Vivitar Vivicam X327 Users Manual

							Starting Your Digital Camera Power on   Press the Power button on the top of the camera to turn on your camera. The LCD will light up and the 
Auto-Focus zoom lens will extract out indicating that your camera is on and ready for use.   
 Power off Press the Power button to turn off your camera. When there is insufficient battery power a red icon 
 wil l 
appear on the LCD screen. Your camera will automatically power off after a few seconds. 
 
Mode selection Your digital camera has 3 main modes - Camera mode, Video mode and Playback mode. 
  •            The Camera mode is for you to take still photos, adjust the camera settings and change 
the way the camera is setup.   
•              You can shoot video files while in Video  mode. 
 •         In Playback mode you can preview  photos and videos as well as being able to delete, 
rotate, protect, crop and print your photos.   
 
In order to select the mode, please follow the below steps: 
1.  By default the Camera mode appears first on powering on the camera. 
2.  Press the MODE button to toggle between the 3 modes.  
						

							3.  The Camera mode will have a            icon in the top left corner of the LCD screen. The Video mode will have a              icon and the Playback mode a          icon will appear in the top left corner of the screen.              
 Camera Mode This is the default mode when turning on your camera. 
 Taking Photos 
1.  Compose your shot using the LCD screen.   
2.  Hold the camera steady and press the Shutter button to take the photo. 
3.  Keep your finger on the Shutter button and wait for the camera to focus in on the object. 
4.  Center your object with the white frame that appears on the LCD. 
5.  When the frame turns green the image will be captured. 
6.  There will be a short delay while the camera saves the JPEG photo to memory.   
 
After each photo is taken (when the camera returns to  icon mode) the numbers of photos left to shoot at 
the selected resolution is displayed on the top right of the LCD screen. 
•  When the cameras memory (photo capacity) is full, the LCD screen will display a message - 
“Memory Full, Insert a SD memory card to Transfer and Take More Photos!” 
•   Download the photos to your computer using the Photags Express software as described  
						

							below in the section “Download photos and videos to your PC ” and thereafter delete them 
from your SD card or insert another SD card to continue taking more photos. 
 
Note: This camera needs a SD memory card to operat e normally. The limited internal memory allows 
you to take very few test photos that will be erased when the camera powers off. 
 
Optical Zoom   You can magnify your subject up to  3 times using the optical zoom by pressing the T button or pres the W 
button to zoom back out. 
 
Note: When using this function, the camera will automatically  adjust the lens. Be careful not to touch the lens 
while the camera is adjusting. 
 Digital Zoom   You can magnify your subject up to 4 ti mes using the digital zoom.    Press the  T button to zoom in on the 
object and press the  W button to zoom back out.   
 
  
The following icon                    will appear on your LCD screen.   
						

							Flash In low light conditions it is best to use the built-in flash. You can also use the flash to compensate for 
backlight conditions.     
      
   Force Flash, 
  Auto, 
  Red eye reduction, 
  No Flash      
 
To set the flash: 
Note:  The flash can only be use when the camera is in Far mode
.   
1.  Press the Flash/Up button.   
2. The 
  icon appears on the LCD screen.    This will activate the automatic flash. 
3. The    icon as well as the red LED will begin to flash indicating that the flash is charging. 
4.  Press the Flash button again for the 
  icon to appear on the LCD screen.    This means the flash 
function has been forced  on (manual flash).   
If the flash is not ready, a red LED will light up and the 
icon will flash repeatedly- wait until the 
flash is ready before taking a photo.   
Note: A “ low battery ” warning will appear on the LCD screen if there is insufficient battery power 
to operate the flash. 
5.  Press the Flash button until the 
 icon appears on the LCD indicating that the Red-Eye 
reduction is on. 
6.  Press the Flash button until the 
icon appears again. This will turn off the flash function. This is 
the default flash setting. 
  
						

							Short cut buttons on the MENU dial The camera has 3 short cut buttons on the MENU dial to make for quick access to the following settings: 
Scene (Left button), Self-timer (Down button) and Delete (Right button) 
 
Pressing the relevant button will activate the setting options.   •  Scene – the 9 scene options appear on the LCD for you to select: 
           Auto, Night Portrait, Night Scenery,  Portrait, Scenery, Sport, Party, Beach, High Sensitivity 
  •  Self-timer  – Press the Selftimer button to toggle through the 4 selftimer options:   
            2 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec or Off 
  •  Delete  – Pressing this button will delete the last image (Photos or Videos) captured. 
1.  Press the Delete (Right)   button. 
2.  A “This Image” delete confirmation message appears on the LCD with “Yes” or “No”  options. 
3.  Press the Left/Right button to choose “Yes” to delete the photo or “No” to cancel the  delete. 
4.  Press the MENU button to confirm.   
If you selected Yes, the last image is deleted. 
 
