Kodak EasyShare Z915

Auto Mode

The Kodak EasyShare Z915 offers two different automatic modes. The first is called Smart Capture and can be activated by moving the mode dial into the proper position, In this mode you have very few adjustments to make; in fact, if you enter the menu system, you will see that your only option is to change picture size. For those who want a few more options there's also a Program mode, which takes care of exposure for you but allows you to adjust other settings like ISO and white balance.

Smart capture mode takes care of almost everything.

Movie Mode

The Kodak EasyShare Z915 captures video at a maximum resolution of 640 x 480 at thirty frames per second. Many of the other cameras in this space have moved to HD video recording, but once again this is likely a decision Kodak made to keep the price of the Z915 down.

Drive/Burst Mode

The Kodak EasyShare Z915 offers a single burst mode, which is a bit hidden. To access it you'll want to press the timer button on the top of the camera. You'll have to press it multiple times to cycle through the timer modes until you get to continous shooting. We would suggest to Kodak that they add an indicator for burst mode next to this button as well as not only we, but also the product specialists at the Kodak booth had trouble finding the function. Kodak has not made any information available about the maximum frames per second you can capture in burst mode.

Playback Mode

The Kodak EasyShare Z915's playback mode is straightforward. You navigate photos using the 4-way controller. You can zoom in or zoom out using the zoom toggle. When you zoom out you are given a tabbed interface that lets you view photos by date, your favorites or tags that you can assign to photos. Editing options include Kodak's Perfect Touch Tech feature, which attempts to make multiple automatic adjustments.

Kodak's Perfect Touch tries to make all the adjustments to fix your photo.

Custom Image Presets

The Kodak EasyShare Z915 offers a plethora of different scene modes, some of which are available as options on the mode dial and others that are available when the dial is positioned in scene mode. On the dial are Panorama and Sport modes. In the scene mode position you can choose from High ISO, Portrait, Night Portrait, Landscape, Night Landscape, Flower, Sunset, Backlight, Candle Light, Manner/Museum, Text, Beach, Snow, Fireworks, Children, Self Portrait and Stage.

You can choose from a cornucopia of scene modes.