Vivitar ViviCam 8324 User Manual

ViviCam 8324 Digital Camera

Owner`s Manual

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Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................2

Key Features ................................................................................................................................................2

What your camera package includes ............................................................................................................3

Computer System Requirements for Windows XP ........................................................................................3

Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista .....................................................................................4

Computer System Requirements for Macintosh ............................................................................................4

A Quick Look at Your Camera.......................................................................................................................5

Preparing Your Camera for Use ....................................................................................................................6

Installing SD Memory Card ...........................................................................................................................7

How to hold your camera correctly when capturing images ..........................................................................9

Starting Your Digital Camera ....................................................................................................................... 10

Camera Mode ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Video Mode ............................................................................................................................................ 33

Playback Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 36

Installing PhoTags Express Software .......................................................................................................... 47

Everything you need to get the most from your photos ............................................................................... 52

Download photos and videos to your PC .................................................................................................... 54

Viewing Videos ........................................................................................................................................... 59

Transferring photos and videos to your PC manually .................................................................................. 60

Transferring photos and videos to your MAC manually ............................................................................... 61

Maintenance of Your Digital Camera .......................................................................................................... 61

Sakar Warranty Card .................................................................................................................................. 62

Appendix A: Technical Spe cifications .......................................................................................................... 63

Appendix B: Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................... 64

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 8324 8.1 Mega-Pixel Digital Camera with Aut o-Focus zoom lens. Everything you need to take quality digital photos and videos is included with your camera. Your digital camera can also be used as a removable disk when an SD card of up to 8GB is inserted into the camera. Vivitar makes capturing those special moments so easy. It enriches your life. Please read this manual carefully first in order to get the most out of your digital camera.

Key Features

 Digital Video resolutions-640x480 Pixels (VGA), 320x240 Pixels (QVGA).  8.1 mega pixels camera with choice of 6 digital camera resolutions -

(8M) 3264x2448pixels, (7M HD) 3648x2048 pixels, (5M) 2592x1944 pixels, (3M) 2048x1536 pixels, (2M HD) 1920x1080 pixels and (VGA) 640x480 pixels.

 2.4 inch TFT LCD  3x Optical Zoom Function  8x Digital Zoom Function  Anti-Shake  Face Detect  SD memory card slot compatible with m emory card up to 8GB.  Built in Flash  PhoTags Express software for managing and enhancing your photos, printing, sending

photos by e-mails and much more.

What your camera package includes

 Digital Camera  PhoTags Express software Installation CD  USB cable  Quick Start Guide  Strap

Computer System Requirements for Windows XP

To be able to download photos to your PC, you will need the following minimum configuration:

 Pentium III process or above with Windows XP

 128 MB RAM, with 1 50MB of free disk space

 Available USB interface

 CD-ROM Drive

 1024 x 768 Recommended screen resolution

 16-bit color or higher display adaptor

Computer System Requirements for Windows Vista

To be able to download photos to your PC your will need the following minimum configuration:

 Windows Vista  800MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory  20GB hard driver with at least 15GB of available space  Support for Super VGA graphics

 Available USB Interface  CD-ROM dr ive

Computer System Requirements for Macintosh

 Power Macintosh G3 500 MHz or higher  Mac OS X version 10.2.6 or later  128 MB or more available system RAM (256 MB recommended), 150 MB free disk space  800 x 600 or higher-resolution monitor displaying millions of colors

Note: The Photags Express software is however use the camera as a regular MSDC USB removable device.

not compatible on Macintosh computers. You may

A Quick Look at Your Camera

Preparing Y our Camera for Use

Your digital camera needs 3 AAA batteries in order to operate. Alkaline batteries are recommended.

1. Slide and open the battery door on the bottom of the camera.

2. Insert the batteries correctly with the correct polarity facing up.

3. Close the battery door.

4. On powering on your camera the battery icon will appear on the bottom left of the LCD screen.

Note:

1. A “Low battery” message will flash on the LCD when the battery power is insufficient. Shortly

2. Please remove your batteries when you don’t intend to use your camera for a long time.

3. To save the test photo taken with the camera, download it to the PC otherwise it will be lost when the

Full battery power Medium battery power Low battery power

thereafter your camera will power off.

camera loses power and turns off or when the battery door is opened to replace the batteries.

Installing SD Memory Card

Your camera has very limited internal memory enough to take one test photo. An external memory card is required for normal use. Your camera supports any compatible SD memory card (up to 8GB). Adding a memory card will allow you to increas e the capacity of your camera before t ransferring the photos and videos to your PC.

1. Locate the Memory Card slot situated in the battery compartment at the bottom of the camera.

2. Insert the Memory card into the slot in the correct direction.

3. Push the card in until you feel it “click” into position. An SD icon will appear on the bottom of the LCD

screen after you turn on your camera.

4. Once the external memory card is inserted into the camera all the images taken with the camera will be

stored on the card.

5. Please make sure the card is not locked. No images can be transferred to the card if it is locked.

Note:

1. Limited internal memory is provided for test images. The images will be deleted when the camera`s

power is turned off or if the batteries are removed. Please download the images before powering off.

Formatting will delete all data on the SD memory card including protected data.

Don’t remove the SD card during formatting as this may damage the card and render it unusable.

When your card is full, download the media on the SD card to your PC and delete the photos and

videos from it in order to continue using your camera to capture more high quality photos and videos.

How to hold your camera correctly when capturing images

Turn on the Power button to activate the Auto- Focus zoom lens to open out like a periscope.

Hold the camera steady and correctly as shown is the diagram below.

Note: Do not touch or move the lens once it opens and is in use. This will cause damage to the

camera.

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 extend 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 will

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 lift your finger and 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 camera's 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 operate normally. The limited internal memory allows you to take one test photo 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 press 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 times 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 flas h to compensate for backlight conditions.

To set the flash: Note: Please move the Macro/Far setting to Far mode. The flash can only be use when the camera is in Far mode. If you are in the Macro close up mode and try to use the flash, a message will appear on the LCD to remind you that you are in “Macro Mode”. Select the Macro setting option to change to the Far mode in order to use the flash.

Force Flash, Auto, Red eye reduction, No Flash

1. Press the Flash/Up button.

2. The

3. The

4. Press the Flash button again for the function has been "forced on" (manual flash). If the flash is not ready, a red LED will light up and 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 reduction is on.

icon appears on the LCD screen. This will activate the automatic fl ash.

icon as well as the red LED will begin to flash indicating that the flash is charging.

icon to appear on the LCD screen. This means the flash

icon will flash repeatedly- wait until the

icon appears on the LCD indicating that the Red-Eye

6. Press the Flash button until the icon appears again. This wil l t u rn o ff t h e f l as h f u nc t i o n. 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 Self-timer button to toggle through the 4 self-timer options that appear on

the top of the LCD:

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.

5. 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 accordance with the light and environmental conditions prevailing at the time of taken the photo. Scene included with your camera are Auto, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Portrait, Scenery, Sport, Party, Beach or High Sensitivity.

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 Part y 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 number of photos that can be s aved 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 Im age size:

1. Press the MENU button.

2. Press the Right/Left button to select the

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.

(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.

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Anti-Shake

Your Digital Camera has a function that prevents photos coming out blurry as a resu lt 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

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 option

icon selected will appear on the bottom of the LCD screen.

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Macro/Far shooting

The camera has the function that allows you to capture objects with the Hyperfocal distance setting of either

Macro very near (up to 80cm) or 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

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.

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