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Vivitar Vivicam 2755 manual

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    Vivicam 275 5 User Manual English 0210 11[...]

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    7 Contents Getting Started.....................................................................................................9 W hat’ s Inside.......................................................................................................9 Optional Items.....................................................................................[...]

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    Erasing Pictur es from M emory ...........................................................20 Defining Picture Quality .........................................................................20 Using the Flash ...............................................................................................2 1 Using the Self-T imer ...................[...]

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    Getting Star ted Congratulations on pur chasing y our ne w Digital Camera. This camera is a state-of-the-ar t camera bringing to y ou the ease of use of traditional cameras combined with such high-tech functionality as full-color LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) photo pr e vie wing, allo wing y ou to immediately see the pictur es y ou hav e just tak en[...]

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    CD Disk Contents Photo image editing softw ar e - allo ws y ou to quick ly and easily touch up any photo captur ed with y our camera. TW AIN A cquir e module - lets y ou do wnload pictur es fr om all TW AIN- compliant de vices straight into y our computer . System Requir ements (Windo ws) Personal computer with minimum 486-33MHz pr ocessor Micr oso[...]

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    11 Getting to know the camera 5 Erase 6 Display 7 Recor d/Play 8 Po w er 9 V ie wfinder 10 Menu 11 Forw ard/Self-T imer 12 Back w ard/Flash 13 LCD Display 1 Macr o/Normal Mode switch 2 Inf ormation Button 3 Multiple Display 4 Shutter Release[...]

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    12 Using the camera Po w er Supply This camera f eatur es a tw o-w ay po wer supply that lets y ou use either batteries (AA-size Alk aline) or a household A C curr ent. Inserting Batteries 1 Place y our thumb on the battery door . 2 Slide the batter y door aw ay fr om the camera. 3 Inser t the batteries as indicated on the inner side of the batter [...]

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    13 Battery Lif e Indicator When the camera has suf ficient po wer , the Po w er icon on the LCD display of the camera r emains dark . When the po wer is lo w , the Lo w Po w er icon is Flashed to indicate that the batteries are w eak and need to be r eplaced. Also, do not use the Flash or Auto-Flash featur es while battery po w er is lo w . General[...]

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    Using AC Power T o r un the camera on standar d A C po w er , use the 6.0V/2.5A C A daptor . Always be sure to use the AC adaptor which comes with the camera; or optional from the manufacture. Any other inappropriate adaptor may cause damage to the camera which is not covered under the warranty. Grasp the adaptor, not the cord, when unplugging the [...]

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    4 The LCD screen pauses and in a few seconds a static copy of the image appears while the camera saves it to memory. Once the LCD resumes previewing, you can tak e another picture or press the Record/Play button t o the PLA Y mode to vie w the image y ou just r ecorded. 15 T aking Pictures 1 T u rn the camera on b y pr essing the Po w er button .Wh[...]

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    16 Note: You need not activate the LCD to tak e pictures - however, using it while capturing will shorten the lifespan of your batteries. Using the LCD Display Using the built-in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), you can view pictures in a few seconds after capturing them. The following section describes how to use the LCD and its various functions. No[...]

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    17 3 Press the Record/ Play button again to return to Record mode and resume tak ing pictures. V ie wing Thumbnails In addition to previewing single frames on the LCD screen, you can also view 9 thumbnail images of the pictures in the storage queue. This gives you the advantage of being able to see at once all the pictures you have already tak en r[...]

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    18 Compensation - allo ws y ou to set the Exposur e V alue(EV) compensation manually from -1. 8 to +1. 8 in 0. 3 steps. Use Self/ + button to add the value , or Flash/- button to subtract to value , then press Menu button to set the value . W.Balance - different light sources produce light of different colors. W hite balance allows you to obtain th[...]

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    19 Auto Off - allows you to set the interval for auto power off time. Press either the Self/+ or Flash/- button to increase the interval of shut off time.Selecting the Menu button to accept the setting .Note that you can set the interval from 2 to 59 minutes. Quality - toggles between Normal and Fine mode. All images are captured a t 640x480 monito[...]

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    20 Erasing Pictures from Memory The Erase button allows you to remove any unwanted pictures from the memory. 1 After turning the camera on, press the Record/Play button to enter the PLA Y mode. 2 T o r emov e a pictur e, scr oll to the pictur e then pr ess the Erase button . A dialog ask ing you to confirm the deletion appears on the LCD. Press the[...]

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    21 ■ ■ ■ Using the Flash The digital camera has three different flash modes: AUTO (the default mode); FILL; and OFF. Each of these modes can be accessed via the Flash/- button on the back side of the camera. AUTO - the camera automatically fires the flash when the brightness of the subject or scene is too low. FILL - fires the flash regardles[...]

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    Installing capture driver and software Once you have your camera connected to your computer, the next step is to trans- f er the pictur es contained in the camera memor y to y our computer’s har d disk . Be- fore you start download the pictures, you need to install first the appropriate hard- w are capture driv ers (TW AIN driv ers) and image edi[...]

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    23 Introducing MGI PhotoSuite SE This section shows you how to download pictures from your camera using MGI PhotoSuite SE and briefly de- scribes the other features of the software. The MGI Activity Guide Upon running the software, the first screen that you will see is the MGI Activity Guide. On this screen, you can select many interesting things t[...]

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    24 Downloading Pictures from the Camera Once y ou hav e TW AIN driver and PhotoSuite softw are installed in y our PC, y ou may start download pictures from this digital camera. Note If your camera's memory is full, you must remove pictures from memory before capturing new ones. To save pictures, transfer them from the camera to your computer. [...]

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    25 For USB interface : (Optional for Macintosh) 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the PC's or Mac’s USB por t. 2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the camera. 3. T urn on y our camera. Note Downloading images through a PC's or Mac’s USB port is faster than a serial port. Select camera TW AIN device and do wnload (if it is[...]

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    26 A C adaptor po wer in Appendix 2 : Recor d Mode Icons Her e’s a quick r un-do wn of the icons f ound in the LCD displayscr een during Recording: Pictur es r emaining Batter y war ning Flash (Auto/Fill/Of f) Cur r ent date Appendix 1 : LCD Icons Her e’s a summary of all the icons f ound in the LCD scr een of the digital camera,and what the y [...]

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    27 I mage Sensor: 1/4" CCD, with 350,000 pix els LCD Display: 1.8" color display with 30 image/sec f or mo vie-lik e display Image Resolution: 640 x 480 pix els Color: 24-bit (16.7 million colors) Memory: 0MB, 2MB, 4MB or 8MB inter nal flash memor y Storage: 32/64/128 pictur es with JPEG data compr ession in 2/4/8MB build-in memor y . ( N[...]