Argus Camera DC 1600 manual

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Digital Camera User Guide Table of Contents Lincense Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Electromagnetic Compatibility Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Digital Camera User Guide License Agreement Microsoft, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Me are registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. The TWAIN driver and the AVI Creator is developed by VLSI Vision Ltd.,UK. The Photo Fantasy, Photo Printer and Photo Studio is licensed by A[...]

In This Package • Digital Camera • Digital Camera Software CD-ROM • USB cable Note: 3 x AAA batteries needed for the Digital Camera are NOT included. System Requirements • Multimedia PC Pentium 133 or higher / Mac G3 or higher • Windows 98 / 98SE/Me/2000/NT for USB port / Mac OS 8.6 or higher • 32MB RAM (Me is recommended to use 128MB)*[...]

Prepare to Upload the Photos Digital Camera User Guide Batteries Installation 1. Open the battery door at the back of your camera. 2. Install 3 x AAA Alkaline batteries into Digital Camera, as shown. 3. Make sure to orient the positive (+) and negative (-) ends of the batteries exactly as shown. 4. Replace the door. CAUTION – To avoid battery lea[...]

Digital Camera User Guide Connecting Your Digital Camera to the PC / Mac USB If your computer has a USB port, insert the USB plug of the camera cable into the USB port on your computer. If you success to connect the camera with the computer, you’ll hear a beep, beep sound. AVI Creator Program • It is a program to create a video file from the ca[...]

Taking Photos Once your Digital CD-ROM software is installed, you’re ready to learn about taking photos. Holding the Camera Hold the camera as shown below when taking photos. • The camera will turn on once batteries are installed. • A beep sound will play and the LCD panel will turn on indicating the camera is on. • The LCD will show the ca[...]

Digital Camera User Guide Changing the Capture Mode • Select the Low Resolution Mode • Press Mode button to select • Press Shutter button to change it then the frame counter will change to 107 . • Select the Continuous Mode • Press Mode button until is shown. • Hold down the Shutter button for taking photos continuously until the frame [...]

Getting Started with Digital Camera Suite PhotoFantasy This is a funny role play program. In just a few seconds, you can become a supermodel, a pro athlete, a caveman or even Santa Claus. Let’s go into the program now. • To Launch PhotoFantasy 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/ Digital Camera S[...]

1 Get Fantasy Button : opens the Get Fantasy Screen, so you can select the fantasy background for your photo fantasy. From this screen, you can also create your own fantasies. 2 Get Photo Button 1,2 or 3 : each of these buttons corresponds to a particular mask/ photo in a fantasy background. 3 Save As Button : opens the standard Windows Save As dis[...]

1 Fantasy Category Menu : provides a list of available fantasy categories. This list includes categories contained on your CD-ROM and a ‘My Fantasy’ category for adding your own fantasy backgrounds. TIP : Remember to insert your Software CD in your CD-ROM drive to access the full selection of fantasy backgrounds. 2 Fantasy Slides : small thumbn[...]

Get Photo Screen After you create the fantasy background, clicking the ‘Get Photo Button 1,2 or 3’ in the Main Screen takes you to the Get Photo Screen. You can choose the photos for your photo fantasy and create new category of photos. Digital Camera User Guide 1 Photo Category Menu : provides a list of available fantasy categories. You can ma[...]

PhotoPrinter This is a simple program for you to print the picture in several steps. Go into the program and upload the pictures from the camera. Select a feature to print the photo to your favor. • To Launch PhotoPrinter 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/Digital Camera Suite. 2. Choose PhotoPrin[...]

1 Get Photos Button : this button takes you to the Photo Album Screen where you can select photo(s) for printing. Here you will find buttons that make it easy to create new photo albums, delete thumbnails and acquire photos from Digital Camera. • Click Acquire button. • The Select Source dialog box that appears, choose ‘Digital Camera’ and [...]

PhotoStudio PhotoStudio is a powerful, easy-to-use, digital image editing program for PC’s running. It enables full-color images to be acquired, managed, enhanced, retouched, and output for publications, presentation, and the internet. • To Launch PhotoStudio 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/D[...]

• File : The File menu contains a number of commands to manage and manipulate image file. • Edit : The Edit menu contains commands for editing images. Selections can be controlled by cutting them out, copying them to or pasting them from the clipboard, or by filling them with other colors. • Mask : Add a mask for your photo. • Transform : T[...]

