VistaQuest VQ-2000 manual

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    1 User ’ s Manual[...]

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    - 1 - Conten ts 1 Int rod uc tion - --- -- -- ---------- ----- ------ ------ ------ ----- ------ ------ ---- ------ ----- ------ ------ 1 Overview--- -- --- - --- --- - --- -- ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- ------ ---- ------ ----- ------ ---- 1 Warn ing s an d Pre ca ut ion s-- --- -- -- --- - --- ----- ------ ----- ------ ---- ------ -[...]

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    - 2 - 12 De letin g Ima ge s-- -- --- - --- ----- ------ ----- ------ ------ ------ ----- ---- ------ ------ ----- ------ -- 14 De lete th e La s t Im ag e-- -- -- --- -- -- --- - --- ----- ------ ----- ------ ---- ------ ------ ----- ------ -- 14 De lete All Ima ge s- --- -- -- --- -- -- --- -- -------- ------ ----- ------ ----- ----- ------ -----[...]

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    - 3 - 02 060 6 W ARNING  When the ba tte ry icon is blinking , dow nl oad the p ict ures t o y our compute r , i mmediat ely , and cha nge the b att eries ; ot herw ise, yo ur ima ges w ill be lost. [...]

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    1 1. In trodu ction Ov erview Tha nk y ou fo r p ur cha sin g a VistaQu es t di gital came ra . It c an cap tu re dig ital ima ge s, sh o rt video-clip s (continuous shooting mode), and it can als o serve as a PC/Web cam era. T he ca mer a is eq uip p ed w ith 8 MB of memo ry to sto re y o ur ima ge s a nd mo vie cl ips. Y ou ma y d ownloa d you r [...]

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    2 Use of shie lde d cab le is r eq uir ed to c omp ly w ith C lass B limi ts in Sub par t B o f P art 1 5 of the FC C r ule s. D o n o t ma ke an y cha n ges or mo difi cat ion s t o th e eq uipm en t un les s otherw ise sp ecified i n the manual. I f such changes or modifi cations shou l d be mad e , y ou cou ld be re qu ire d t o s top op e rat i[...]

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    3 Packa ge Con tent s 1. Ca mer a 2. USB ca ble 3. Software 4. Use r ’ s Man ua l 5. T wo AA b atte r ies 6. Ha nd str ap Not e: In clud ed co mpo ne nts m ay var y , a s sp e cifie d b y l oca l r etail ers an d loca tio ns . Ch eck wit h y ou r r etaile r for sp ec ifics . Sy s tem Requ irement s Y ou mu st use a co mpu ter to do wnloa d t he i[...]

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    4 Camera Fe atures 1. Shu tte r Bu tto n 2. Flas h 3. View f in der 4. USB Por t 5. Len s 6. Self -T imer L ED 7. Power/Mod e But ton 8. ENTE R Bu tto n 9. S tatus L CD 10 . T r ipo d So ck et 1 1. S tr ap Eyelet 12 . Ba tte ry Compa rtme n t Co ver[...]

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    5 2. Installing the Batte ries Step 1: Ope n t he ba tte ry do or by lifting th e tab o n th e do or . Step 2 : Ins e rt t w o AA ba tte rie s with t he po lar ity as Sh own . S t ep 3 : Cl ose th e ba tter y cover . W a rning: D o n ot ope n th e b att ery do or when the ca me ra is p owere d ON . T his w ill cau se all imag es in memo ry to be lo[...]

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    6 3. Inse rt/Remov e SD/MMC Memory Ca rds The ca mer a a cce pts a Se cu re Di gital (SD ) o r a Multim edi a Ca rd (MMC) me mor y c ard up to 2 56 MB capa city . The me mor y car d ta kes pr io rity over the i nte rna l me mor y . W he ne ver a me mor y c ard is ins er ted th e c ame ra will imme dia tely use th e m emo ry car d i n p ref er en ce[...]

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    7 4. Captu ring Imag es Usin g y o ur ne w came ra is fun a nd ea sy . Th er e a re two ba sic ste ps to ca ptu ri ng y ou r f irs t ima ge . Step 1 : T ur n o n th e c ame ra by pre ss ing the Power /Mode bu tto n f or two se co nds . Step 2 : Pre ss th e s hu tter b utt on to ca ptu re an ima ge . It is re ally th at e as y ! The fo llowing s ec [...]

