Vivitar ViviCam 8324 manual

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1 T able of Contents Introduct ion .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Key Features ................................................................................................................................................ 2 W hat [...]

2 Introduc tion Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 8324 8.1 Mega - Pi xe l Digital Ca m era wi th A ut o - Focu s z oo m lens . E verything you need to take qual it y digital photos and videos is included with your camera. Y our di gital camera can als o be u sed as a rem ovable disk when an S D card of up to 8GB is inserted int o the c am era . [...]

3 What y our camer a p ack age inc ludes  Digital Camera  PhoT ags Express software I nstallation CD  USB c able  Quick St art Guide  S t rap Computer System Requirem e nt s for Windows XP T o be able to dow nl oad phot os to your PC, you w ill need the f ollowing minimum configurat i on:  Penti u m II I process or above w ith W i[...]

4 Computer System Requi rement s for Win d o ws V ist a T o be able to dow nl oad phot os to your PC you r w ill need the foll ow ing minimum c onfiguration:  W indow s Vista  800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory  20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space  Support f or Super VGA graphics  Available USB Interface [...]

5 A Quick Look at Y our Ca m era[...]

6 Preparing Y ou r Cam era fo r Use Y our digital camera needs 3 AAA batt eries in order to operate. Alk al i ne batteri es are re comm ended . 1. Slide and open the battery door on the b ott om of the ca mera . 2. Insert t he batt er i es correctl y wi th the correct polari t y facing up. 3. Close t he battery door . 4. On powering on your ca m er[...]

7 Installing SD M emo ry Car d Y our c amera has v ery limited i nternal memory enough to take one test photo. An external m e mory card is required for normal u se . Y our c a m era support s any compatible SD m emory card (up to 8GB) . A dding a m emory card will all ow you to inc rease the capacity of your camera bef ore t ransferring t he photo[...]

8 Note: 1. Limited internal m emor y is provided for test images. The image s will be deleted w hen the c a m era`s pow er is turned off or if the ba tteries are re m oved. Plea s e dow nload the images before powe ring off . 2. 3. 4. Formatting w ill delete all da ta on t he SD me mory card includin g protected da ta. Don’t remove the SD card du[...]

9 How to hold y our cam era correctly w hen capturing images Turn on the Pow er button to activa te the Auto- Fo c us zo om lens to o pen out like a periscope. Hold the ca mera steady and corre ctly as show n is the diagr am below . Note: Do no t tou ch or move the lens once it opens and is in use. T his will cau se da mage to the camera.[...]

10 St arting Y our Digital Camera Power on Press the P ow er button on the t o p of the c a m era to turn on your camera. T he LCD will light up and t he Auto-Focus zoom lens w ill extend ou t indicating that y our camera is on and re ady for u se. Power off Press the P ow er button to turn off your camera. W hen there is ins u fficient ba t tery p[...]

1 1 3. The Camera mode w ill hav e a icon in t he top lef t corner of the LCD screen. The Video mode will have a icon and the Playba c k mode a icon will appear in the top lef t cor ner of the s creen. Camera M ode This is the default mode w hen turning on your camer a. T ak ing Photos 1. Compose your shot using the LCD screen . 2. Hold the ca mera[...]

12 below in the section “ Download phot os and videos to y our P C ” and thereafter delete them from your S D card or insert an ot he r SD card to continue taki ng more photos. Note: This camera needs a SD memory card to operate normal ly . The l i mit ed internal memory allows you to take one test phot o that will be erased when the camera pow[...]

13 Flash In low light condi tions it is best to use the built - in f lash. Y ou can also us e t he flash t o compensate for back l ight conditions. For ce Flash , Auto , Red eye reduction , No F l ash T o s et the f lash: Note: Please move the Macro/Far se tting to Far mode . The flash can only be use w hen the camera is in Far m ode . If y ou are [...]

14 6. Press t he F l ash button until the icon appears again . T hi s wi l l tu r n o ff t h e f l as h f u nc t i o n. Th is is the default flas h se tt i ng. Short cut but ton s o n the ME NU dial The camera has 3 short cut buttons on the MENU dial to make for quick access to the following sett i ngs: Scene (Le ft button), Self - timer (Down butt[...]

