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Use the Video Mode

Note: The length of a movie
depends on how much memory you
have available.

Audio recording is

not available with this camera.

Use Flashback

Note: Flashback captures 10 sec-
onds of video.

• Keep pressing the 

Mode

button until

the Video icon displays. Then press
the 

Shutter

button to begin recording

a movie. Press the 

Shutter

button

again to stop recording.

• Keep pressing the 

Mode

button until

the Flashback icon displays. Then
press the 

Shutter

button to begin

recording a movie. Press the 

Shutter

button again to stop recording.

See pages 16 and 17 for more 
information.

If you want to...

Do this...

Video Icon

Flashback Icon

Operations

Summary of Contents for CaptureView 8x30

Page 1: ...CV 2 8 x 30 1 3MP Digital Camera Binocular ...

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Page 3: ... Using Flashback 17 Operations 18 Use the Mode and Shutter Button 18 Use the Camera Mode Change the Camera Resolution 19 Use the Video Mode Use Flashback 20 Erase Delete Pictures or Video 21 Find Out How Many Pictures You ve Taken 21 Use the Self Timer Format and Load Memory Card 22 Find Out Why CaptureView is Beeping 23 Turn Buzzer On or Off 23 Find Out How Much Power is Left in the Battery 23 Do...

Page 4: ...Start Turn on camera Press and hold down Mode for 3 seconds Press the Shutter You ve taken a picture Point at something interesting 2 Install 2 AAA batteries not included 1 3 4 How to start taking pictures 4 ...

Page 5: ...ss the Shutter button to enter the record mode Mode Button Shutter Button Flashback icon 7 How to use Flashback Have you ever wanted to record just the play of the game for example your son or daughter kicking the winning goal Use Flashback when you want to capture video of a short activity without using up all your memory You ll begin recording but with Flashback selected you ll only save the las...

Page 6: ...installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD Rom Enjoy your photos Open Ulead Photo Express to view edit and print your pictures Install Ulead Photo Express Insert the CD click on Ulead Photo Express and follow the on screen instructions 10 Plug in Connect CaptureView to your PC or Mac OS 9 0 or higher using the included USB cable 9 1 12 How to download your pictures USB Cable ...

Page 7: ...Fig 1 Top View 1 Mode Button 2 Shutter Button 3 Diopter Scale right eyepiece 4 LCD Panel 5 Barrels c f e f d b Features 7 Fig 1 ...

Page 8: ...6 Eyepieces 7 USB Port 8 SD Card Port 9 Rubber eyecups 10 Focus knob Fig 3 Front View 11 Objective Lens 12 Battery Compartment Lid push forward and lift to remove 13 Camera Lens 14 Focus Ring h i j Features 1 1 1 1 1 Fig 2 Fig 3 ...

Page 9: ...rnal memory will be lost if the batteries are depleted or if the batteries are removed Therefore download pictures before you remove the batteries However images stored on user supplied SD cards commonly known as flash memory cards will not be lost if the batteries are depleted or removed If it is critical that you save a set of pictures it is recommended that you use an SD card To conserve batter...

Page 10: ...er person s eyes If you wear eyeglasses fold down the rubber eyecups and hold the eyepieces up against your glasses If you want to Do this Fold down 1 Hold CaptureView up to your eyes in the normal viewing position Use both hands to hold each barrel firmly 2 Pull the barrels apart or push the barrels together until you see a single circular field with both of your eyes Barrel Barrel ...

Page 11: ...m away 3 Looking with only your left eye rotate the Focus Knob until the object you are viewing is focused 4 Looking with only your right eye rotate the Diopter Scale until the object you are viewing is focused 5 Now looking with both eyes rotate the Focus Knob to focus on both far and near objects If you want to Do this How to Use Your Binocular 11 Diopter scale Focus knob ...

Page 12: ...to practice capturing still pictures and video Depending on the available light and your distance from the object captured images may not appear as bright or centered as viewed through the binoculars CaptureView takes focused pictures even if the image in the binoculars is out of focus Press and hold the Mode button for 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the camera Press the Mode button to display and cycl...

Page 13: ...t the camera may already be set to Near focus To set the Far focus Position the binoculars so that you are looking at the front lens and focus ring Rotate the focus ring to the mountain icon You will feel a click Continue to rotate slightly past this point If you are unable to rotate the ring to the right the camera may already be set to Far focus Near and Far Focus If you want to Do this Note The...

Page 14: ...cular but keep in mind that you may choose Near or Far focus for the camera In other words the camera s focus is not affected by the binocular s focus knob 3 Hold CaptureView steady and press the Shutter button Note that the counter advances For example if the counter reads 0016 this means that this is your sixteenth picture If you want to Do this The amount of pictures you can take High Resolutio...

Page 15: ...5 The counter keeps counting in seconds as you capture video Press the Shutter button again to stop recording video Note that the counter stops and the number of pictures advances by one a video segment counts as one object If you want to Do this The maximum length of a movie 30 seconds The length of video will decrease if you have also taken still pictures You may take longer movies using a user ...

Page 16: ...the Shutter button again to turn off recording You ll have saved only the last ten seconds of the pitcher s activity Capture Video Using Flashback This feature is very useful when you wish to capture a short activity but are not sure when it will begin This feature captures video for 10 seconds Select the Flashback menu icon and then press the Shutter button to activate recording Note You must hav...