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    8 5. Camera S tatu s Icon s Beyond t he ba sics of c ap tur in g an imag e , the ca me ra has man y o th er fea tu re s. T u rn o n the ca mer a a nd n oti ce the ma ny icon s a nd symbo ls o n th e statu s L CD : As you pr ess th e P ow er/M ode b ut ton th e L CD dis pl ay will c ha ng e in th e follo wing or de r . T o le ar n m ore a bou t e ac[...]

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    9 6. Displ ay In formation an d fl o w s 1. Res olut ion S ett ing Press the Power/M ode bu tton o nce. T he LCD dis play w ill be as show n on the left. Press Power/Mod e button repeatedly , the four s t ars (240 8x15 35) icon on the ri ght top of the L ED will change to one st ar (640x480) icon. Eac h t ime y o u are s up pos ed to h old d o w n [...]

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    10 5. Compre ss ion R at e Press the Power/Mod e button seven t im es. The LCD display w ill be as sh o w n on the left. Press the shutter button to confir m for shooting more imag es bu t sm all size . Press the Power/Mode button e ight times. T he LCD display will be as sh o w n on the left. Press the shutter button to confirm for shooting few im[...]

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    1 1 8. Force fl ash Pre ss th e ENTE R b utt on o nce . The LC D d isp lay w ill b e a s s ho w n on th e left. Pr es s t he shu tte r b u tto n to co nf irm. 9. A u to f las h Pre ss th e EN TER bu tto n t w i ce. The L CD dis pla y will be as s hown o n th e le ft. Pr es s th e s hu tte r but ton to co nf irm. 10 . Fl as h Off Pr ess th e EN TER [...]

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    12 7. Captu re an Image In film- pho to gra p hy w e say: “T a ke a Pho to.” In dig ital- pho to gra ph y w e sa y : “C ap tur e an Ima ge. ” C ap tu ring a n im age with t his cam er a is ea sy . Step 1 : Power on th e c ame ra a nd loo k th r oug h the viewfind er to fra me y ou r sub jec t. Make su re y o ur su b ject is no clo ser tha n[...]

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    13 9. Self-T imer If y ou w o uld like to get into the ima ge you may us e the self- time r fea tur e to d e lay image cap tu re by ten (1 0) se co nd s. P lace th e c ame ra o n a tr ipo d or a f lat, stab le s ur fa ce. T u rn on th e cam era . Pr e ss t he Power /Mode b utto n fou r t imes u ntil the “ ” ico n ap pea rs o n th e LCD d ispla [...]

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    14 1 1. Continu ous Cap ture Y ou can capture three im ages using the conti nuous captur e feature. When y ou use this mod e t he imag e res o lutio n will be 6 40 x 48 0. T o use th e C o ntin uo us Ca ptu re mo de foll ow thes e ste ps: Step 1 : Po wer on t he cam era . Pre ss t he P ower/Mod e b utto n six time s u nt il t he “ ” ico n a pp [...]

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    15 1. Use g ood lig htin g . The dig ital ca mer a w or ks be st w ith ad equ a te ligh ting . 2. Avo i d un even l ighti ng and high co n tra st. Com pose y ou r s cenes s o t hat the re a re no de ep sha do ws or br igh t b ac kgr ou nd s. The key t o goo d imag es is bala nc ed (even ) sce ne lig htin g. Us e th e fill - fl as h fo r sce ne s wh[...]

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    16 13. Inst alling Camera Driv e and Sof tw are • Installi ng Dri v er 1. T u rn on th e comp ut er . 2. Ins ert ins talla tion C D in to the CD -R OM drive an d t he ins tallat ion CD men u w ill a pp ea r . 3. W he n you see th e foll ow in g s cr ee n, c ho ose “ Ca mera Dri v er ” . 4. Follo w th e on -sc re en ins tru ctio ns . 5. Res ta[...]

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    17 14. Unin stal ling S of t w are and Camera Driv er The fo llowing ins tru ctio ns gu ide y o u t o u nin stall ( r emo ve) s oftware fro m your com pu ter . Unins t a lling Softw are 1. Click “S tart ” fr o m th e task ba r an d c ho ose “ Set ting s- >”Co nt rol Pan el” . 2. (Fo r W i ndo ws XP:” S tart ”->” Co ntr ol Pan [...]