15 Scene Y our c a mera c om es suppl ied with m any sc enes for you to take photos in a ccord an c e w ith t he li ght and environm ental condit ions prevailing at the t ime of t aken t he pho to . S c ene incl uded w ith your cam era are - Auto, Night Port rait, Night Scenery , P ortrait, Scenery , Sport, Party , Beach or High S ensitivity . 1. P[...]

16 of mem ory required for each photo. The higher the photo quality the more m e mory it w ill take . The i mage size and quality will also a ffect the maximum size you can ef fecti vely print your photo. T o set the Im ag e si ze: 1. Press the MENU button. 2. Press the Right/Left button to select th e icon . 3. The Im age Size menu appears in the [...]

17 1. Press the MENU but ton. 2. Press the Right /Left but ton to sele c t the icon 3. The A nti- Shake menu appears in t he center of the LCD. 4. Press the Up/Dow n button to sele ct Anti-Shake On or Of f . 5. Press the MENU button to confir m, sav e and ex it to the camera stan dby mode. 6. The A nti- shake option icon selec ted will appe ar on t[...]

18 2. Press the Right/Left button to select th e i con . 3. The Macro menu appears in the center of t he LCD. 4. Press t he Up/Down butt on to s e lec t Ma cro On or O ff . : Macro s hooting - On : Far s hooting - Off 5. Press t he MENU butt on to confi r m, save your choice and exit to the camera standby m ode . 6. The sel ect ed icon appears on t[...]

19 5. Press the MENU button to confir m, sav e your choi ce and ex it to the ca mera standb y mode . 6. The Face Dete ct On or Of f icon selected will appear on the bottom of the LCD scree n. Self-Timer Y ou can include yourself in a photo by using this feature to delay the time be twee n you pressing the Shutter bu t ton and w hen the photo is ac [...]

20 5. Press the MENU button to con firm, save yo ur choice and ex it to t he camera standb y mode. 6. The Self-T imer icon selected will a ppear on the top of the LCD scree n. 7. Press the Shutter button until you see the self - t i mer count-dow n begin in the c enter of the green frame that ap pears on the L CD. Y our ca mera w ill count dow n 2,[...]

21 2. Press the Right /Left but ton to sele c t the icon. 3. The Setup m enu appears in the cen ter of the LCD. 4. Press the Up/Dow n butt on to sele c t one of the se tup sub menu option s: Exposure This se tting allow s you to control the brigh tness of your i mage s. 1. Press the MENU but ton. 2. Press the Up/Dow n butt ons to select an Ex posur[...]

22 3. Press the MENU but ton to con firm, save and exit to the ca m era standby mode. 4. The Exposure icon for the option you sele cted appear s on the bo ttom of the LCD. ISO This is a special fun ction that allo ws you to compensate the light co nditions w hen the light s our ce is not good and you als o specifically do no t wish t o use a flash [...]

23 4. Press the M ENU button to confir m, save and ex i t to the ca m era stand by mode. 5. The ISO icon for the option you selected appe ars on the bo ttom of th e LCD. White Balanc e This setting allo ws the camera to adju st the color o f your p hotos accor ding to the color of y ou r light source. 1. Press the Up/Dow n butt ons to sel ect the W[...]

24 4. Press the MENU bu tton to confirm, save an d exit to the camera sta ndb y mode. 5. The LCD screen w il l be adju s ted as per the White Balance option yo u s ele c ted . Sharpness This setting allows you to adjust the sharpne s s of your images, making edges m ore or l e s s distinct. 1. Press the Up/Dow n butt ons to sel ect the Sharp ness o[...]

25 4. Press the MENU bu tton to confirm, save an d exit to the camera sta ndb y mode. 5. The LCD screen w il l be adju sted a s per the Sha rpness option you selected . Q uality The quality of your photos also affect s the number of s ho ts you can take. A HIGH setting means you can take fewer ph otos, but they w i ll be of be tter quality . Th e d[...]

26 4. Press the MENU bu tton to confirm, save an d exit to the camera sta ndb y mode. 5. The Quality icon for the option y ou sele cted appea rs on the bo ttom lef t corner of the LCD . Super quality Fine quality Normal quality Digital Zoom Y ou can set the digit al zoo m functi on On or O ff. 1. Press the Up/Dow n button to select the Dig ital Zoo[...]

27 Date This allow s you to set the system t ime which w ill be displayed on the ph otos. 1. P res s the Up/Dow n buttons to se lect the Da te option in the Setup menu . 2. P res s the MENU button . 3. P res s the Up/Dow n buttons to se lect a Da te option from the Menu that appea rs: ? On selecting “On ” the date will appea r on the photo once[...]

28 3. Press the Rig ht / Left button t o select and hi ghlight the Y ear , Month, Day , Hour , Minut e, Second and Date Format type. 4. P ress the Up/Dow n butt on to set the Date and T ime digits. 5. Select t he first option of the Date format and press the Up/Dow n butt on to set the date format t hat appears on the top line: Y Y M M DD ; DD MM Y[...]

29 4. Press t he Up/Down button to s e l ect a time that the camera w ill automatically power off if inactive. Note : I f you s elec t None, the camera w ill not be powere d off until the battery power i s depleted or the camera i s turned of f manually . 5. Press the MENU button to confirm, save a nd ex it to the camera st and by mode. L a nguage [...]

30 Format This function w il l format the m emo ry card and will erase all fil e s in mem ory including files that have been protected. Import ant: Please use this functio n w ith caution. Once formatted all the image s stored in the memory will be erase. This process is irreversible. P lea s e down load all i mages to the PC before for matting the[...]

31 4. Press the MENU button to con firm. 5. If you selected OK, a For m at con firmation mes sage appears . 6. Press the Right /Left but ton to select “Y es” to format, “No ” to ex it. 7. Press the MEN U button to confirm and beg in the forma t. 8. Once the SD c ard is f or m atted a ll the images sitting on the card will be erased and the [...]

32 4. Press the Up/Dow n button to select OK to set to default setting or Cancel to exit. 5. Press the MENU button to confirm. 6. If you selected OK, a Defau lt Setting confir mation message w ill appear: 7. Press the Right/Lef t but ton to select “Y es” to reset to the defaul t settin g or “No” to ex it the menu. 8. Press the MENU button t[...]

33 V ideo M ode Press the MO DE button to select the Video mod e. Note: The camera has limited inter nal memory and does not allow recording videos without an S D card inserted. An SD card (up to 8GB) needs to be in serted in ord er to use the video mode no rmally . W h en the icon appea rs on the top left corner of the LC D scree n thi s indicate [...]

34 Dow nload the test file from the internal m e m or y to the PC or de lete them to shoot more videos. Alternatively , you can inser t a SD memory card to ex pa nd the memo ry to record longer video s. In Video mode there ar e 3 se tup options - White Balan ce, Siz e and Macro White Balance Y ou can select 5 dif ferent W hite B alance ligh t condi[...]

35 4. Press the M ENU button t o confirm , s ave and exit to the video standby mode. 5. The LCD screen will be adjusted as per the W hite Balanc e option y ou s el ec t e d. Size Y our c amera supports 2 video resolutions - 640x480 (VGA) pix els, 320x240 (QVGA) pi xels. 1. Press the M ENU button. 2. Press the Right/Left button to select the option [...]

36 2. Press the Right/Left button to select the opt ion for t he Macro menu to appear . 3. Press the Up/Down buttons t o s elec t a Macro option f ro m the Menu that appears : Macro s hooting - On : Far s hooting - Off 4. Press the MENU button to confirm, save your choice and exit to t he video standby mode. 5. The sel ect ed Macro icon appears on [...]

37 Full scr een to T humbnail display W hen the cam era is in the Playback Mode and an image appears on the LCD screen: 1. Press t he W b ut t on . 2. This will open up the thumbnail display . 3. Press the Up/Down/Left/ Ri ght buttons and select a thumbnail of a photo or video . 4. Press the M ENU button to di splay the photo or v ideo in f ull scr[...]

38 Select t he photo you wis h to rotat e, prot ect , delete , crop or print . Rotate The rotate feat ure will onl y work for images on the SD card that is inserted. 1. Press the M ENU button. 2. Press the Right/Left button to select the rotate opti on. 3. Press t he Up/D own buttons to se le ct the Rotate option from the Menu that appears. 4. Pres[...]

