Kodak M893 - EASYSHARE IS Digital Camera User manual

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Installing the software
Loading the KLIC-7001 battery
After installing the software, return to this
User guide.
Before onne ting any ables, install the software that was
in luded with your amera. Follow the on-s reen instru tions.
Kodak Li-Ion
re hargeable digital
amera battery
KLIC-7001

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Charging the KLIC-7001 battery
Kodak USB AC adapter
(in luded)
Learn more at:
www.kodak. om/go/USB har
ging.
First, turn
OFF the
camera.
Charge
until the
Battery
Charging
light turns
off (up to
hours).
Kodak EasyShare camera
or printer docks
(may be sold separately)
Kodak 5V AC adapter,
Kodak Li-Ion universal
battery chargers
(sold separately)
Pur hase
a essories:
www.kodak. om/
go/a essories.
Your computer Conne t the USB able to the omputer’s USB port, not a Hub.
Make sure the omputer is turned on and not in sleep mode.
USB AC adapter
USB able
Battery
Charging
light

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Turning on the amera
Setting the language, date/time
2
1
to hange.
for previous/next field.
OK to a ept. OK
At the prompt, press OK.
2
1to hange.
OK to a ept.
Language:
Date/Time:

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Taking a pi ture/video
1
Press to turn on/off:
Pictures Videos
Press the Shutter button
ompletely down and release.
To stop re ording, press the
Shutter button again.
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• Framing grid
• Status i ons
Press the Shutter button halfway to
fo us and set exposure.
Press it ompletely down when the
Ready light turns green.
Ready/Battery
harging light
2
3
3
T - Turn on
Help
button

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Reviewing pi tures/videos
2for previous/next
Press Review.
Videos
Play.
adjust the volume.
play at 2X speed;
press again for 4X.
reverse at 2X speed;
press again for 4X.
pi ture/video.
pause/unpause.
OK
During playba k:
Camera
1
Your television
1Turn off the amera.
2Conne t the A/V able.
3Turn on the amera.
4Review pi tures/videos/slide
shows on a television.
A/V able
Other display devices:
•Your omputer monitor
(may be sold separately)
•Devi es equipped with a video input

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Transferring pi tures/videos
USB cable Kodak EasyShare printer dock
or camera dock
For do k ompatibility, visit
www.kodak. om/go/do k ompatibility.
To pur hase a essories, visit
www.kodak. om/go/m893a essories.
To use an EasyShare do k, see its User
guide.
1(May be sold separately)
Off
3
2
On

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Keep learning about your amera!
Congratulations!
You have:
• set up your amera
• taken pi tures
• transferred pi tures to your omputer
Keep learning!
Finish reading this book, so you an take and share your best pi tures!
Visit www.kodak.com/go/m89 support and
www.kodak.com/go/easysharecenter for:
• the Extended user guide
• intera tive troubleshooting and repairs
• intera tive tutorials
• FAQs
• downloads
• a essories
• printing information
• produ t registration

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Front view
1 Shutter button 5 Self-timer/video light
2Flash button 6Mirophone
3On/Off button 7 Speaker
4Flash 8Lens
5
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8
6
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Ba k view
1LCD 9OK/
2 Review button 10 Strap post
3 Ready/Battery harging light 11 USB port
4 Menu button 12 Share button
5Delete button 13 Battery ompartment
6 Zoom button (Wide/Telephoto) 14 SD/SDHC memory ard slot
7 Mode dial 15 Do k onne tor
8 DC-In (5V) , for optional AC adapter 16 Tripod so ket
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4
16
7
optional memory ard
(sold separately)
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1Doing more with your camera
Using optical zoom
Use opti al zoom to get up to 3X loser to your subje t.
1Use the LCD to frame your subje t.
2Press Telephoto (T) to zoom in. Press Wide Angle (W)
to zoom out.
The zoom indicator shows zoom status.
Take the pi ture or video.
■Always use the auto fo us framing marks.
■If you are not using zoom (1X, wide angle), you
an be as lose as 2 ft (0.6 m) to your subje t.
■As you zoom, you need to move further from your
subje t.
Opti al
zoom
range
Digital
zoom
range
WTD

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Using the flash
Use the flash when you take pi tures at night, indoors, or outdoors in heavy shadows.
Flash modes Flash fires
Auto
Flash
When the lighting onditions require it.
Off Never.
Fill Every time you take a pi ture, regardless of the lighting onditions. Use when
the subje t is in shadow or is “ba klit” (when the light is behind the subje t).
In low light, hold the amera steady or use a tripod.
Red-
eye
If Red-eye Pre-flash is turned off:
■The flash fires on e and the
amera automati ally
orre ts red-eye in the
pi ture.
If Red-eye Pre-flash is turned on:
■The flash fires on e so the eyes
be ome a ustomed to the flash, then
fires again when the pi ture is taken.
Press the
The urrent flash mode appears in the LCD s reen.
button repeatedly to s roll
through flash modes (see Flash modes below).

