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4. Changing Image Resolution: Y our Argus DC- 3185 cam era ca n
capt ur e imag es in 3. 2MP , 2MP an d VGA mod es! Th is is ver y impo rtan t
for st orag e and us age co nside rati ons . If you w ant to ta ke lot s of imag es
on a very s mall S D car d (32 or 6 4MB) t hen you m ay wan t to use VG A or
2MP r eso lutio n. Th ese im ages w ill be f ine for u se on the c ompu ter
scr een o r in emai ls but w ill no t be gr eat fo r print ing. I f you pl an to pri nt
the im ages w ith th e best po ssib le qu alit y , then con side r usin g
3.2M P r es olut ion .
T o chan ge the r es olut ion, t urn the ca mera o n, sel ect “M /On/ of f” and t hen
sele ct “P rev iew” . A litt le box w ill ap pear o n the LCD w ith sta rs in it . Y ou can
chan ge the r es olut ion / nu mber o f stars b y scr oll ing up or d own wi th the UP
or DOW N keys . T o conf irm, p re ss “Pr ev iew . ”
*** = 3.2 Mil lio n Pixe l res olut ion
** = 2 Milli on Pix el r esol utio n
* = VGA (o r 307K) r es olut ion
5. Deleting Pictures from Internal Memory:
a. Pr ess th e “Pr evi ew” bu tton w hen th e camer a is on. N ext sel ect th e
imag e you wa nt to del ete by s cr olli ng wit h the UP or D own ar row s.
When y ou ar e on the im age t hat you w ant to de lete , sele ct th e
Menu “ M” butt on t wice . Y ou w ill see a “ DEL LAS T” ico n, and y ou wil l
be
give n a chan ce to cha nge yo ur min d or to del ete th e imag e. If yo u
stil l want t o dele te the im age, s cr oll to t he “Y” ma rk usi ng the U P or
Down a rr ows an d then p res s the sh utte r butt on to del ete .
Deleting All Pictures:
b. P r es s the “P rev iew” b utto n when t he cam era is o n. Next p re ss the
menu b utto n one ti me and yo u will s ee a “DEL A LL” ic on alon g wit h
“Y” or “ N” or scr ol l to the “Y ” usin g the up or d own ar row a nd
then u se the sh utte r but ton to co nfir m.
6. Fr equ en cy: Y ou r Ar gus D C-31 85 c ame ra can be u se d any wh er e i n th e
wor ld ! Ho wev er sin ce art ifi ci al l ig hti ng f r equ enc ie s va ry i n di f fer e nt
r egi ons , yo u ma y wa nt t o se t th e co rr ec t fr eq ue ncy fo r th e r egi on t o
avo id l in es i n you r im ag es d uri ng i nd oor sh oot ing . Y ou ca n ch ang e th e
fr eq uen cy by t urni ng t he c ame ra o n, p r ess me nu " M" bu tt on, pr es s
pr ev iew bu tto n to en ter the su b me nu, the n p re ss m enu bu tto n ag ai n
th re e ti mes un til yo u see a 50 /6 0 on t he L CD. U s e the do wn a rr ow t o
sc ro ll t o 50 f or E ur op e an d As ia o r 60 f or t he A mer ica s a nd r es t of wor ld .
Pr es s th e “P r evi ew” bu tto n to exi t th e me nu .
Installing the Camera Drivers and Photo Editing Software
BEFO RE YOU P LUG TH E CAMER A INT O THE PC, P LEAS E INST ALL THE
CAME RA DRI VERS F ROM TH E ENCL OSED D ISK – DO TH IS FIR ST TO A V OID
POTE NTIA L CONF LICT S OR SY STEM H ANG-U PS.
Y ou must in stal l cam era dr iver s befo re yo ur new d igit al cam era ca n talk t o the
PC. Dr iver s ar e the equ ival ent o f instr ucti ons f or the PC o n how to ta lk to
the ca mera .
1. Open y our CD d oor , and in sert t he incl ude d CD (Arg us DC- 3185 D igit al
Came ra CD) .
2. Close t he CD do or and th e CD shou ld sta rt Aut o Inst all .
a. If Auto in stal l doe s not beg in in 45 se cond s, go to S tart / My
Comp uter and cl ick on t he DC-3 185 CD d rive . When t he fold er
open s, cli ck on Se tup.
3. The Ar gus In stal l menu w ill ap pear o n your sc re en, sc ro ll dow n to the
butt on tha t indi cate s “Ins tal l Came ra Dri vers” , and c lick o n the but ton .
Foll ow the s etup s teps t o insta ll.
4. Shou ld you w ant to in stal l the fu n and he lpfu l acco mpan ying f re e Edit ing
Soft war e fr om Ar cS oft, s cr oll to th e Phot o Impr es sion b utto n, cli ck on th e
butt on and f ollo w the se tup st eps to in stal l the pr og rams .
T ransferring Y our Images to Y our PC
Y ou must u se an edi ting prog ram to v iew , manipul ate a nd sha re you r
digi tal im ages . The Ar gus DC -318 5 incl udes an eas y-to -use b ut
very p ower ful ap plic atio n fro m ArcSo ft
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call ed Pho to Imp ress ion .
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Howe ver , you c an use an y edit ing pr ogra m to dow nloa d the im ages
from y our ne w Argus DC- 3185 . Si mply l ook for t he Arg us Cam era
name u nder D igit al Cam eras a nd Sca nner s in the a pplic atio n.