 
Each setting will be explained in its own section below. 
 
Scene Your camera comes supplied with many scenes for you to take photos in almost any environment. Scene  
						

							included with your camera are - Auto, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Portrait, Scenery, Sport, Party, 
Beach or High Sensitivity .  
Choose the scene in accordance with the light and env ironmental conditions prevailing at the time of 
taken the photo. 
 
1.  Press the MENU button.   
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the Scene 
 icon. 
3.  The Scene menu appears in the center of the LCD. 
4.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select the scene you want to use.   
 Auto    
 Night Portrait   
 Night Scenery 
 Portrait  
 Scenery       
 Sport 
 Party   
 Beach         
 High Sensitivity
 
 
5.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode. 
6.  The selected icon appears next to the camera icon on the top left of the LCD screen. 
 
Image Size The image size settings determine the quality and num ber of photos that can be saved and the amount  
						

							of memory required for each photo. The higher the photo quality the more memory it will take. The image 
size and quality will also affect the maximum size you can effectively print your photo. To set the Image 
size: 
 
1.  Press the MENU button.   
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
 icon. 
3.  The Image Size menu appears in the center of the LCD. 
4.  Press the Up/Down buttons to select the image size you want to use. 
(10M) 3648X2736, (8M) 3264x2448, (7M HD) 3648x2048, (5M) 2592x1944, (3M) 2048x1536, (2M 
HD) 1920x1080 and (VGA) 640x480   
5.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
6.  The selected image size icon will appear on the top of the LCD screen. 
Note:  
1.  For Image sizes higher than 3M a SD card need to be inserted into the camera.   
2.  Your camera has two HD “7M” and “2M” high definition image sizes. 
 
Anti-Shake Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos  coming out blurry as a result of trembling or 
shaking when taking the photo. You are not required to  use a tripod in order to take good quality photos.   
  
						

							1.  Press the MENU button.   
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
icon 
3.  The Anti-Shake menu appears in the center of the LCD. 
4.  Press the Up/Down button to select Anti-Shake On or Off. 
5.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save and exit to the camera standby mode. 
6.  The anti-shake icon selected will appear on the bottom of the LCD screen. 
 
Macro/Far shooting   The camera has the function that allows you to captur e objects with the Hyperfocal distance setting of either 
Macro very near (up to 80cm) or Far very far distances.   
  1.  Press the MENU button 
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
 icon. 
3.  The Macro menu appears in the center of the LCD. 
4.  Press the Up/Down button to select Macro On or Off. 
 
  : Macro shooting - On   : Far shooting - Off 
  
						

							5.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode.   
6.  The selected icon appears on the top of the LCD screen.   
 
Note: The camera is by default in Far shooting mode. 
 
Face Detect Your camera supports face detecting that allows you to take better portrait photos. 
 
1.  Press the MENU button.   
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
 icon. 
3.  The Face Detect menu appears in the center of the LCD. 
4.  Press the Up/Down button to select Face Detect On or Off. 
5.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode. 
6.  The Face Detect icon selected will appear on the bottom of the LCD screen. 
 
Self-Timer You can include yourself in a photo by using this feature to delay the time between you pressing the 
Shutter button and when the photo is actually taken. It is recommended that you use a tripod or place the 
camera on a flat and sturdy surface when using the self-timer.  
						

							1.  Press the MENU button.   
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
icon. 
3.  The Self -Timer menu appears in the center of the LCD. 
4.  Press the Up/Down button to select one of the self timer options: 
5.  Press the MENU button to confirm, save your choice and exit to the camera standby mode. 
6.  The Self-Timer icon selected will appear on the top of the LCD screen. 
7.  Press the Shutter button until you see the self-timer count-down begin in the center of the green  frame that appears on the LCD. Your camera will count down 2, 5 or 10 seconds as per your choice, 
the LED will flash and then automatically take the photo.  
 
Setup You can adjust the way your camera is setup with 11 setup option:  Exposure, ISO, White Balance, Sharpness, Qualit y, Digital Zoom, Date, Auto Power off, Frequency, 
Language, Copy, Format and Default Setting. 
  1.  Press the MENU button.   
2.  Press the Right/Left button to select the 
icon. 
3.  The Setup menu appears in the center of the LCD. 
4.  Press the Up/Down button to select one of the setup options: