to conrm the

5. Press the up/down arrow button to adjust the value for the selected Date/Time.

6. Press the and the snapshot screen appears.

button to conrm the time settings

Resetting your Language

After you set your language for the rst time, follow

the instructions below to reset your language.

1. Press the Power button to turn the camera on.

2. Press the button to select , and press the button to enter the menu.

3. Press the up/down arrow button to select press the button or right arrow button to enter the menu.

4. Press the up/down arrow button to select「Language」and press the button or right arrow button to enter the menu.

5. Press the arrow buttons to select your desired language and press the button to conrm.

button, press the up/down arrow

, and

6. Press the appears.

button and the snapshot screen

Resetting Date/Time

After you set your Date/Time for the rst time, follow

the instructions below to reset date and time.

1. Press the Power button to turn the camera on.

2. Press the button to select , and press the button to enter the menu.

3. Press the up/down arrow button to select press the button or right arrow button to enter the menu.

4. Press the up/down arrow button to select 「Date & Time」and press the button or right arrow button to enter the menu.

5. Press the left/right arrow button to select the Date/ Time to be adjusted: Time is displayed in yyyy:MM: dd HH:mm.

6. Press the up/down arrow button to press the value for your selected block. After you nish your settings, press the button to conrm.

button, press the up/down arrow

, and

7. Press the screen appears.

button and the following snapshot

MODE OVERVIEW

-0.3EV400

ISO

1234

16M

00:56:00

-0.3EV400

ISO

1234

16M

00:56:00

Display Setting

Press the button to display the settings: Classic, Full, Off.

Classic: Displays the camera parameters on screen

Full: Camera parameters with Grid and Histogram

Off: Does not display any additional icons on screen

16M

-0.3

F3.3 400

ISO

1234

00:56:00

LCD Screen Display

Overview of the screen icons in photo shooting mode

1. Shooting Mode Icons

2. Macro Mode

3. Zoom Display (Visible when pressing the Zoom Button)

4. SD Memory Card/Built-In Memory

5. Battery Status

6. White Balance (Adjustable only in

7. Color Effect (Adjustable only in

Mode)

8. Number of remaining shots

9. Image Size

10. Video Quality

11. ISO Value (Adjustable only in

Mode)

12. Remaining Recording time

13. Exposure Compensation (EV value) (Adjustable only in Mode)

14. Focus Frame

15. Shutter Speed

16. Histogram

17. Aperture Value

18. Self-Timer

19. Continuous Shot

20. Flash Mode

21. AF Mode

Overview of the Screen Icons in Movie Mode

-0.3

00:56:00

1. Movie Mode Icons

2. Macro Mode

3. Zoom Display Button)

4. Remaining Recording time

5. SD Memory Card/Built-In Memory

6. Battery Status

7. Video Quality

(Visible when pressing the Zoom

8. Exposure Compensation (EV value)

9. Focus Frame

10. Self-Timer

11. AF Mode

For optimal video shooting, it is recommended that an SDHC memory card be used. If you shoot video using only the camera's internal memory, the end results may have image jitter, noise and vastly shorter recording times.

Overview of the Screen Icons in Playback Mode

15:37

1/45

00:01:23 2013

1-25

1. Film le

2. DPOF File

3. File Protection

4. Memory space (indicating the current number of photos and total number of photos)

5. SD Memory Card/Built-in Memory

6. Battery Status

7. Slide setting/lm playing

8. Zoom Magnication Area

9. Shooting Date

10. Film length/number of photos with burst shooting

11. Video Quality

12. Red-Eye Reduction

Using the Mode Button

This KODAK PIXPRO camera provides a convenient Mode Button that allows you to switch easily between different modes. All the available modes are listed as follows.

Mode Name Icon Description

Manual Mode Many of the camera settings can be congured manually in this mode.

Auto Mode

Movie Mode Record videos.

Panorama Mode

Scene Mode Choose from 23 different pre-set scene types and effects for your photos.

In this mode, the optimal conditions for taking pictures will be set based on the subject and environment. It is the most commonly used mode for taking pictures.

In this mode, up to 4 frames can be stitched together to create a single panoramic photo.

Manual Mode

-0.3 EV 400 ISO

Auto Mode

When selecting (Manual Exposure) Mode, you can set EV/ISO.

1. Press

Mode , press to conrm.

2.

Press the button.

3. Press the left/right arrow button to select an adjust-

ment setting.

4. Press the up/down button to adjust the param

eters.

5. Press the

enter the shooting screen.

button to select Manual Exposure

button to conrm the settings and

Auto Mode is the easiest mode to take photos. While operating in this mode, the camera automatically

optimizes numerous camera settings to adjust your

photos and videos for the best possible results.

Follow these steps:

1. Press the Power button to turn the camera on.

2. Press

3. Compose your picture in the LCD screen and press the Shutter button halfway down to focus on the subject.

4. The LCD screen will show a green focus frame when the subject is in focus.

5. Fully press the shutter button down to take pictures.

button to select Auto Mode ( ).

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