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4 . Changing Image Resolution: Y o ur A rgu s DC -218 5 came ra can
capt ure i m ages in 2. 0 MP , 1MP and V GA m odes ! This is v ery im port ant
for stor age a nd u sage c on side rati ons . If you w a nt to tak e lots o f ima ges
on a v er y small SD car d ( 32 or 6 4M B) th en y ou m a y w ant to u se V GA or
1MP re solu tion . These i m ages will be fine for use on t he c omp ute r
sc ree n o r in emai ls but will n ot b e grea t for pri ntin g. If yo u plan to pri nt
the image s w ith th e b est possibl e qual ity , th en c onsi der using
2MP re solu tion .
T o c hang e th e r eso luti on, turn t he c ame ra on, select “M/On/ o ff” and the n
sele ct “P revie w”. A little box will appea r on the L CD with sta rs i n it. Y ou can
chan ge t he resol utio n / number of stars by scr oll ing up o r do wn with th e UP
or D OWN keys . T o con firm , pre ss “P r evie w. ”
*** = 2 .0 Million Pi xel r es olut io n
** = 1 Mil lion Pi xel r es olut ion
* = V GA (or 307K) r eso luti on
5 . Deletin g Picture s fro m Interna l Memory:
a. P re ss the “ P r evi ew” bu tton when the camer a is on. Ne xt selec t the
imag e y ou want to de lete by scr ol ling with th e U P or Down arro ws.
When yo u a r e on the image that y ou want to d elet e, selec t the
Menu “M” b utt on. You will s ee a “DEL L AST” icon, and y ou will be
give n a chan ce t o ch ange your mind or to d elet e the i mag e. I f yo u
stil l want to del ete the im age, scr oll to the “Y” mark usi ng the UP or
Down arro ws and then p r ess the shutte r b utto n t o de lete .
Deletin g Al l Pictures :
b. P res s the “ P r evie w” but ton when the camera i s on. Nex t pres s the
menu butto n o ne t ime and you will s ee a “DEL A LL” ico n a lon g wi th
“Y” or “N” or sc rol l to th e “Y ” usin g the u p o r do wn arrow and
then use the s hutt er b utt on t o c onfi rm.
6 . Fr equ en c y: You r A rgus DC- 2185 came ra c an be used anyw here in the
wor ld ! H ow eve r si nc e art ifi ci al l igh ti ng frequ en cie s vary in di ffere nt
re gi ons , you may wan t to s et the cor re ct f r e que ncy fo r the reg io n to
avo id lin es in you r imag es dur in g indo or sho oti ng . Yo u c an chan ge the
freq uen cy by turni ng the camer a on , p r ess menu "M" b utt on , p r ess
pr e vie w butt on to enter the sub men u, then pr es s men u butto n again
thr e e t im es unti l you see a 50 /6 0 on t he LCD . Use t he dow n arr ow to
sc ro ll to 5 0 fo r Eur ope and Asia or 60 fo r the Amer ic as and re st of wor ld.
P r ess the “P r ev ie w” b utt on to e xi t the menu .
Installing the Camera Drivers and Phot o Editing Software
BEFO RE YOU PLUG TH E CAME RA I NTO TH E PC, PLEAS E INS T A LL THE
CAME RA DRIVERS FROM THE E NCLO SED DISK – DO TH IS F IRST TO AVOI D
POTE NTIA L CON FLIC TS OR SYSTE M HAN G-UP S .
Y ou mu st instal l camer a driv ers bef ore y our new digi tal camera c an t alk to the
PC. Drive rs are t he equiva lent of inst ruct ions for the P C on how to talk to
the camer a.
1. Open your CD door , and insert the inclu ded CD (Arg us DC-21 85 Digit al
Came ra CD) .
2. Close the CD door a nd t he CD should start A uto Instal l .
a. If Aut o ins tall does not b egi n in 4 5 sec onds , go to Start / My
Comp uter and cl ick on th e D C-21 85 CD drive . Wh en the folder
open s, click on S etup .
3. The Argus Inst all menu will a ppea r on your scr een, scr oll down to t he
butt on that in dica tes “Insta ll Ca mera Drive rs”, and c lic k o n th e b utto n.
Foll ow the setup steps to in stal l .
4. Shou ld you want to ins tall the f un and h elp ful accomp anyi ng f r ee Editi n g
Soft wa re from A rc Soft , scr ol l to the Photo Imp res sion butto n, cl ick on th e
butt on and fo llow the s etu p steps to ins tall the p r ogra ms.
Transferring Y our Images to Y our PC
You must use an editin g prog ram to vie w, mani pula te and s hare your
digi tal images . The Argus DC- 2185 inc lude s an easy-t o-us e b u t
very power ful applic atio n fro m ArcSof t
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call ed Ph oto Im pres sio n .
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Howe ve r, you can use any e dit ing progra m to dow nloa d the im age s
from yo ur new Argus DC- 2185 . Si mply look f or the Ar gus Cam er a
name under Dig ital Camera s and Sca nner s i n the ap plic atio n .