Usin g ArcS oft ’ s Ph oto Im pres sion t o T r ans fer an d Edit y our im ages
1. Firs t, ens ur e your c amer a is in Mas s Stor age De vice M ode (d efau lt whe n
came ra is sh ippe d and wi ll re main s o unle ss you u se the ca mera a s a web
came ra). T o ensur e tha t the cam era is M S mode, t urn the ca mera o n,
pr ess th e menu “M ” butt on, pr es s the “P re view ” butt on, th en pr ess th e
“M” bu tton t wice . Y ou shoul d see an i con wit h USB pl us a litt le ha rd
driv e icon o n your LC D. Thi s will i ndic ate MS m ode. I f the LCD d ispla ys
a litt le web ca mera , use th e down a rr ow to scr ol l to the ha rd d rive ic on
to ent er Mas s Stor age Mo de.
2. Be sur e you h ave in stal led th e Phot o Impr es sion a ppli cati on be for e
you pr oc eed.
3. Loca te and l aunc h the Ph oto Im pr essi on sof twar e ic on on you r desk top
and la unch t he pr ogr am.
4. When P hoto I mpr ess ion ha s laun ched
you
will
see
an ima ge-e ditin g tr ay
on you r scr een . On the lo wer left
t c e l e s , r e n r o c
the “F rom Folde r”
butt on. Th e menu w ill ch ange , and
an opti on button “Bro wse” wil l
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 men u will a ppea r on top o f your im agin g soft war e des ktop
pr ovid ing op tion s for do wnlo adin g – sele ct one i mage o r all ima ges an d
clic k down load .
6. The im ages w ill be tr ansf err ed t o the Pho to Imp re ssio n Albu m and
disp lay at t he bot tom of yo ur wor k spac e as icon s.
7. Doub le cli ck on th e imag e you wis h to vie w or edit a nd the n let you r
cr eati vity begi n.
The fo llow ing ar e so me addi tion al ti ps abo ut how be st to us e your Ar gus
DC-3 185 ca mera :
- If usi ng the fl ash fe atu re , the opt imal r ange f or exp osur e is to h ave yo ur
subj ect le ss tha n five f eet aw ay .
- Do not t ry to do ex tr eme clo se ups w ith th e Argus DC- 318 5 – the
came ra is op timiz ed fo r a rang e of 3 feet to i nfin ity , wit hout f lash .
- The Ar gus DC-3 185 i s best us ed for v iewin g ima ges on th e PC,
prin ting 3” x 5” pic tur es, e mail ing im ages f or inc ludi ng sma ll ima ges in
pr esen tati ons, gr eeti ng ca rd s and cal endar s.
Advanced Features and Settings
1. Using the Argus DC-3185 as a Web camera
Y our new Ar gus DC-3 185 c amer a can al so dou ble as a pl ug-a nd-p lay d evic e
allo wing you to p artic ipat e in li ve vide o conf er enc es ove r the web . T o use
the ca mera f or W eb Vide o:
a. Inst all th e came ra dri vers o n the en close d dis k.
b. T urn the cam era on , selec t men u “Menu /ON/ OFF” , sel ect “P re view ” and
then s elec t “Men u/ON /OFF ” aga in to ent er the s ub men u. Cli ck
“Men u/ON /OFF ” twi ce unt il you s ee “USB ” disp laye d on the L CD and
then u sing t he dow n arr ow , scr oll u ntil y ou see a we b camer a ico n
disp laye d on the L CD and cl ick Pr ev iew to e xit an d confi rm.
c. Now pl ug the en clos ed US B cabl e to the ca mera a nd then i nto a US B
port o n your co mput er (i t is best n ot to use a US B port r ep licat or) .
d. On you r comp ute r , select “ My Comp uter ” and yo u will s ee the Ar gus
3185 c amer a disp laye d as a driv e. Double cl ick on t he ico n and the
came ra wil l beco me act ive.
2. Using the Argus DC-3185 to record short video clips
Y our new Ar gus DC-3 185 c amer a can al so dou ble as a ne at lit tle PC vi deo
came ra, wh ich is g re at for ta king s hort v ideo s for us e on your P C. T o use t he
came ra for P C Video :
a. Make s ur e you hav e firs t inst alle d the en clos ed sof twa re .
b. T o ente r the Vid eo Cli p mode , turn the c amer a on, pr ess ing
“Men u/ON /OFF ” but ton 3 tim es dis play s the vi deo ca mera i con. P re ss the
shut ter bu tton t o sele ct. Th en you w ill se e the fla sh ico n with th e lett ers
"A V I" on th e botto m lef t of the LCD . Y ou ar e now r eady to
capt ur e shor t vide o clip s. The s hort v ideo cl ips wi ll las t appr ox imat ely 1
minu te, th en sto p auto mati call y , if you wa nt to mak e anot her sh ort vi deo
clip , you ne ed to r epea t the ab ove op erati on. P leas e re memb er , vide o
clip s re qui re a lot o f stora ge ev en for sh ort cl ips, s o if you pl an to tak e
exte nded vide o clip s, ple ase en sur e tha t you hav e a larg e size S D car d
inse rted .
c. T o take v ideo s, sim ply us e the sh utte r butt on to tu rn the vide o came ra
on and o ff .
d. Af te r t he c am er a h as po w er e d o n, pr e ss “ Me nu /O N/ OF F” a nd t he n
pr e ss “ Pr e vi ew ” t o e nt er a s ub -m en u . T he n, b y p r es si ng “ Me nu /O N/ OF F” ,
yo u c an sw it c h t o d if f er e nt s ub -m en us . W he n e nt er in g in t o a s ub -m e nu ,
us e “ UP ” o r “ DO WN ” t o m ak e ch an ge s. A t l as t, p r es s “ Pr e vi ew ” t o
va li da te y ou r c ho ic e a nd e xi t.
We h ope yo u enjoy y our ne w Argu s DC-31 85 Di gita l Came ra for
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