Vivitar ViviCam 8018 User Manual

ViviCam 8018 Digital Camera Owner Manual © 2009 Sakar International, Inc. All rights reserved. Windows and the Windows logo are registe

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10 B a t t e r y p o w e r l e v e l Full battery power Medium battery power Low battery power

1 1 Starting Your Camera Press and hold the Power button to turn on your camera. The LCD screen will light up indicating that your camera i

12 LCD screen. 1. Hold the camera steady and compose your object as appears in the LCD screen. 2. Press the Shutter button and wait a m o m e n

13 camera. 1. For far or mountain settings push the Micro/Normal switch down. 2. For up close settings push the Micro/Normal switch up.

14 power is insufficient. To continue using the camera with the flash, please change new batteries. Self-T i m e r You can include yourself in a pho

15 2. Press the Up/Down button to select the scene that you desire. 3. Press the Menu button to confirm the selection and exit to the standby mode

16 3. Press the Up/Down button to select the desired image size. 4. Press the Menu button to confirm, save and exit to standby mode. A n t i -S

17 3. Press the Up/Down button to select ‘On’. 4. To turn the Anti-Shake off follow steps 1 through 3 and then select the ‘Off’ option. 5. Pres

18 2. Press the Right/Left button and select the Setup menu. Exposure This setting allows you to control the brightness of your images. 1. P

1 Table of Contents Introduction ...

19 1. Press the Up/Down button to select ISO. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Press the Up/Down button to sel ec t one of the options A u t o /100/20

20 Quality The quality of your photos also affects the number of shots that can be stored on your memory c a r d before you need to download them t

21 1. Press the Up/Down button until you select Date. 2. Press the Menu button. 3. Press the Up/Down button to select one of the options On/Off/Se

22 4. Press the Menu button to confirm, save and exit to the camera mode. Frequency Fluorescent lighting oscillation can affect the quality of your

23 5. Press Left/Right button to select and highlight either Y e s or No. 6. Press the Menu button to confirm. 7. If you select ‘Yes’ the camera

24 The video icon will appear on the top left corner of the LCD screen. The total amount of time that you have to record as per the capacity of

25 You can select different Whi t e B a l a n c e options for shooting. This helps you to obtain the best quality video under the present

26 3. Press the Up/Down button to select and Image Size option VGA/QVGA. 4. Press the Menu button to confirm, save and exit to the video standby m

27 1. In Playback Mode press the W button to display all the images as thumbnails. 2. Reversely, press the T button or t h e Menu button agai

28 2. Press the Up/Down button to select how many degrees you want to rotate the photo. 3. Press the Menu button to confirm, save and return to th

2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing the ViviCam 8018 8.1 Mega-P i xe l Digital Camera. Everything you need to t a k e quality digital photos a

29 3. Press the Up/Down button to select “Lock”. 4. Press the Menu button to confirm and save your choice. 5. A lock icon will appear on

30 3. Press the Up/Down button to select ‘All’’ in order to delete all the unprotected photos and videos on your memory card. 4. Press the Menu but

31 5. Press the T/W button to magnify the rectangle and select an area of the selected photo as a new file. 6. Press the Up/Down/Right/Left but

32 4. Press the Up/Down to select the PictBridge option. 5. Press the Menu button to confirm. A message will appear on the LCD screen “Please conn

33 Note: Instructions on how to protect or delete videos please refer to Operation for still photos. Installing PhoTags Express Software NOTE: Bef

34 2. On the “PhoTags Express" screen, click the “Next” button. 3. Please review the license terms and click

35 4. Let the “PhoTags Express” installer create the folder where the program will be installed to, and then click “Install”. 5. Please wait wh

36 6. Once the application has been installed on your computer, click the “Finish” button to let the “PhoTags Express” installer fin

37 If not, then in order to open the application you need to double click on the Photags Express icon on the desktop. 7.

38 1. Power on your Digital Camera. 2. Plug one end of the USB cable into the USB port of the camera. 3. Plug the other end of the USB cable

3  User’s manual and Quick Start Guide  Strap Computer System Requirements for Windows XP To be able to download photos to your PC, you will ne

39 Manage your photos by creating countless unique photo collections without duplicating any photos. Burn CD’s of any folders for backup and storag

40 Download photos and videos to your PC Transfer Photos and video images from your camera to your PC using PhoTags Express. Select the “Get Pho

41 Select the device (removable disk) option in the Active Devices window on the left and then select either the “Custom” or “Express” c

42 Choose where to place your photos and videos. The default is to place all photos and videos into a folder under the C:\My Documents\ My Pictur

43 All the media – Photos and Videos on your camera are now downloaded to your computer to the selected folder. Open the “Select Pho

44 EXPRESS COPY METHOD Select the “Express” copy radial button if you want to have all the images transferred to the PC without the option to

45 NOTE: Now you can dow nl oad the photos and videos to you r co mpu te r w ith tw o methods as bel ow: 1. Download photos direct

46 3. Your memory card will appear as a REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE. 4. Click on the REMOVABLE STORAGE DEVICE to view the images. The images are s

47 What Is Not Covered By Warranty: Damages or malfunctions not resulting from defects in material or workmanship and damages or malfunctions from o

48 Appendix A: Technical Specifications

4 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

49 Appendix B: Troubleshooting Image Sensor CMOS Sensor Image Resolution 3264x2448pixels(8M),3648x2048Pixels(7M),2592x1944 pixels(5M

50 Q: I have taken photos but my computer says, “No photos in camera.” What do I do? A: First ensure that you have in fact taken photos. Pre

51 5. Right-click on the “My Computer” icon. Select properties. If you are running Windows XP: click on hardware and then Device Manager. If the cam

5 A Q u ick Look at Your Camera

6 Preparing Your Camera for Use Battery Installation Your camera requires 3 AAA batteries. T o i nsert the batteries i n t o t h e c a m e r a

7 before the camera is shut down or powered off. 3. Do not mix old and new batteries. 4. We recommend you use Alkaline batteries. Do not mi

8 of the camera. An icon will appear on the LCD screen after you turn on your camera. 4. Once the external memory card is inserted into the camer