KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE DC50 Zoom Camera-Using Your Camera

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KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE DC50 Zoom Camera
Using Your Camera

Taking Pictures

Turn on the camera. The LCD Camera Controls appear.
Hold the camera top side up with both hands and with your fingers under the handstrap on the right side of the camera. Holding the camera this way creates a landscape orientation picture.
Important
Make sure that your fingers or hands do not cover the front part of the camera or the flash unit, camera lens, viewfinder window, light sensor, or auto focus sensors.

To frame the picture like a portrait, turn the camera so it is vertically oriented (with the flash at the top).

Most image editing software packages allow you to rotate pictures within the application.

You also can mount the camera on a tripod by using the tripod mounting socket that is on the bottom of the camera.
Look through the viewfinder and position your picture subject.
Position the Auto Focus (AF) target marks in the viewfinder frame on your subject.

Note: For descriptions of the various viewfinder marks and icons, refer to More about LCD Camera Controls.
Press the purple (shutter) button halfway down.
The camera measures the ambient lighting, sets the exposure and white balance, and automatically focuses the lens. The viewfinder light illuminates.

The viewfinder light flashes if your subject is too close or too far away. You can specify a close-up focus or move closer or further away from your subject.
Press the purple (shutter) button all of the way down.
Hold the camera steady until the green viewfinder light flashes. There is a brief delay between the time that the shutter button is pressed and the time that the picture is actually taken and processed. The viewfinder light flashes for 12 seconds during processing. You can move the camera during this processing time, but you cannot take another picture until the viewfinder light stops flashing.

The Pictures Remaining Counter flashes and shows the number of remaining pictures. The number in the Pictures Taken Counter increases.

The DC50 Zoom Camera stores 7 to 22 pictures in its internal 1 MB memory, depending on the picture quality you select. The Pictures Remaining Counter shows you the number of pictures that you can take before the camera is full. As you take pictures, the number decreases. When "FUL" appears in the Pictures Remaining Counter, you cannot take any more pictures until the camera memory is erased.

For information about erasing pictures in the memory, refer to Erasing Pictures in the Camera.

More about LCD Camera Controls

As you become more familiar with your camera, you probably will want to use some of the options that are described in this section.

Auto Focus

The Auto Focus (AF) target marks are the solid and dotted circles in the viewfinder frame. The solid circle is the target mark for distances to infinity and the dotted circle is the target mark for the closest distance (up to 2.3 feet or 70 cm). The picture includes an area slightly larger than the image you see framed in the viewfinder frame.

Press the MODE button until the Auto Focus icon flashes.

Press the SELECT button to advance through the selections until you see the one you want.

When an icon stops flashing, that setting is selected.

	Multi-spot auto focus, the default setting, compensates for multiple objects or off-center objects.
	Single-spot auto focus is for objects that are centered.
	Close-up focus is for subjects that are approximately 19 inches (48 cm) from the front of the camera. Center your subject in the small viewfinder frame with the flower. Note: Taking pictures of objects that are closer than 19 inches (48 cm) is not recommended.

Flash Options

If you want to adjust the camera for dim or too bright lighting, select a flash setting instead of using the automatically measured value.

Press the MODE button until the Flash Indicator icon flashes.

Press the SELECT button to advance through the selections until you see the one you want.

When an icon stops flashing, that setting is selected.

	Automatic flash determines if the flash should be used based on the existing light. To use automatic flash, you do not have to make any changes to the flash feature.
	"Flash On" uses the flash for all pictures, even if the existing light is bright.
	"Flash Off" does not use a flash even if the existing light is dim.

Self-timer

The self-timer option can be used to delay the picture from being taken for 10 seconds. This gives you time to include yourself in the picture.

Attach the camera to a tripod or place the camera on a firm, stable surface.
Press the MODE button until the Self-timer icon flashes.
Press the SELECT button until the Self-timer icon flashes quickly.
Press the purple (shutter) button all of the way down twice.
The timer is set. The viewfinder light illuminates. The picture will automatically be taken about 10 seconds after the shutter button is pressed the second time. The self-timer is automatically turned off after the picture has been taken.

The selected self-timer setting is canceled after a picture has been taken, the camera is turned off, or when the camera goes into power save mode.

Adjusting the Picture Quality Settings

If you want to change the picture quality, select a picture quality setting instead of using the automatically selected setting. The resolution remains the same for each setting. Only the image compression is different.

Press the MODE button until the Picture Quality Settings icon flashes.

Press the SELECT button to advance through the selections until you see the one you want.

When an icon stops flashing, that setting is selected.

	"Best" picture quality is the least compressed, uses more memory, and allows the fewest pictures to be stored.
	"Better" picture quality uses less memory and allows more pictures to be stored.
	"Good" picture quality is the most compressed, uses the least memory, and allows the most pictures to be stored.

The approximate number of pictures available in the Pictures Remaining Counter changes with the selected picture quality.

You can use different picture qualities. For example, you can store two "good" resolution images and then store a "best" resolution image.

Adjusting the Exposure

If you want to adjust the camera for dim or too bright lighting, you can select an exposure value up to ± two steps from the automatically measured value. Each step is equivalent to 1/2-aperture stop.

Press the MODE button until the Manual Exposure Settings icon flashes.
Press the SELECT button to advance through the selections until you see the one you want.
When an icon stops flashing, that setting is selected.
- Plus (+) steps add brightness.
- Minus (-) steps take away brightness.

Erasing Pictures in the Camera

The Erase Pictures icon appears when pictures are in the camera's internal memory or on the memory card in the camera. After you have transferred the camera pictures to your computer, erase the pictures in the camera to make room for new pictures. Erasing deletes all pictures from the camera memory. You cannot choose to erase specific pictures.

Important
When a memory card is in the camera, the Erase Pictures operation erases all of the pictures on the memory card. Pictures in the camera's internal memory will not be affected.

Press the MODE button until the Erase Pictures icon flashes.
Press the ERASE button and hold it down for two seconds.
The Erase Pictures icon flashes. The images are deleted.
Release the ERASE button.
When all pictures are deleted, the Erase Pictures icon stops flashing and disappears, the Pictures Remaining Counter indicates the maximum number of pictures available, and the Pictures Taken Counter returns to "0."

Telephoto and Wide-Angle Zoom Buttons

If you want to zoom in on your subject, press the Telephoto (T) button or the Wide-Angle (W) button. The zoom lens stops moving at the point you release the button.

Note: For more information about taking close-up pictures, refer to Auto Focus.

Telephoto- The maximum field of view is the same as using a 111 mm zoom lens on a 35 mm camera.

Wide-Angle- The maximum field of view is the same as using a 37 mm zoom lens on a 35 mm camera.

Note: Any zoom button presses are ignored if the camera is storing, copying, or erasing images, you have specified a close-up focus, or you have pressed the other zoom button while the zoom lens was moving.