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CV-2 8 x 30 1.3MP Digital Camera Binocular
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Contents Quick Start ................................................................................ 4 Features.................................................................................... 7 Introduction .............................................................................. 9 How to Use Your Binocular ......................................................10 Adjust Eye Relief, Barrels......................................................10 Focus the Binocular .....................
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Quick Start How to start taking pictures... Install 2 AAA batteries (not included). 1 Turn on camera. Press and hold down 2 Mode for 3 seconds. Point at something interesting. 3 Press the Shutter. You’ve taken a picture! 4 4
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Quick Start How to use Flashback... Have you ever wanted to record just the play of the game (for example, your son or daughter Flashback kicking the winning goal)? icon 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 last 10 seconds of video. Note:You must have a user-supplied SD card for Flashback to operate. To insert the SD card, press the card into the SD card slot w
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Quick Start How to download your pictures... USB Cable Plug in. Connect CaptureView to your PC or Mac (OS 9.0 5 or higher) using the included USB cable. Sit back and relax a minute. If using Windows 98ME or higher, CaptureView automatically installs on your PC. No drivers are needed. If 6 using Windows 98SE or lower, drivers must be installed on your PC and can be found on the included CD-Rom. Install Ulead Photo Express. Insert the CD, click on Ulead Photo Express and follow 7 the on-screen in
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Features e f Fig. 1: Top View 1. Mode Button 2. Shutter Button 3. Diopter Scale (right eyepiece) 4. LCD Panel b c d 5. Barrels Fig. 1 7
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Features Fig. 2 h i j g 1) g j Fig. 2: Rear View 6. Eyepieces 1$ 7. USB Port 1# 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 Fig. 3 14. Focus Ring 1! 1@ 1! 8
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Introduction ® ® Congratulations on purchasing the Meade CaptureView CV-2. CV-2 is an 8 x 30mm full-featured binocular. It is integrated with a digital camera that requires no film to capture pictures or video. This manual is designed to quickly guide you through the operation of your CaptureView CV-2. For best results, take a few moments to become familiar with the operation of your device, and save this manual for future reference. CaptureView has the following features: • Fully functiona
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How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Adjust Eye Relief If you wear eyeglasses, fold down the rubber eyecups and hold the eyepieces up against your glasses. Fold down Adjust the Barrels 1. Hold CaptureView up to your eyes in the normal viewing position. Use You need to adjust the barrels, as the both hands to hold each barrel firmly. distance between your eyes is usually different than the distance between 2. Pull the barrels apart or push the another person’s eyes. barrels tog
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How to Use Your Binocular If you want to... Do this... Focus the Binocular 1. Set the Diopter Scale on underside of CaptureView at its center point between “+” and “-.” 2. Choose an object (such as a telephone pole) that is at least 50 feet (15m.) away. Diopter scale 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 b
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How to Use Your Camera CaptureView performs best under good lighting conditions. Take some time 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. If you want to... Do this... Insert Batteries 1. Make sure camera is off before changing batteries. 2. Push the
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Near and Far Focus If you want to... Do this... Select Near or Far Focus 1. Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds to turn on the camera. Focus Ring 2. The binocular can be focused using the focus knob. However, the camera can be set to Near or Far focus using the focus ring, and is not affected by the focus knob. 3. To set the Near focus: Position CaptureView so that you are looking at the front lens and focus ring. Rotate the focus ring to the “man” icon. You will feel a click. Continue
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Taking Pictures and Video If you want to... Do this... Take a Still Picture 1. Press and hold the Mode button for 3 seconds to turn on the camera. The camera will beep and the camera icon displays on the LCD. The counter, battery life and resolution icons also display. 2. Point the binoculars at an object. You may use the focus knob to focus the image in the binocular, but keep in mind that you may choose Near or Far focus for the camera. In other Mode Shutter words, the camera’s focus is not a
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Taking Pictures and Video If you want to... Do this... 1. Press and hold the Mode button for Capture Video 3 to 5 seconds to turn on the cam- era. 2. Press the Mode button once and the Video mode icon displays. 5. Point the binoculars at the scene you wish to capture. 4. Press the Shutter button. The camera now captures video. 5 The counter keeps counting (in seconds) as you capture video. Mode Shutter Press the Shutter button again to stop recording video. Note that the counter stops and the
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Flashback If you want to... Do this... For example, you may want to record Capture Video Using Flashback a baseball pitcher throwing a pitch: 1. Select the Flashback icon. This feature is very useful when you 2. Press the Shutter button to begin wish to capture a short activity, but recording while the pitcher pre- are not sure when it will begin. pares. After the pitcher throws the ball, click on the Shutter button This feature captures video for 10 again to turn off recording. You’ll seconds
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Flashback Some suggestions for using Flashback Let’s say your daughter is on the varsity basketball team. And right now, she’s dribbling down the court. You’d like to capture her patented hook shot on video. This is a job for Flashback. Select the Flashback icon and press the Shutter button as she sets off down court. The ball is passed back and forth, and is kicked out of bounds. But don’t touch the Shutter button just yet to stop the recording. Keep following the action. An opponent puts the b
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Operations If you want to... Do this... • Press and hold the Mode button for 3 Use the Mode and Shutter Buttons to 5 seconds to turn the camera on or off. • Use the Mode button to cycle through the operation icons. As you press the Mode button, the operation icons display on-screen in the following order: Shutter Mode Camera Video Note: If you do not perform an operation for 60 seconds, the camera Flashback (when SD card present) automatically switches off. Self-timer Quality/Resolution Ope
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Operations If you want to... Do this... Use the Camera Mode • Keep pressing the Mode button until the Camera icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to take a still picture. Camera Icon Change the Camera Resolution • Select a Resolution setting before taking a still image: 1. The first time you turn on the camera, it displays the High High and Low Resolution icon (“H”). This is the Resolution Icons default setting. 2. To change the resolution, keep H: High Resolution mode (1280 x 1024). pr
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Operations If you want to... Do this... Use the Video Mode • Keep pressing the Mode button until the Video icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to begin recording a movie. Press the Shutter button Video Icon again to stop recording. Note: The length of a movie depends on how much memory you have available. Audio recording is not available with this camera. Use Flashback • Keep pressing the Mode button until the Flashback icon displays. Then press the Shutter button to begin recording a m
