Meade Integrated Binocular and Digital Camera User Manual

Operating Instructions

Meade®8 x 42 2.0D CaptureView

Integrated Binocular and Digital Camera

Fig. 1: Top View

1. Diopter Scale (on underside of right eyepiece)

2. SD Card Port

3. Eyepiece

4. Menu Button

5. Shutter Button

6. Left Button

7. Right Button

8. LCD Screen

9. Objective Lens

10. Camera Lens

(not visible, see Fig. 2)

11. Barrel

12. USB Port

13. Battery Compartment Lid (see Fig. 2)

14. Focus knob (not visible, see Fig. 2)

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Fig. 2: Bottom View

1. Diopter Scale

10. Camera Lens

(not visible)

13. Battery

Compartment Lid (squeeze and pull back to remove)

14. Focus knob

WARNING! Never use a Meade®binocular to look at the Sun! Looking at or near the Sun will cause instant and irreversible damage to your eye. Eye damage is often painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the binocular at or near the Sun. Children should always have adult supervision while observing.

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I. Introduction

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Meade CaptureView is an 8 x 42mm full-featured binocular integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to take pictures or movies. For best results, please follow these operating instructions to capture and download pictures.

• Fully functional binoculars.

• Take pictures and movies, and view them on your PC.

• Transfer pictures and movies to your PC for easy printing, editing, enhancing, and manipulating.

• E-mail pictures to your friends and family.

• You can view pictures and movies you just took on the LCD panel. Also the LCD panel indicates

status for ease in selecting and performing desired operations.

II. How to Use Your Binocular

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To enhance your viewing enjoyment, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with your new binocular:

Adjustment of Eye Relief for Eyeglass Wearers

For best results when viewing an object while wearing eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and place them against your glasses.

Adjusting the Eyepieces

The distance between your eyes is usually different than the distance between another person’s eyes. This distance is known as the interpupillary distance, or IPD. Adjustment to your IPD is important to the proper use of you CaptureView:

1.Hold CaptureView up to your face in the normal viewing position, using both hands to hold each barrel firmly.

2.Pull the barrels apart or push the barrels together until you see a single circular field with both of your eyes.

Focusing the Binocular

1.Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView (1, Fig. 1) at its center point between + and -.

2.Choose an object that is at least 16 feet (4.9m.) away.

3.Looking with just your left eye, rotate the Center Focus Knob (14, Fig. 1) until the object you are viewing is in best focus.

4.Looking with just your right eye, rotate the Diopter Scale (1, Fig. 1) until the object you are viewing is in best focus.

5.Now, looking with both eyes, both far and near objects can easily be brought into focus with a turn of the Center Focus Knob.

III. How To Use Your Camera

CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. It takes some practice to get used to high-magnification photography. Take some time to practice capturing still pictures and movies. Depending on the available light and your distance from the object, captured images may not appear as bright or as centered as when viewed through the binoculars. Note also that

CaptureView has a fixed focus (you cannot focus manually) and takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out-of-focus.

Inserting Batteries

1.Lift the battery compartment lid (13, Fig. 2) by squeezing the outer edges and then pulling forward.

2.Insert 2 AA 1.5v (user-supplied) batteries into the compartment, noting the correct polarity as illustrated inside the compartment.

Power Saving Features

If you do not press any of the buttons, the camera will automatically shut off after 2 minutes to save energy.

You can also turn off the LCD manually to further save battery power. While in Preview mode only (this feature does not operate in Menu mode), hold down the Left and Right buttons at the same time. The LCD screen will turn off.

However, you will be able to continue taking pictures or movies using the Shutter button. Press both buttons at the same time again to turn the LCD screen back on again.

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III. How To Use Your Camera

Camera Modes

CaptureView provides the following modes: Menu, Preview (Still, Movie and Flashback), and Playback.

Press the Menu button to enter the Menu mode, which displays the menu and menu options. Use the Menu mode to select and activate CaptureView’s many features. See M

ENUS, pages 11-14, for

more information.

When you first turn on the camera or when you exit the Menu mode, the Preview mode is operational and the LCD screen displays a live image. The Preview mode has three modes to choose from: Still, Movie and Flashback. Use this mode to take pictures or movies. See S

TILL

MODE, MOVIE MODE and FLASHBACK, pages 11-12, for more information.

Select the Playback mode from the CaptureView menus. Use this mode to review the pictures or movies you have taken. See P

LAYBACK, page 13, for more information.

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III. How To Use Your Camera

Using the Buttons and Moving through the menus

• Press and hold the Menu button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera.

• Press the Menu button to display the menus.

• Use the Right and Left buttons to move the red selection box right or left over menus or menu options.

• When the box is over a menu or menu option you wish to select, press the Menu button. Select “Back” from a menu and press the Menu button to go back to the last displayed menu.

• Press the Shutter button to exit the menus or the Playback mode. Also use the Shutter button to take pictures or movies when in the Preview mode.

The following example demonstrates how to use these buttons. See M

ENUS, pages 11-14, for a

description of the menus and their on-screen icons.

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Left

Right

Shutter

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