39 Note: 1. Y ou c ann ot rotate a protected file. O n attempting to rotate a protected file a “ Thi s Fil e is W rit e - Protect ed ” message will appear on t he screen. 2. “ No card i nserted ” w ill appear on the s creen if no SD c ard is ins er t. P lease ins ert a n SD m em or y ca rd to use this fun ction . Protect Y ou can protect yo[...]

40 5. If you select Lock, a l ock ic on w il l appear at the top of the LCD for the photo or video selected. Note: T o “Unlock” the curre nt fi le fol l o w steps 1 through 4 . S e lec t “ Unlock ” and pre ss the M ENU button t o unlock t he current fi l e. Delete Delete unwanted photos and videos at any time in order to free up memory . Y [...]

41 4. Pre ss the M ENU button to conf irm. 5. A Delet e confirmati on message appears. 6. Press the Right/Left button to select “ Ye s ” or “ No ”. 7. Press the M ENU button to c onfirm and del et e the im age(s) . Note: Y ou c an not delete file s that are locked. Caution : I f you choice the A ll option, all the unprotect ed photo images [...]

42 1. Press the M ENU button. 2. Press the Right/Left button to select th e Crop option. 3. Press the Up/Down butt on to select Crop or C ancel . 4. Press the M ENU button. 5. A blue crop rectangle appears on the photo in the LCD screen. 6. Press the W or T buttons to determi ne t he size of the area to crop. 7. Press the Up/Down/Right / Left butto[...]

43 Y ou can print t he photos d irectly from t he camera wi th a Pictbridge c om pa t i bl e pr i nter . 1. Select t he photo y ou w ish to print. 2. Press the M ENU button . 3. Press the Right/Left button to select the Pictbridge menu . 4. Press the Up/Down button and select Pic t bri dge to print phot os or press Canc el to exit the m enu . 5. Pr[...]

44 Note: V ideos hav e an icon on top left corner o f the f ile or on the th umbnail. 3. Press the MENU button for the selected video to appear in full scree n. 4. Press the Shu tter button to play the current A VI file. 5. Press the Shu tter button to p au se and press it aga in to continue p l ay ing. 6. Press the Up but ton to stop playing the A[...]

45 4. Press the MENU button. 5. If you select Lo ck, a loc k icon will appear at the top of the LCD for the vid eo selected. Note: T o “Un lock” the current file follow steps 1 through 4. S ele c t “Unlock” and press t he MENU button to unlo ck the current file. Delete Delete unwanted videos a t an y time in o rder to free up memory . Y ou [...]

46 5. Press the MENU button to con firm. 6. A Delete confir m ation message ap pears. 7. Press the Right /Left but ton to sele c t “Y es” or “No”. 8. Press the MENU button to con firm and delete the i m age(s). Note: Y ou cannot delete file s that are locked. Caution : If you choice the All option, all the unprotected video image s on your [...]

47 1. On the “Install your camera s of tware ” screen, select your camera m odel fro m the drop dow n list and click the “ Inst all” button to in s tall the PhoT ags Exp ress sof tware. For more instal lation infor m ation click the “R ead Me First ! ” button . Inst alling PhoT ags Expre ss Sof tw are In order to insta ll the Softwa re [...]

48 2. On the “PhoT ags Ex press " sc reen, c lick the “ Next” but ton. 3. Pleas e review the license terms and click the “ I Ag r e e ” button t o continue.[...]

49 4. Let the “PhoT ags Express” i n staller create the folder where the program w ill be i n stalled to, and then cl i ck “I nst al l” .[...]

50 5. Pleas e wait while the applicat i on is being installed on your computer . 6. Once the application has been installed on your computer , click the “Fi nis h” butto n to le t th e “Ph oT ags Express” i nstaller finis h the installation program.[...]

51 If you s elect ed the option for th e applicati on to start af t er pre ssing the Finish button, the applic at i on will autom aticall y launch. If not, then in order to open the application you need to double cl i ck on the Photags Ex press icon on the desktop. 7. The Welcome t o Photag s Express Product Regist ration screen w ill open. This sc[...]