AVI Creator AVI Creator can transfer your Digital Camera photos to AVI (Video) format. The total time is 15 seconds for CIF (Low Resolution) photo and 3 seconds for VGA (High Resolution) photo. • To Launch AVI Creator 1. Click ‘ Start ’ from the Windows Taskbar, then search through ‘ Programs’/Digital Camera Suite/ AVICreator ’. Digital[...]

Hints On Taking Quality Photos • If you want to take a photo of your friend, try to take at least half the body size. You will not get her eyes clearly if you take the whole body. • Take care of the background light intensity. It will affect the exposure of the main object. The camera can calculate the total light intensity of the picture to fi[...]

Trouble Shooting • Turning off the power will cause the loss of all stored photos. Please make sure you have uploaded the important photos before the switch is turned to off without the USB power provided. • If you disconnect the USB cable during operation, you need to close the Acquire dialog panel and then re-open it again for the PC to recog[...]

Digital Camera User Guide Product Specifications • Digital Camera 1. Resolution : 640x480 pixels (VGA), 320x240 (QVGA) 2. Lens : Plastic, two elements, F 3.0, 35mm (Equiv.) 3. Memory : 8MB SDRAM 4. Number of Pictures : 26 for VGA, 107 for CIF 5. View Finder : Yes. 6. LCD : Status LCD with ICON display 7. Buzzer : Yes. Beep sound indicates working[...]

Appendix I Installing PC Driver & upload photos A. For Win 98/Me OS users Put the CD-ROM to the CD-ROM drive. It will automatically start the installation. In the final step, it will install the driver. You can select the languages for the driver’s dialog panel. After several seconds, it will request to re-boot. After re-boot, plug in the USB[...]

How to upload the images with the Arcsoft programs. A. PhotoStudio Goto Start-Program Files-Digital Camera Suite, double click on the PhotoStudio Select File-Acquire-Select Source, select the Digital Camera Select File-Acquire-Acquire, it will open the TWAIN driver dialog panel. If you have taken some photos and connected the USB cable, it will upl[...]

B. PhotoPrinter Click Start-Programs-Digital Camera Suite, double click on the PhotoPrinter. Select the Get Photos icon. Select the Camera icon. Select the source : Digital Camera. Click OK. It will appear the dialog panel. Uplaod any or all photos to a new template in the PhotoPrinter. C. PhotoFantasy Click Start-Programs-Digital Camera Suite, dou[...]

Appendix II Installing Mac Driver & upload photos This MAC version CD-ROM consists of 8 folders and one PDF document listed as below : 1) Acrobat Reader 3.0 : Acrobat Reader for reading a PDF file 2) MAC driver : CP084 MAC driver version 1.4b3 3) English : English version of Arcsoft programs 4) Italian : Italian version of Arcsoft programs 5) F[...]

C. Install PhotoFantasy, PhotoPrinter or PhotoStudio In the CD-ROM, you can find the folders English, Italian, French, German and Spanish. Select the language you need. Eg. English folder. Inside it with the Arcsoft programs. Click on the PhotoFantasy. Click on the Install icon. After installation, click on the Quit icon. Do this the same for the o[...]

D. Get the photos with the Arcsoft programs 1. PhotoFantasy Find the folder of PhotoFantasy in the hard drive. Double click on the PhotoFantasy 2000. It will see the dialog panel of PhotoFantasy. Click on the Get Fantasy icon. Select a Fantasy photo and click OK. Click on the Get Photos (#1) icon. Click the Add icon. Select a photo from the folder [...]

Appendix III FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS : 1. I always take bad quality photos at home, why? Take the photo with enough light intensity. You need to take photos in your office or outside with sunlight. It is not recommended to use it indoor at night. 2. How to get a good photo of my friend? If you want to take a photo of your friend, try to take at [...]

Digital Camera User Guide 16. Can I use it when it is raining? Do not use it when it is raining or it is easy to get water drops. This camera is not protected from water. 17. Will the PC be damaged if I connect the camera with the USB cord? The current consumed from the USB port is small amount compared with the maximum output of the USB port. It w[...]

Digital Camera User Guide 30. Sometimes I cannot take a photo, why? You will hear a ‘Gi’ sound and the camera will not function to take a photo if the environment is too dark or too bright. It will operate properly for normal light intensity. 31. I found the unit is not function but ‘20’ (CIF model) or ‘26’ (VGA model) is seen on the LC[...]