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Using the zoom lens, Tips for better pictures – Kodak C800 User Manual

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Tips for better pictures

• Move close enough to your subject so

it fills the viewfinder but not closer
than 2 ft (0.6 m).

• Take pictures at the subject’s level.

Kneel down to take pictures of children
and pets.

• Hold your camera vertically to capture

tall, narrow subjects, such as
a waterfall, skyscraper, or a single person.

• Add interest to your picture by framing

it with a tree branch, a window, or
even the rails of a fence.

• Keep the sun behind you. This provides

the best subject illumination.

• Stand at an angle to shiny surfaces

like windows or mirrors to avoid flash
reflection and bright spots in your
pictures.

• Turn on all room lights and have your

subject look at the red-eye-reduction
light to reduce red eyes in flash
pictures.

USING THE ZOOM LENS

This camera has a motorized-zoom lens
that lets you select the ideal lens-focal
length for taking pictures. When you turn
the camera on, it is initially set to the wide-
mode position.

1. Completely lift up the

LENS

COVER

/

FLASH

(3) to uncover the

LENS

(8)

and to turn on the camera.

2. Slide the

ZOOM

-

DIAL

LEVER

(1) to the

right for telephoto to zoom

closer to

the subject or to the
left for wide-angle to
zoom

away from

the subject.

3. Look through the

VIEWFINDER

EYEPIECE

(14).