Vivitar Vivicam 35 User Manual

							 
 3.0 Inst
alling the Sof
tware - 
 Inst
all the camera driver 
before
 connecting the camera to y
our computer for 
the 
first time.  Insert the 
Vivicam 35 
CD ROM 
into you
r CD-ROM driv
e.  The 
CD will run automatically
 and present this w
elcome screen: 
 On the CD RO
M y
ou w
ill find: 
 1. T
wain 
Driver 
 Inst
all this before connecting to y
our 
PC 
2. Arcsof
t Suite 
 PhotoImpression and VideoImpression 
3. NetGUI In-A-Flash Photo4. User Manual 5. Adobe 
Reader 
 3.1 Twain Driv
er 
 
 
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To use 
your 
Vivicam 35 camera on y
our PC y
ou 
must
 first inst
all this sof
tware 
beforehand, know
n as the “driver
.”  Inst
all this driver sof
tware before 
connecting y
our camera to y
our PC fo
r the first time. 
 You w
ill only
 need to 
inst
all the driver once to setup y
our PC to w
ork w
ith the V35 camera. 
   
						

							 
 3.2 ArcSof
t Suite – 
 3.2.1 A
rcSof
t PhotoImpression
 is a complete digit
al image editing application 
designed w
ith real people in mind. 
 Easy
-to-use “Getting Start” guides, 
user-friendly
 UI, complete image editing 
functionality
, give users w
onderful 
experience to organizing, view
ing, 
enhancing, editing, printing and sharing 
photos. 
 3.2.2 A
rcSof
t VideoImpression
 creates home movies and slide show
s by
 
combining ex
isting videos, still images, ex
citing scene transitions, and multiple 
audio tracks. 
 Though simple to use, 
the program provides intense and broad 
video editing and ex
port options perfect for ow
ners of digit
al still cameras, 
desktop and digital video cameras, and camcorders.
 
 3.3 NETGUI In A Flash Photo – 
 3.3.1 In 
A Flash Photo
 is all y
ou need to bring y
our digit
al photos to life!
  
Easily
 take images directly
 from y
our camera and put them into a dy
namic 
animated photo album w
ithout requiring 
extensive computer know
ledge. 
 
With In 
A Flash Photo y
ou can also eas
ily print images or send y
our animated 
photo albums to family
 and friends by
 email w
ith a simple URL
 link w
hen 
published to our servers on the w
orldw
ide 
web. 
 First time computer users 
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 can create professional photo albums easily
 due to the simplified Wizard 
interface; add pictures, choose a theme,
 add a title, music and y
ou are done. 
 
Its that simple!
  Once y
ou have finished, y
ou then can email or save to y
our 
computers hard drive. 
 In A Flash 
Phot
o places the pow
er of animation in the 
hands of anyone w
ho can t
ake a picture and brings y
our photos to life!
 
 3.4 User Manual -  
 Click on the “User Manual” button to go to the index of V
iviCam 35 User 
Manuals. 
 The V
ivicam 35 User Manual is included on the CD ROM in PDF 
format. 
 Note that y
ou w
ill need to inst
all Adobe® Reader®
 on y
our PC to 
read the User Manual. 
 
 After y
ou have inst
alled the V
ivicam 35 
driver and application sof
tware titles 
you are now
 ready
 to use y
our camera to capture digit
al images. 
 The next 
section w
ill tell y
ou about the operation of y
our new
 digit
al camera. 
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 4.0 Capturing Images -  Using y
our new
 Vivicam 35 is fun and 
easy
.  There are tw
o basic step
s to 
capturing y
our first image. 
 Step 1: 
Turn on the camera by
 holding 
dow
n the Pow
er Button for tw
o seconds. 
 Step 2: Press the shutter button to capture 
 t is really
an im
 that easy
!  The follow
ing sections w
ill tell y
ou about more features 
.1 Power On the Camera - 
n the Pow
er ON/OFF
 button for tw
o 
hat the camera will automatically
 pow
er-of
f after 30 
seconds 
inactivity
 to 21
age. 
Ithat are available on y
our camera. 
 
  4 o pow
er on the camera hold dow
Tseconds as show
n above. 
The camera 
will beep once, indicating that it is 
ready
. The S
tatus LCD display
 will turn on like this: 
 n this example the camera is ready to capture image in Hi 
Iresolution mode. (Function icons
 are explained in section 
4.3.)  Note t
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 save battery
 pow
er. To turn the camera on again, press the 
Pow
er button. 
4.2 Capture an Image -  In film-photography
 we say
: “Take a Photo.” 
 In digit
al-photography
 we say
: 
your 
ill increase 
by one 
count. 
 
When the 
ry 
Please note that when batteries 
disconnected or discharged, the 
“Capture an Image.” 
 Capturing an image w
ith the V
ivicam 35 is easy
. 
 Step 1: 
 Pow
er on the camera and look through the view
finder 
to frame 
subject. 
 Make sure y
our subject is 
no closer than three or four feet (one 
meter) or else it w
ill not be in good focus. 
 Step 
2:  Press 
the 
Shutter
 button to capture an image. 
 he camera will beep once and the image counter w
TFor example the counter may
 change from 
000
 to 001
. 
 he display counter show
s the number of images to be t
aken. 
 
T“FL” w
arning message appears on the Info/S
tatus LCD it means the memo
is full and y
ou must dow
nload y
our images or delete them to make more 
space available.  Note:  
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memory, and all t
aken pictures will be erased. 
   