Usin g ArcSoft ’s Photo I mpre ssio n to Trans fer and Edi t your image s
1. Firs t, e nsu re your camera i s in M ass St orag e Devi ce Mode (defau lt when
came ra is ship ped and will r em ain so un less you use t he camera a s a w e b
came ra). T o ens ur e t hat t he c ame ra is MS mode , tu rn the camer a on,
pr ess the me nu “M” button, pr ess the “P re view ” butt on, then p r ess the
“M” butt on twice. Y ou should see a n ico n with USB pl us a lit tle hard
driv e icon on yo ur LCD. This will i ndi cate MS mode. If the LCD displa y s
a lit tle web cam era, us e t he d own arr ow to sc r oll to t he h ard drive ic on
to e nter Mass St orag e Mode .
2. Be s ur e y ou have inst alle d the Photo Imp r ess ion appl icat ion before
you pr oce ed.
3. Loca te and l aunc h th e P hoto Imp res sion softw a re i con on yo ur desktop
and launch the p r ogra m.
4. When Ph oto Imp r ess ion has launche d
yo
u
wil
l
se
e
an im age- edit ing tray
on y our scr een . O n the lower rig ht
corner , se lect
the “From Fol der”
butt on
. Th e m enu will c han ge, a nd
an option button “B rows e” will
appe ar
; click that button and move the scroll bar up until you see My
Computer. Select My Computer and you should see a Removable Disk.
Within Removable Disk, you see will a folder called “DCIM” and inside
is another folder called “100Image”. Select this folder and click on OK.
.
5. A sub menu w ill appear on to p o f your imagi ng softw a re d eskt op
pr ovi ding o ptio ns for downl oadi ng – select one i mage or al l i mag es and
clic k d own load.
6. The images will b e transf er r ed to th e P hoto Imp res sion Album an d
disp lay at t he bottom of your work sp ace as ic ons .
7. Doub le click on t he image you wish to view or edi t and th en l et your
cr eati vity b egin .
The follow ing are some additi onal tips about how best to u se your Argus
DC-2 185 cam era:
- Alwa ys try to be clos e to you r subjec t when ca ptur ing a phot o.
- If u sing the f lash fe atu r e, the o ptim al range for exposu r e is t o ha ve your
subj ect less than f ive feet awa y .
- Whe n takin g a pho to, try not to pose the subject , spo ntan eous , act ion
or f un scene s alway s pr odu ce the be st imag es!
- Do not tr y to do ext rem e c lose ups with the Argus DC- 2185 – th e
came ra is opti mize d for a rang e of 3 feet to infini ty , witho ut flas h .
- The Argus DC- 2185 is best used for view ing images on t he P C,
prin ting 3” x 5” pict u res , e mail ing images for inclu ding sma ll image s in
pr ese ntat ions , gr ee ting cards and c alen dars .
Advanced Features and Settings
1. Using the Argus DC-2185 as
a W eb camera
Y our n ew Argu s DC -218 5 came ra can also d oubl e as a p lug- and- play devi ce
allo wing you t o p arti cipa te in live vide o conferen ces over the w eb. T o use
the camer a for W eb Video :
a. Inst all the c amer a driv ers on the en clos ed disk.
b. T ur n the camera on , sel ect menu “ Men u/ON /OFF ”, selec t “P r evie w” and
then sele ct “Menu /ON/ OFF” aga in to enter the s ub menu. Click
“Men u/ON /OFF ” twice u ntil you see “ USB” displ ayed on t he LCD and
then usin g the d own arrow , sc r oll unti l you see a web cam era ico n
disp laye d on the LC D and cl ick Pr evi ew to exi t and c onf irm.
c. Now p lug the enclos ed USB cable to t he camera an d th en into a USB
port on y our compu ter (it is best not t o u se a USB port repl icat or) .
d. On your comp ute r , selec t “My Com pute r” and y ou will see t he Argu s
2185 camer a displ ayed as a drive. Double click on th e i con and t he
came ra wil l b ecom e active .
2. Using the Argus DC-2185 to record short video clips
Y our n ew Argu s DC -218 5 came ra can also d oubl e as a n eat l ittl e PC vide o
came ra, whi ch is gr eat f or takin g short video s for use on you r P C. T o use the
came ra for PC V ide o:
a. Make sure you have first in stal led the e nclo sed softw a re.
b. T o en ter the Video Clip mode , turn the c amer a on, p re ssin g
“Men u/ON /OFF ” button 3 times disp lays the video cam era ic on. Pr ess the
shut ter button to s elec t. Then you will s ee the flash ico n w ith th e l ette rs
" AVI" o n t he bottom left of the LCD. You ar e now ready to
capt ure shor t vi deo clip s. Th e s hort video cli ps will last appr oxim atel y 1
minu te, then stop autom atic ally , if you want to mak e anothe r shor t v ide o
clip , you need to re peat the a bov e opera tion . Ple ase reme mbe r , vide o
clip s requ ir e a lot o f stora ge ev en for short clips, s o i f you plan to t ake
exte nded vide o clips , ple ase ensu re that y ou have a lar ge s ize SD c ard
inse rted .
c. T o take vid eos, simpl y use the s hut ter button to tu rn the video ca mera
on a nd o ff .
d. Aft er the cam er a h as po wer ed on, p re ss “M en u/ ON /O FF ” an d the n
p re ss “P re vi ew ” t o ent e r a su b- me n u. The n, by p r e ss in g “Me nu /O N/ O FF ” ,
yo u can swi tc h to di ffere n t sub -m en us . Whe n e nt er in g int o a s ub -m en u,
us e “U P” or “D OW N” t o mak e c ha ng es . At la st , pr e ss “P re vi ew ” t o
va li da te y ou r ch oi ce an d e x it .
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