Kodak Z980 Review

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Playback Mode Screens & Menus



Note: Please excuse the quality of the screen shots. Kodak does not supply the A/V cable with the Z980. Therefore, we had to photograph them off of the LCD.


Kodak EasyShare Z980

Press the REVIEW button to enter the playback mode. The last image captured is then displayed full screen. There is almost no exposure information shown at first, just the battery level indicator.


Kodak EasyShare Z980

Entering the playback menu and choosing the Properties option will bring up a full list of information about the photograph with camera settings used, focal length, etc. There's also a histogram display.



Kodak EasyShare Z980

Using the Wide angle zoom control enters Index mode. It displays an index page of thumbnails (20) so you can quickly search through and select an image or movie. Press the wide button again and the camera will display 28 thumbnails.


Kodak EasyShare Z980

Using the Telephoto zoom control selects the Magnify option to enlarge an image from 2� to 8�. You can then scroll around it using the 4-way joystick.



Kodak EasyShare Z980

Review mode menu options:

    Select All - Selects all images on the camera
    Tag - Tag an image
    Multimedia Slide Show - Make a Slide show with music and effects
    Print - Print and image when connected to a PictBridge compatible printer
    Cancel print - Cancel the print job
    Email - Process the image for emailing
    View Thumbnails - View the index (same as pressing the Wide zoom button)
    Properties - Show the settings used to capture the selected image




Kodak EasyShare Z980

Picture Edit menu options:


    PERFECT TOUCH Tech. - Auto corrects images on the camera.
    Crop - Crop the photo to your desired content
    Sound Tag - Add a voice memo to an image
    Copy - Copy to/from internal memory/SD flash card



Kodak EasyShare Z980

Movie files are also displayed full screen.



Kodak EasyShare Z980

The SETUP menu options:

    Share Button Setting - Favorite and Upload, Favorite, Upload
    LCD Brightness - Choose level from 1 - 5
    Image Storage - Auto, Internal Memory
    Set Tag - None, Birthday, Holiday, Wedding
    Capture Frame Grid - On or Off
    Date Stamp - On or Off
    Red Eye Reduction - Preflash or Digital correction
    External Flash - External only or External & Internal
    QuickView - On or Off
    Advanced Digital Zoom - Continuous, Pause or Off
    Orientation Sensor - On, On transfer or off
    Camera Sounds - Choose sound theme of camera sounds (shutter, focus, etc.)
    Sound Volume - Off, Low, Medium or High
    Date & Time - Set the internal clock
    Auto Power Off - 1, 3, 5, 10 minutes
    Video Out - Video output format - NTSC or PAL
    Language - Menu language - English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese
    Reset Camera - Returns all settings to factory default
    Format - Format internal memory or card
    About - Display camera model number and firmware revision number


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