KODAK DC215 Zoom Digital Camera User's Guide Visit Kodak on the World Wide Web at www.kodak.com ©Eastman Kodak Company, 1999 Kodak, Photolife, and FlashPix are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. The FlashPix format is defined in a specification and test suite developed and published by Kodak in collaboration with Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Live Picture. Only products that meet the specification and pass the test suite may use the FlashPix name and logo. Table of Contents 1 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Preparing to Take Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Loading Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Turning the Camera On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Checking Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Inserting a Camera Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Removing a Camera Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Setting the Clock on Your Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Adjusting the LCD Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 Taking Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Previewing a Picture Before it is Taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Capturing a Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Zooming in on Your Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Photographing Close-Ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Putting Yourself in the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Viewing and Deleting the Picture Just Taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Setting the Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Adjusting the Camera Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Locking in an Exposure Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Deleting the Picture Just Taken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 3 Customizing Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Understanding Quality and Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Adjusting the Picture Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Adjusting the Picture Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Adding a Template to Your Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Adding the Date to Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Selecting an Image File Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting a Quickview for Each Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 i Formatting Your Camera Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Adjusting the Video Out Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Selecting a Language for the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Viewing Camera Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4 Reviewing Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Viewing Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Magnifying Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Selecting Pictures for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cancelling Pictures for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Deleting One or All of Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Running a Slide Show on Your Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 5 Installing Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Windows-Based System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Kodak Software for Windows-Based Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Kodak Software for Macintosh Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 6 Connecting Your Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Connecting to a Windows-Based Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Connecting to a Macintosh Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Starting the Kodak Software for Windows-Based Computers . . . . . . . . . 44 Opening Mounter Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Opening Digital Access TWAIN Acquire Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Opening Camera Controls Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Starting the Kodak Software for Macintosh Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Opening Picture Transfer Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Opening Digital Access Plug-In Acquire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Copying Digital Access Files to the PlugIn Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Navigating to Your Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ii 7 Tips and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Connecting with Your Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Communicating with the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Adjusting Your Monitor for Better Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Getting Better Results from Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 8 Where to Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Software Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Online Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Faxed Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 9 Warranty and Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Warranty Time Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Warranty Repair Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Application Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 How to Obtain Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 FCC Compliance and Advisory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Canadian DOC Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 10 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Original Camera Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Camera Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 General Maintenance and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Using Your Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Create Your Own Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 iii 1 Getting Started 1 Congratulations on your purchase of a new KODAK DC215 Zoom Digital Camera--the camera that takes pictures digitally, without the use of film. With your new camera, picture taking and print making is fun and easy. The possibilities are endless. Here is just a few examples of what you can do with your camera: q Take digital pictures in unbelievable detail, color, and sharpness. q Transfer your pictures to a computer for instant editing, enhancement, and placement into your document. q E-mail your pictures in minutes to friends, family, and business associates anywhere in the world. q Print high-quality pictures at home using KODAK Inkjet Photo Paper, or take your KODAK Picture Card to a KODAK Picture Maker System and create photo-quality enlargements with a touch of a button. q Display your pictures to a large audience on a television or video monitor. 1 Preparing to Take Pictures Before you start taking pictures with your camera, you first need to install the batteries or connect a Kodak-specified AC adapter for power, and insert a KODAK Picture Card (camera memory card) into the camera. A Kodak-specified AC adapter is available as an accessory from a dealer of Kodak products or from our Website at http://www.kodak.com/go/accessories Loading Batteries Your camera comes with four AA batteries so you can start taking pictures immediately. For information on guidelines for battery usage, see page 66. 1 Slide the Battery switch located on the side of the camera to the right to unlock the battery tray. M E G A 2 Slide the battery tray out of the camera. 3 Insert the batteries as indicated on the P I X battery tray. 4 Slide the battery tray into the camera until it locks in place. Turning the Camera On and Off You turn the camera on and off using the Power switch, located on the back of the camera. q To turn on the camera, slide the Power switch to the right. The green ready light next to the viewfinder, and the Status Display on top of the camera turn on. q To turn off the camera, slide the Power switch again to the right. POWER W T Review Capture Connect Preferences 2 Checking Batteries So you are never caught with dead batteries, your camera indicates the power level of the batteries in the form of a battery status symbol, which appear in the Status Display when you turn on the camera. For information on guidelines for battery usage, see page 66. Since digital cameras are very demanding on batteries, keep extra sets of batteries handy, or consider purchasing either a Kodak-specified AC adapter or KODAK Ni-MH/Ni-Cd Battery Charger with KODAK Ni-MH Rechargeable Batteries. Both are available as accessories from a dealer of Kodak products, or from our Website at http://www.kodak.com/go/accessories. 1 1 Set the Slider switch to Capture, Review, POWER or Preferences. The battery status symbol is not visible if you set the camera to Connect. 2 Turn on the camera. Review Capture Connect Preferences 3 Check the battery status symbol that appears in the Status Display. q Full--indicates batteries are charged and ready to use. q Low--indicates batteries are not fully charged and will soon need to be replaced or recharged. q Exhausted (blinking)--indicates batteries are too weak to power the camera and need to be replaced. The red ready light next to the viewfinder comes on when the batteries become exhausted. 3 Inserting a Camera Memory Card Your camera comes with a KODAK Picture Card (camera memory card), that is used to store pictures taken with the camera. The camera memory card, also referred to as a CompactFlash card, is removable and reusable for easy storage and transfer of your pictures. Before you start to take pictures, insert a camera memory card into the camera. KODAK Picture Cards are available as an accessory through a dealer of Kodak ...