Vivitar Vivicam 35 Users Manual

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 more images (four times more) than VGA
 resolution. 
 
 Press the 
Shutter
 button to change “
Hi” to “
LO
.” (QVGA
 f.  
LO
” to “
Hi.” (VGA
 mode) 
 
he 
Shutter
 button to set the picture to “ HD ” (highest image quality, using the 
mage quality
, using more compression). 
 
s under indoor lighting the image quality
 .  
 If you w
ould like to get into the QVGA
 resolution, turn on the camera. 
 Press
the 
Mode
 button until “    ” appears on the LCD display
 and “
Hi” start 
lashing on & off. 
fmode)  If you w
ould like to change resolution from QVGA
 to VGA, press the 
Mode
 
button u
ntil “ 
   “ appears on the L
CD 
displa
y and 
“LO” st
art flashin
g on & of
Press the Shutter
 button to change “
 4.11 High/Low
 Image Compression 
 Press the Mode
 button until HD/LD appears on the LCD display
.  Press t
least compression) or “ LD “(lower i
High picture quality
 pictures w
ill take bi
gger sp
ace. 
 LD allow
s you to store 
more images, but of a lesser quality
. 
 4.12 Light Frequency
 - 
 When capturing images or movie clip
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will be best if y
ou set the camera to match the frequency
 of the room-lighting
In general 60 Hz frequency
 is used in 
US and 
Asia w
hereas 50Hz is most 
common in UK, Jap
an, and Europe. 
 To change the frequency
, turn on the 
camer
a.  Pr
ess 
the 
Mode
 button until 
“ 50 ”
 or 
“ 60 ”
 appears on the LCD   
						

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The minimum focus distance is three to four feet (one meter.) 
4.  Position your primary subject in t he center of the image.    The ViviCam 
35 focuses best in the center of the image.    The edges of your images 
are softly focused, giving a nice soft perimeter effect to each image. 
display.    This is the other frequency setting.    Press t
change to this setting. 
he  Shutter  button to 
 button to set the flash to automatic  flash (Strobe Automatic) or forced 
est Images - 
   
ing.    Use the fill - flash for 
t and dark shadows are unavoidable.  Make sure  your subject is not too close.   
 
4.13 Using the Flash – Automatic (SA), or On (SF)  
Press the Mode button until SA/SF appears on the LCD display.    Press the 
Shutterflash (Strobe Forced).    In automatic mode, the camera will determine if the 
flash is needed, or not.    In forced mode (a lso known as “fill” flash) the flash 
will always fire, regardless of lighting conditions.   4.14 Techniques for Capturing the B The ViviCam 35 can capture good images.    Here are a few tips for getting 
the best possible images from your camera.  1.  Use good lighting.    The ViviCam 35 works best with adequate lighting. 
2.  Avoid uneven lighting and high contrast.    Compose your scenes so 
that there are no deep shadows or bright backgrounds.    The key to 
good images is balanced (even) scene light
scenes where high contras
3.  Minimum focus distance.     
						

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 5.0 Dow
nload Images to y
our Computer 
Note:  
Before connecting your V
 
iviCam
 35 to your PC for the 
first
 time you ver 
 
e camera is connected to 
 Cl
 Tthdo
must first inst
all the cam
era driver fi
rst (see section 3.1). 
 After the dri
software has been inst
alled, your still im
ages and m
ovie clip
s can be 
transferred to your PC using the USB cable.  Connect y
our camera to y
our PC using the USB cable. 
 The camera w
ill 
beep 
once, indicating the connection is es
tablished.  The 
camera 
inst
allation
process w
ill be completed at the first time w
hen th
your PC.  5.1 T
ransfer Images to y
our PC - 
 To transfer images to y
our PC: 
 USB cable 
ick on Start×Programs
×V35
×V35
 
his screen (called the Graphical User 
Connect the camera to y
our PC using the 
Interface, or 
GUI
) will appear
.  Note that 
e twelve rect
angles are empty
. 
 Click the “
Dow
nload
” button
 to st
art 
wnloading y
our images into the GUI 
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 The images in y
our camera w
ill appear as 
thumbnail sized images as show
n: 
 Using y
our mouse click on images to selct 
them. 
 (Right click on an image 
to enlarge 
it.) You may
 click on the “
Select A
ll” button 
to select every
 image. 
 If there are more than tw
elves images in 
camera memory
 click on “
Next Page
.”  
 Click on the “
Sav
e to Disk
” button to save 
the selected images to your PC. 
 A “Save 
As” dialog box
 will appear to allow
 The default directorylly 
ith the name Photo001. 
 You e 

cted
 
N
o your  
PC, disconnect the cam
era. 
 Your im
ages rem
you to save y
our images. 
You may
 specifiy
 
a location on y
our PC to store y
our images. 
 will be 
 ain in cam
era m
emory.  
“My Document
s” 
 All selected images w
ill be saved sequentia
beginning wmay
 specify
 a dif
ferent prefix by
 typing th
desired name in the “File name” sp
ace. 
 Click 
on the “Save” button to save
 the sel
e
images.   ote: After your im
ages are downloaded t
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Delete the im
ages from
 cam
era m
emo
5.2 T
ransferring y
our Image-22- 
them to PhotoImpression to edit them prior to sav
ry so you can capture m
ore. 
 
hotoImpression – 
To
ng these step
s:  

on. 
own ges.   

ar.  
 