52 Every thing you need to get the most from y our photos The “PhoT ags Express” s of tware that is install ed on your co mputer allows you to edi t existing photos t ha t you have on your computer as w ell as the photos t hat you have captured w ith your c am era. 1. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of the camera. 2. Plug the ot[...]

53 M a nage y our photos by creat ing countless uni que photo collections without duplic ating any photos. Burn CD’s of any folders for backup and storage. Enhance y our photos ; A ut o Enh ance, Crop, Correct Red Eye, Manually Adjust and add S pecial Effects. A d d Active Caption s - add T ext Captions, Fram es, Shapes, Keywords… and more that[...]

54 Download photos and v ideos to y our P C Transfer Phot o a nd V ideo im ages fro m y our camera to y our PC usi ng P hoTags E xpr ess. Select t he “G et Photos ” butt on from the top of the PhoTags Express Main Menu screen.[...]

55 The Get Photos W izard opens. Select the devic e (removable disk ) opti on i n the Active Devices window on the lef t and then select either t he “Cust om ” or “Express” copy radial button in the Copy methods box. Note: If you do not see your camera in the list press the Refresh button.[...]

56 CUSTOM COPY M ETHOD Select t he “Custom ” copy radial button. Click the “Next” button. Add Active Capti ons to your pictures. You can add a date, keyw ords, c a tegories and more. Click “Next” t o continue. Choose where to place your pho t os and videos. The def ault is t o place all photos and video s into a folder under t he C: M[...]

57 Click the “Fi nish” butt on to start the download process . A photos download progress bar appears s howing the num ber of media (videos included) downloading to your comput er.[...]

58 All t he media – Photos and Videos on your camera are now downloaded to your comput er to t he select ed folder . Open the “Select Photos ” m ode of P hotags Ex press to view the thumbnails for all the media. You may now use PhoTags Ex pres s t o edit your photos, creat e col l ect i ons and Burn CD`s.[...]

59 To learn more of how to get the most out of your PhoTags applic a tion select the “ S how M e How ” or the “ ? ” Help Guide button found on the top right o f the screen. EXPRESS COPY METHOD Select t he “ Express ” copy radial button if you want to have all the images transferred to the PC without the option t o sel ect which photos y[...]

60 T ransfer ring photo s a nd videos to y ou r PC manu ally T urn on your camera, Change your camera mode to Play b ack and connect your ca m era to the c o mputer correct ly w i t h US B cable, the screen will be shown a window ( Removable Di sk F: ) as below: N OT E: Now y ou can dow nlo ad the phot os and videos to your c o mpu ter wi t h two m[...]

61 1. Click on the MY COMPUTER Icon on the desktop. 2 . Y our memory card will appear as a R EMOV ABLE STORAGE DE VICE. 3 . Click on the REMOV ABLE ST O RAGE DEVICE to view the images. The i mages are stored in the subfol der called DCM100. 4 . Y ou can now copy and paste t he images to any directory you choose. T ransfer ring photo s a nd videos t[...]

62 Saka r Warra nty Card This w arrant y covers for t he original consumer purchas er only and is not t ransferab le. Produc t s that fail to functi on properly UNDER NORM A L USA GE, due to defects in m a terial or workmans hip. Y our product w ill be repaired at no charge for part s or labor for a period of one year . W hat Is Not Covered By Warr[...]

63 A ppendix A : T echni ca l S p ecificatio ns Image S ensor CM OS S ens or Image Resolut i on 3264 x 2448(8 MP) , 3648x2048(7MP) HD , 2592x1944(5MP) , 2048x1536(3MP) , 1920x1080(2MP ) HD , 640x480( VGA ) Video Resolution 640 X 480,320 X 240pixels File F orm at JPE G/A VI External Memory SD C ard (up to 8 GB) LCD Dis pl a y 2. 4 In ch TFT Lens Aut[...]

64 A p pendix B: T rouble shooting Q: I have t aken photos but m y com p uter sa y s, “ No photos in camera. ” What do I d o? A : First ens ure that you have in fa ct ta ken photos. P ress the S hutter but ton a few times to ta ke so me sample photos and then try downloading them agai n. If you still get a “ no photos ” error this m ay m ea[...]