Page 17: ...ur daughter steals the pass she sets she shoots skyhook she scores Now press the Shutter button to stop the recording The last ten seconds has been saved to video Everything else all the unimportant activity is discarded Using this method you can record 7 or 8 of the best plays of the game Or let s say your last name begins with J and your son is graduating from college The Dean begins calling the...

Page 18: ...een in the following order Camera Video Flashback when SD card present Self timer Quality Resolution Erase Last Image Erase All Images Format Storage Beeper On Off The next press returns you to the Camera icon Press the Shutter button when the desired icon is displayed to select an operation Use the Shutter button to take a picture and to begin or end the recording of a movie If you want to Do thi...

Page 19: ...a icon displays Then press the Shutter button to take a still picture Select a Resolution setting before taking a still image 1 The first time you turn on the camera it displays the High Resolution icon H This is the default setting 2 To change the resolution keep pressing the Mode button until the Low Resolution icon displays L Then press the Shutter button to activate Low Resolution Low resoluti...

Page 20: ...he Mode button until the Video icon displays Then press the Shutter button to begin recording a movie Press the Shutter button again to stop recording Keep pressing the Mode button until the Flashback icon displays Then press the Shutter button to begin recording a movie Press the Shutter button again to stop recording See pages 16 and 17 for more information If you want to Do this Video Icon Flas...

Page 21: ...he Shutter button again to erase the last captured image or movie Erase All Keep pressing the Mode button until the Erase All Image icon displays and then press the Shutter button The icon flashes Press the Shutter button again to erase all the images and video Check out the LCD Counter The counter displays the number of pictures or videos taken Erase delete Pictures or Video Erase Last Icon Erase...

Page 22: ...h press Shutter to begin formatting Note The Card Present icon displays when an SD card is in the camera Press the card in and release when you hear a click If you want to Do this Self Timer Icon Format your SD Card Note The first time you use the SD card you need to format it Load or Eject Memory Card Note If you wish to copy files from your flash card make sure you change the Read Write setting ...

Page 23: ... Sleep One short high beep Takes a picture One short high beep Failed to take picture due to insufficient memory Three short high beeps Low battery Six short high beeps beeps only when power is On Self timer Sends out 6 slow then 6 fast beeps before taking a picture Keep pressing the Mode button until either the Buzzer On or Buzzer Off displays and then press the Shutter button Check the battery i...

Page 24: ...s USB port Your PC considers the camera as a mass storage device and displays it like a hard drive You can then copy your still pictures or video to your com puter or even copy files to the memory on the camera Note You cannot load to a Unix sys tem using the camera s USB port this port can download only to Windows OS or Mac OS 9 0 or higher However by using a flash card reader you can also downlo...

Page 25: ...er drivers must be installed on your PC See the included CD Rom If using Windows 98ME or higher CaptureView automatically installs on your PC No drivers are needed 3 After setup is complete using Windows Explorer you can browse the camera s memory as if it were a hard drive 4 If CaptureView does not appear in Windows Explorer it might be using a drive letter that has already been assigned by your ...

Page 26: ...ars on your desktop 5 Double click the icon to launch the program You can now view edit and print your images Photo Express allows you to browse the camera s memory as if it were a hard drive If you want to Do this Install Image Editing Software Ulead Photo Express Note If you are connected to the internet and you click on the Meade logo on the splash screen you will go to meade com Operations ...

Page 27: ...ool 360 and Photo Express are trademarks or registered trademarks of Ulead Systems Inc in the United Staes and or other countries Windows 98SE Win Me Win 2000 Win XP Note If using Windows 98ME or higher CaptureView automatically installs on your PC No drivers are needed If using Windows 98SE or lower drivers must be installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD Rom 200MHz or equivalent ...

Page 28: ...st if the batteries are depleted or removed If it is critical that you save a set of pictures it is recommended that you use an SD card To conserve battery life remove batteries after downloading images to a computer There is continual battery drainage even when CaptureView is turned off Be sure CaptureView is off before changing batteries 3 Avoid dropping CaptureView Do not disassemble CaptureVie...

Page 29: ...imum range Near Focus 30 ft to 66 ft Far Focus 66 ft to infinity Memory 16MB SDRAM Storage capacity at each resolution 640 x 480 40 images 1280 x 1024 12 images Operating system requirements Windows 98SE 2000 Me XP Operating environment 41 to 104 F 5 to 40 C 20 85 relative humidity non condensing Interface type USB Display Icon LCD Product dimensions 4 25 W x 2 4 H x 5 75 D Batteries user supplied...

Page 30: ...cial indirect or consequential damages or lost profit which may result from a breach of this warranty Any implied warranties which cannot be disclaimed are hereby limited to a term of one year from the date of original retail purchase This warranty gives you specific rights You may have other rights which vary from state to state Meade reserves the right to change product specifications or to disc...

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Page 32: ...4A A D V A N C E D P R O D U C T S D I V I S I O N Meade Instruments Corporation World s Leading Manufacturer of Telescopes for the Serious Amateur 6001 Oak Canyon Irvine California 92618 J 949 451 1450 J www meade com 2004 ...

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