 Double click on “
mera.” 
Vivicam 35 GUI control p
anel 
ars on the screen. 
llow the 
step
s in the prior section. 
 a fourth button appears in 
the V35 GUI – “
Transfer to 
AP”.  
Instead of immediately
 saving y
our im
ages to disk you may
 first transfer 
ing them.  
s to P
 transfer images to PhotoImpression follow
i
 Connect y
our camera. 
 
 Launch PhotoImpressi
 In the “ Get photo from…. ” dialog box (sh
to the 
right) 
choose the source of y
our ima
 Click on “ Camera/Scanner
.” 
 A new
 window
 as below
 will appe
 
Vivicam 35
”, or 
“DualCa
 The 
appe
 Fo
 Note that  
						

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 6.0 PC/W
eb Camera V
ideo Function 
hat the 
camera.  It is both a digit
al-still camera and a PC 
he ViviCam 35 is know
n as the 
“ViviCam 35” 
 
b cam you 
must first inst
all the driver from the 
installed and the camera is 
onnected to your PC y
ou may
 view
 live video several w
ays: 
 
Use the PCCam video utility
 include
e camera.  (Refer to 
section 6.2.) 
2. 
Use y
our favorite third-p
arty video 
3. 
Use Microsof
t NetMeeting (see se
4. 
Use Window
s Movie Maker for 
 Note: 
 The V
ivicam
 35 is a dual m
od
but you cannot use both m
od
  6.1 Using the V
iviCam 35 in V
ideo Mode – 
 PC users may
 use their V
ivicam 35 as a PC/W
eb cam. 
 Note t
ViviCam 35 is a dual mode 
camera. 
 In the video mode t
camer
a.  
To use y
our camera as a PC/w
e
Vivicam 35 CD ROM. 
 After the driver is 
c 1.
d with th
program. 
ction 6.3) 
Windows XP
 (see section 6.4) 
e camera. 
 You m
ay use either m
ode, 
es at the sam
e tim
e.  Close the 
ViviCam
 35 GUI before st
arting the V
iviCam
 35 video m
ode. 
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 6.2 Using the V
iviCam
 35 w
ith PCCam
 – 
 1. Click 
on 
Start, Programs
, Vivicam 35
, PCCam
 - to st
art the PCCam 
.3 Using the ViviCam 35 w
ith NetMeeting – 
up your 
3. 
From the Options dialog box, select the 
Video tab. 
. 
program: 
2. 
The camer
a will st
art functioning as a PC camer
a. Or you may
 select 
“Options” -> 
“Prev
iew
” to begin the video function. 
 6 You 
may
 wish to use MS NetMeeting. 
 Follow
 the step
s below
 to set 
camera as the video capture device. 1. S
tart 
NetMeeting. 
2. 
After NetMeeting starts, click on 
Tools
, Options.
 
4. 
Refer to the V
ideo camera properties section
5. 
Select “V
iviCam 35” as the video capture device. 
6. 
Refer to the NetMeeting help file for additional information. 
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 6.4 Using the V35 w
ith Mov
ie Maker on W
 
indows XP
 – 
Window
s XP
 users can use Window
s Movie Maker
.  
ter
a. 
Click 
on:  “
Capture from a V
ideo Dev
ice” 
b. 
Select “V
iviCam 35” in the available devices section. 
c. 
Follow
 on-screen instructions until live-video is display
ed. 
Click on Start, Programs
, Accessories
, Window
s Mov
ie Maker 
to st
art 
Movie Maker:           Af
 Movie Maker
 starts - 
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  7.0 S
pecifications 
 Image Resolution: 640 x 480 Pixels (V
GA), or 320 x 240 Pixels (QVGA) 
Resolution 
Number of Images 
Built-in memory
:  8 MB (SDRAM) 
Image S
torage Capacity
 (approximate): 
 640 x 480 (VGA)/HD 
25 
640 x 480 (VGA)/LD 
119 
320 x 240 (QVGA)/HD 
100 
320 x 240 (QVGA)/LD 
463 
Movie = 320 x 240 (QVGA) 
120 seconds 
 SCelf-Timer: 10 seconds 
apture Modes: Single, Continuous, AVI Capture (movie clip
s) 
utomatic Energy Saving: automatically
 shut-dow
n af
ter 30 seconds 
xposure and White Balance:  Automatic 
 
ower: Three 
AAA
 (1.5 VDC) batteries 
C Interface: USB 1.1  
40 degrees C (32 to 90 F) 
 AEPPWorking 
Temperature: 0 to 
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