Vivitar Vivicam 3350 User Manual

							 3.0 Installing the Software - 
 
Install the camera software before connecting the camera to your computer 
for the first time.  Place the Vivicam 3350 CD ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The CD will run 
automatically and present 
this welcome screen: 
 
There are five 
components on the CD 
ROM: 
 
1. Twain Driver 
2. Photo Impression 
3. Fun House 
4. In-A-Flash LE 
5. User Manuals 
 
3.1 Twain Driver – 
 
To use your Vivicam 3350 camera on your PC you must first install this 
software, known as the “driver.” Install this driver software before 
connecting your camera to your PC for the first time. You will only need to 
install the driver once to setup your PC to work with the V3350 camera.   
						

							 3.2 PhotoImpression – 
 
You may wish to install Arcsoft PhotoImpression™.  Although it is not 
required to operate the camera; it is the perfect imaging software for novice 
and skilled users alike. PhotoImpression is an image editor with tools for 
enhancing, printing, and getting creative with your V3350 digital images. 
 
 
3.3 Funhouse – 
 
You may wish install ArcSoft Funhouse®.  Although Funhouse® is not 
required to operate the camera, it helps you seamlessly combine two or 
more images from your camera to create funny or realistic scenes. 
Funhouse helps you to add your personal images into built-in or custom 
templates to print, email, and share your digital imaging creations. Add 
captions, titles, or quotes.   Full text-editing capability lets you include 
colorful tags and descriptions. 
 
 
3.4 In-A-Flash LE - 
 
You may wish to install NetGUI In-A-Flash LE. Although In-A-Flash LE is not 
required to operate the camera, it will allow you to easily add animations, 
special effects and music to your digital photos to create a unique and fun 
digital photo album. Business users and webmasters will also benefit when 
creating Flash Banner ads and professional business presentations. 
   
						

							 3.5 User Manual -  
 
Click on the “User Manual” button to go to the index of ViviCam 3350 User 
Manuals.  The Vivicam 3350 User Manual is included on the CD ROM in 
several languages in PDF format.  Note that you will need Adobe Reader 
on your PC to read the User Manual. For Vivicam 3350 User Manuals in 
other languages please refer to the Vivitar website at www.vivitar.com 
 
After you have installed the Vivicam 3350 Twain driver and application 
software titles you are now ready to use your camera to capture digital 
images. The next section will tell you about the operation of your new digital 
camera.  
						

							 4.0 Capturing Images - 
 
Using your new Vivicam 3350 is fun and easy.  There are two basic steps to 
capturing your first image. 
 
Step 1: Turn on the camera by 
pressing the Power Button. 
 
 
Step 2: Press the shutter button 
to capture an image. 
 
 
It is really that easy! The following sections will tell you about more features 
that are available on your camera.  
 
4.1 Power On the Camera - 
 
To power on the camera press the Power/Menu button as shown above.  
The camera will beep once, indicating that it is ready.  
The Information/Status display will turn on like this: 
 
In this example the camera is ready to capture 26 
images in Hi resolution mode. (Display icons are explained in section 4.3.) 
 
Note that the camera will automatically power-off after 20 seconds to save 
battery power. To turn the camera on again, press the Power button. Hi 026   
						

							 4.2 Capture an Image - 
 
In film-photography we say: “Take a Photo.” In digital-photography we say: 
“Capture an Image.”  Capturing an image with the Vivicam 3350 is easy. 
 
Step 1:  Power on the camera and look through the viewfinder to frame 
your subject.  Make sure your subject is no closer than three or four feet 
(one meter) or else it will not be in good focus. 
 
Step 2:  Press the shutter button to capture an image. 
 
The camera will beep once and the image counter will decrement by one 
count.  
For example the counter may change from 026 to 025. 
 
This means that you may now take 25 more images. The display counter shows the number of images remaining to be taken before the memory is full. When the counter says 000 the memory is full and you must download your 
images or delete them to make more space available. 
 
Note:  The ViviCam 3350 does not have a flash (strobe).  If it is too dark 
for the camera to capture a good image the camera will produce a 
double-beep sound, indicating that the illumination level is too low.  The 
camera will not capture an image if you hear the “beep-beep” tone.   
						

							 4.3 Camera Information Display - 
 
Beyond the basics of capturing an image, the Vivicam 3350 has many other 
features.  Turn on the camera and notice the many icons and symbols on 
the Information display: 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As you press the Power/Menu button the display will change in the following 
order.  To learn more about each function refer to the referenced section in 
this User Manual. 
 
Display icon Function Refer to Section:  Turn off the camera 4.4  Self-Timer 4.5  Continuous Capture (movie clip) 4.6  Delete all images from memory 4.7  Delete last image from memory 4.7 Mode Hi, Lo Image resolution 4.8 Hd, Ld Image file compression 4.9 50, 60 Indoor lighting frequency (Hz) 4.10   
						

							 4.4 Power-Off the Camera - 
 
To turn-off the camera (immediately) press the menu button once. “” will 
appear in the Information display.  Press the shutter button (within five 
seconds) to turn-off the camera immediately. 
 