						

							 
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.3 Camera Status Icons - 
Bey
ond the basics of capturing an image, the V
ivicam 35 has many
 other 
features. 
 Turn on the camera and notice the many
 icons and sy
mbols on the 
status LCD: As y
ou press the 
Mode
 button the LCD display
 will change in the follow
ing 
order
.  To learn 
more about each function re
fer to the referenced section in this 
User Manual. Display
 icon
 Function
 
Refer to
 
4 
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Off  
Pow
er of
f 
4.4 
So 
Flash charging 
4.5 
 
Self-
Timer
 4.6 
AVI capture 
4.7 
Continuous capture
 4.8 
Delete all images from memory
. 4.9.1 
Delete the last image from memory
. 4.9.2 
Hi/LO 
Image resolution 
 4.10 
HD/LD 
Higher or low
er image quality
 (compression) 
 
4.1
1 
60/50  
Indoor lighting frequency
 (Hz)
 4.12 
SA/SF 
Strobe (flash) 
Automatic/S
trobe Forced (on) 
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  Other icons on the LCD: Display
 Icon
 Function
 
 
Whenever the camera communicates w
ith a PC, the 
USB
icon
willbe
show
nonthe
LCD.
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 4.4 Pow
er-Off the Camera - 
wn the 
/OFF button for 2 second to turn-of
f
diately.  
Mode
 button until “ 
Off
LC
 then pres
r button w
ithin three seconds to pow
er
 
a. 
 Note: 
 The ca
 power-off after 30 seconds of inactivity
. 
 
 Flash C
de bu
 ” appears on the LCD display
tton
  T
con “
it is fully charged. 
 Hold do
Pow
er O
N
 the camera 
imme
You can also press 
 ” appears on the 
Dcamer
s the Shutte
 off the
mera will autom
atically
4.5
harging 
 Press Mo
tton until “ So
 then press the 
Shutter
 bu
 within three seconds to st
art charging the flash.
he 
 
lightening i
   “ will blink continuously
 until 
 
Battery
 status   
						

							 
 4.6 Self-T
imer - 
 If y
to
image you may
 use the self-timer feature to 
de
u
 ten (10) seconds. 
 Place the camera on a tripod or a 
flat, st
able surface. 
e 
“    ”on appear
 
Shutter
ill beep as it count
s dow
n.  The 
amera will capture an image automatically
 after 10 seconds. 
240. 
 
ie-clip frame rate will be appr
oximately
 six
 frames per second. 
 
ra.  Press the 
Mode
 button until the “ 
. 
d. 
Step 3: Release the 
Shutter
 button to stop r
ecor
ding. 
 The camer
a will stop 
ou w
ould like 
lay image capt get into the 
re by Turn on the camera. 
 Press the 
Mode
 button until th
s on the LCD display. 
 ic
Press the 
 button the camera w
c 4.7 
AVI Capture - 
 You can capture motion-video clip
s usi
ng the 
AVI capture feature. 
 The 
image is stored in 
AVI format. 
 The image counter increment
s by
 one af
ter 
movie clips are stored. 
 Video clip
s are captured at a resolution of 320 x 
he mov
TMovie clip
s are silent. 
 (No audio.) 
 To use the 
AVI capture mode follow
 
these steps:  
 Step 1: Pow
er on the came
ppears on the LCD display
   ” icon 
a Step 2: Once the 
Shutter
 button is pressed, the camera w
ill beep and the 
camera st
arts recording videos cont
inuously
 until the button is release
 
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y when the built-in memory
 is full. 
 When the built-in 
rd “ FL “ will be show
n on the LCD display
.  
When 
 use the 
de follow these step
s: 
tep 1: Pow
er on the camera. 
 Press the 
Mode
 button until the “ 
   ” icon 
recording automaticall
memor
y is full, the w
o
 Note:
 When y
ou download a m
ovie-clip it will be in the popular 
AVI form
at. 
 Use 
Windows M
edia Play
er or Apple Quick 
Time Play
er to view m
ovies.
 
 4.8 Continuous Capture -  You can capture three images using t
he continuous capture feature.  
you use this mode the image resolution w
ill be 640 x
 480. 
 To
Continuous Capture mo
 Sappears on the LCD display
. 
 Step 2: Press the 
Shutter
 button the camera w
ill capture three images 
continuously
. 
 4.9 Deleting Images - 
 You can delete the last image captured, or y
ou may
 delete all images in 
memory
. 
 4.9.1 Delete the Last Image -  Step 1: Pow
er on camera. 
 Press the 
Mode
 button until the “ 
   ” icon 
appears on the LCD display
.   
						

							 
  Step 2: Press the shutter button to delete the last picture. 
The image w
ill be 
deleted and the image counter w
ill decrease by
 one. 
 (Ex
ample: 020 will 
ss the Mode button until the “    ” icon 
appears on the LCD display
. 
 - 
al number of pixels x vertic
al number of pixels. 
 The V
iviCam 35 
The hi
ghest (best) resolution is 640 x 480. 
 
 The 
second choice of resolution is 320 x 240. 
 
 resolution images w
ill be the best possible images from y
our camera. 
ticeably smaller w
hen y
ou view
 them 
on 
your 
 resolution is not
change to 019.)  .9.2 Delete All Images - 
4 Step 1: Pow
er on the camera. 
 Pre
 Step 2: Press the 
Shutter
 button 
The image counter w
ill flash on & of
f.  
Press the 
Shutter
 button again to delete all images. 
 Step 3: 
All Images w
ill be deleted and the image counter w
ill display
 000. 
 4.10 Image Resolution  Resolution is the size of a digital im
age measured in pixels (dot
s), expressed 
s horizont
aoffers tw
o resolution modes. 
 
This is called VGA
 resolution. 
This is called Q
VGA resolution. 
 VG
A
QVGA
 resolution images are no
computer
.  QVGA
 recommended for individual digit
al 
images. 
 The primary
 advantage to QVGA
 resolution is that y
ou may
 store 
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