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    18 15. Downloadi ng I mages to a Co mpu ter For Window s 9 8/ me cus tome rs: Plea se ins tall VistaQu est dig ital c ame ra d river be fo re con n ect ing . 1. T u r n t he ca mer a an d co mpu ter on, a nd th en c on ne ct th e c ame ra t o the c omp ut er with the in clud ed US B ca b le. 2. “US B Mass S to ra ge dr ive” ap pe ar s o n t he [...]

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    19 16. Arso f t Pho t oImpr ession 5 A rs of t PhotoIm pres sio n 5 is a co mple te dig ital ima ge ed it ing ap plic atio n de sig ne d with rea l p eo ple in min d. E asy-to- u se “Get ting S tar t” gu ide s, Us er -fr ien dly UI, com ple te i mag e edi ting fu nct ion ality , give us ers wond er ful exp eri enc e t o o rg an ize view , e nh [...]

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    20 1. Get Pho to – C ho ose ho w to vie w o r a cq uir e p ho to s. 2. Enh an ce – C ro p, br igh ten , r otate , res ize an d m od ify p ho tos . 3. Cre at e– Ad d clip ar t, spec ia l effec ts, fra mes an d m ore . 4. Pro jec t – Make ca len dar s, ph oto b oo ks a n d g re etin g c ar ds . 5. Prin t – Pr int mult iple ima ges p er pag [...]

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    21 17. Ar csof t V ideoImp ression 2 Vi deoIm p ressi on c reat es h ome movi e s an d sli de shows b y combinin g existing vide os, still image s, e xciti ng scen e tr a nsi tions, and multiple audio tracks . Th ough s im p le to use, the program provides intens e and broad vid eo editing and e xpor t op tion s perfect fo r owners of d igital s ti[...]

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    22 the box. Select the it e m y ou de sire o r the pictur e, vi deos y ou need the n y o u w il l en ter th e ed iting in ter fa ce as be low . Y ou ca n us e th e six st eps i n th e Fun ctio n Men u to c re at e vid eo clips and sl ide sh ows. 1. Medi a - Se lect th e vid eos an d ima ges th at w ill c omp ris e your fin al movie or sli de sho w [...]

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    23 18. Usin g the C amera in PC-Cam Mo de The ca mer a o ffer s two U SB mo de s: Re movab le Disk an d PC C ame ra . Not e : P lea se ins tall ca mer a dr ive be for e y ou c an use th e ca mer a in PC -Ca m. Set ting Up PC - Cam 1. T u rn th e c ame ra po wer on . 2. Pre ss the Po w er /Mod e b utt on nin e times to se lec t PC -C am m od e. 3. C[...]

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    24 20. In ternet V ideo Confer encin g T o run a vide oco n fer en ce w i th anot he r pers on , you and the oth e r perso n must h ave t he com pu ter s tatio n conf igu red with w e b c ame ra, mic rop ho ne , sp ea ke rs , an d ha ve a cce ss to the In te rne t. Y ou h ave t o d o w n loa d video co nfe re nc e s oftw a re, p urc ha sed o r f re[...]

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    25 21. Usin g the c amera w ith NetMeeting Y ou ma y wish t o u se MS Ne tMeet ing . Fo llow the ste ps b e low t o s et up your c ame ra a s the vide o c ap tur e d e vice. 1. S tart Net Meeti ng. 2. After Ne tMee ting star ts, clic k on T ools , Opti ons. 3. Fro m th e Op tio ns dia log b ox, se lec t th e Video tab. 4. Re fer to the Vide o c ame[...]

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    26 22. Sp ecification s Ima ge Re so lutio n CMOS 16 00 x 12 0 0 Pi xels ( 2.0 M Pixe ls), Senso r Are a 1 / 2" Le ns S p ecif icat ion 2 P lastic & 2 Glasses : F 2.8, f = 8 .66mm, View an gle 5 4 ° Foc us Ra ng e 1.0 m T o in fini ty Ope ra ting Syste m Micro soft W i ndo ws 98 SE/ME/2 00 0/XP W hit e B ala nc e Aut o Expo su re Co ntr o[...]

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    27 23. Att ached leaflet: W he n this ico n a p pea rs on th e L CD , it mea ns th e SD ca rd is pr ote cte d, ple as e u nlo ck the SD ca rd . W he n t his ico n a pp ea rs on the L CD , it mea ns the ca mer a fa il to ide ntif y th e SD c ar d, plea se fo rma t t he SD ca rd by pre ssi ng the Shu tte r bu tton .  C 2006 Vistaquest Co rporatio [...]