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Using different picture-taking modes
Use this mode For
Auto General pi ture taking—offers an ex ellent balan e of image quality
and ease of use.
Close-up Close range. Use available light instead of flash if possible.
Scene Point-and-shoot simpli ity when taking pi tures under spe ial
onditions. (See page 13.)
High ISO People in low-light s enes indoors using a higher ISO.
Video Capturing video with sound. (See page 4.)
Favorites Reviewing favorite pi tures.
Choose the mode that best suits
your subje ts and surroundings.
SCN
ISO

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Scene modes
Choose a S ene mode—for great pi tures in pra ti ally any situation!
1Turn the Mode dial to S ene .
2Press to display S ene mode des riptions.
If the mode description turns off before you finish reading it, press K.
Press OK to hoose a S ene mode.
Using camera Help
To better understand ea h menu option, use amera Help. Sele t an option you want to
learn more about, then press the Zoom telephoto (T) button.
T Turn on Help
S roll up/down
OK Turn off Help

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Taking panoramic pictures
Use panorama to “stit h” up to 3 pi tures into a panorami s ene.
1Turn the Mode dial to SCN.
2Press on the 4-way button to highlight Panorama Left-Right or Panorama
Right-Left (depending on the dire tion you want to pan), then press the OK button.
Take the first pi ture.
After a quickview, the LCD displays the liveview and an “overlay” from the first picture.
4Compose the se ond pi ture. Make the overlay from the first pi ture over the same
portion in the new pi ture. (You an press the Delete button to re-take a pi ture.)
5If you are taking only 2 pi tures, press the OK button to stit h them together.
After you take 3 pictures, the pictures are automatically stitched together.
The LCD displays a quickview for approximately 10 seconds.
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Take 2 or 3
pi tures.
Get 1
panorami pi ture.

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Understanding picture-taking icons
Pi ture size
Pi tures/time remaining
Storage lo ation
Exposure metering
White balan e
Battery level
Camera
mode
Exposure ompensation
Zoom:
Date stamp
Self-timer/Burst
Flash
ISO speed
Wide, Telephoto,
Digital
Album
name
Long time exposure
Fo us zone
Framing
marks
Framing
grid
Image stabilization

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2Working with pictures/videos
Magnifying pictures
1Press the Review button.
2Press W/T to magnify 2X–8X.
Press to view other parts of the
pi ture.
4Press OK to return to 1X.
Cropping pictures
You an rop a pi ture so that only the desired portion of the pi ture remains.
1Press the Review button, then to find a
pi ture.
2Press the Menu button. Press to find Edit.
Press to highlight Crop, then press OK.
4Press Telephoto (T) to zoom in, or to move the rop box. Press OK.
5Follow the s reen prompts.
Pi ture Cropped pi tur
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Using sound tags
You an add a unique sound/message (up to 1 minute long) to your pi ture (not to
videos).
Recording a sound tag
1Press the Review button, then to find a pi ture.
2Press the Menu button, then to
highlight Sound Tag. Press the OK button.
Choose Re ord, then press OK.
4Follow the s reen prompts.
The sound tag is applied to your picture.
Playing a sound tag
1Press the Review button, then to find a tagged
pi ture.
2Press to play the sound tag.
Press to adjust the volume.
4Press OK to stop playba k.
Review
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Viewing thumbnails (multi-up)
1Press the Review button.
2Press the Zoom Wide Angle (W) button to hange
from single-pi ture view to multi-up thumbnails.
Press Telephoto (T) to return to single-pi ture view.
■To sele t multiple pi tures/videos, see page 21.
Using Kodak Perfect Touch technology
Kodak Perfe t Tou h te hnology helps ensure better, brighter pi tures.
1Press the Review button, then for previous/next pi ture.
2Press the Menu button. Press to find Edit.
Press to highlight Perfe t Tou h te h., then press OK.
The enhancement is previewed in a split screen. Press to view other parts of the
picture.
4Press OK. Follow the s reen prompts to repla e the original pi ture or to save the
enhan ed pi ture as a new one.
NOTE: You annot enhan e previously enhan ed pi tures.

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Editing videos
Making a picture from a video
You an hoose a single frame from a video, then make a pi ture suitable for printing.
1Press the Review button, then to find a video.
2Press the Menu button. Press to find Edit.
Press to highlight Make Pi ture, then press
OK.
4Press to sele t a video frame.
5Follow the s reen prompts to save the pi ture.
Trimming a video
You an delete an unwanted portion from the beginning or end of a video.
1Press the Review button, then to find a video.
2Press the Menu button. Press to find Edit.
Press to highlight Trim, then press .
4Follow the s reen prompts. (Use fast-forward and
fast-reverse, if needed.)
Video Pi ture
Video Trimmed video

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Making a video action print
From a video, you an make a 4-, 9-, or 16-up pi ture, suitable for a 4 x 6-in h
(10 x 15 m) print.
1Press the Review button, then to find a video.
2Press the Menu button. Press to highlight
Edit Video, then press OK.
Press to highlight Video A tion Print, then
press OK.
4Choose an option, then press OK.
Auto options: The amera in ludes the first and last frames, then 2, 7, or 14
equally spa ed frames.
Manual options: You hoose the first and last frames; the amera hooses 2, 7, or
14 equally spa ed frames.
Running a slide show
Use Slide Show to display your pi tures/videos on the amera, a television, or any
devi e equipped with a video input (see page 5).
1Press the Review button, then the Menu button.
2Press to highlight Slide Show, then press the OK button.
Press to highlight Begin Show, then press the OK button.
To interrupt the Slide Show, press the OK button.
Video 4-, 9-, or
16-up pi ture