Note:  The camera will automatically power-off after twenty seconds of 
inactivity. 
 
4.5 Self-Timer - 
 
If you would like to get into the image you may use the self-timer feature to 
delay image capture by ten (10) seconds.  Place the camera on a tripod or 
a flat, stabile surface.  Turn on the camera.  Press the Menu button two 
times until the “” icon appears on the right side of the information display. 
 
Press the shutter button within five seconds.  The camera will beep nine 
times (once per second) as it counts down.  On the tenth beep the camera 
will capture an image. 
 
4.6 Continuous Capture (Movie Clip Mode) - 
 
You can capture motion-video clips up to seventeen (17) seconds in length 
using the continuous capture feature.  When you use this mode the image 
resolution will be 320 x 240.  The movie-clip frame rate will be 
approximately six frames per second. Movie clips are silent. (No audio.) To 
use the movie clip mode follow these steps:   
						

							 Step 1: Power on camera. Press the Menu button three times until the “” 
icon appears in the display. 
 
Step 2: Press and hold the Shutter button.  The camera will beep rapidly; 
once for every frame that is captured. The image count will scroll rapidly. 
 
Step 3: Release the Shutter button to stop recording.  The camera will stop 
recording automatically when memory is full. 
 
Note: When you download a movie-clip it will be in the popular AVI format. 
Use Windows Media Player or Apple Quick Time Player to view movies. 
 
4.7 Deleting Images - 
 
You may wish to delete images from your camera.  You can delete the last 
image captured, or you may delete all images in memory. 
 
4.7.1 Delete All Images - 
 
Step 1: Power on camera. Press the Menu button four times until the “” 
icon appears in the display. 
 
Step 2: Press the Shutter button.  The image counter will flash on & off. 
 
Step 3: Confirm your intention to delete all images by pressing the shutter 
button again. All Images will be deleted and the image counter will display 
026 (or 050 if you are in QVGA resolution mode.) 
 
Note: There are two “trash can” icons.  Delete All is the first that appears.   
						

							 4.7.2 Delete the Last Image - 
 
Step 1: Power on camera. Press the Menu button five times until the “” 
icon appears in the display. 
 
Step 2: Press the Shutter button. The image will be deleted and the image 
counter will increase by one.  (Example: 020 will change to 021.) 
 
Note. There are two “trash can” icons.  Delete Last is the second that 
appears. 
 
4.8 Image Resolution - 
 
Resolution is the size of a digital image measured in pixels (dots), expressed 
as the number of horizontal pixels X number of vertical pixels.  The 
ViviCam 3350 offers two resolution modes.  The highest (best) resolution is 
640 x 480.  This is called VGA resolution, and is symbolized as “Hi” by the 
3350 camera.  The second choice of resolution is 320 x 240.  This is 
called QVGA resolution, and is symbolized as “Lo” by the 3350 camera. 
 
Hi resolution images are the best possible images from your camera. Lo 
resolution images are noticeably smaller when you view them on your 
computer. Lo resolution is not recommended for individual digital images. 
The primary advantage to Lo resolution is that you may store more images 
(four times more) than Hi resolution.  Lo (QVGA) resolution is the 
resolution always (automatically) used for movie clips, however. 
 
To select image resolution, turn on the camera.  Press the Menu button six 
times until “Mode” appears in the Information display. Notice that either Hi or   
						

							 Lo will appear on the left-hand side of the Information display.  Press the 
shutter button to change to that resolution mode.  Notice how the image 
counter immediately changes.  The number of (available) images will 
increase (by almost four times) when you change from Hi to Lo.  
Conversely, when changing from Lo to Hi, the image count will decrease by 
approximately one-fourth.  
 
4.9 Image Compression - 
 
Image compression is a technique that allows digital images to be stored 
efficiently in the cameras memory.  The camera has 8 MB of memory space.  Every image must be electronically compressed (squeezed) so that a 
reasonable number of images may be stored in the available 8 MB memory. 
If you compress your images more, you can store more images.  However, 
when images are compressed they loose quality.  Too much compression 
reduces the visual quality of your digital images.  
 
The ViviCam 3350 has two compression settings. High compression, 
(symbolized by “Hd”) results in highly compressed images.  The camera 
can store twice the number of images using Hd compression. Low 
compression (symbolized by “Ld”) will offer better images. 
 
To change the compression, turn-on the camera. Press the Menu button 
seven times until Hd or Ld appears in the display. This is the current 
compression setting. Press the shutter button to change to the other 
compression. Try capturing images in both modes to decide which you 
prefer. Notice, however, that it takes longer to capture an image using Hd 
compression. The camera will be somewhat slower using Hd.