Nipon Digital Eyepiece for Scopes
How to take still pictures using Nipon digital eyepiece/camera? To capture still image using the digital eyepiece/camera, go to "My Computer" and double click the "USB PC Camera" device. You can see a dynamic image window on the screen to show what you see in the scope. Aim the scope at a distant target and adjust the focus wheel of the scope until the image becomes clear. Double click the "Zoom" icon on your computer desktop to run a digital zoom program (to appear on the bottom right toolbar, right click the icon to bring up a small zoom slider window). Check the little box in this zoom slider window. This allows you to adjust the magnification power of the scope from your computer by moving the slider up or down. You can turn the digital eyepiece slightly within the eyepiece adaptor to adjust the image orientation if necessary (remember to loose the tightening screw on the adaptor first). Under "Camera Tasks" manual, click "Take a new picture", the image of the current scene will be captured and saved as .jpg file. The captured image files are listed on the screen so they can be copied to another location. Please note that you cannot use this feature and video capture (amcap program) simultaneously - you must close one to use the other. How to capture video footage using the Nipon digital eyepiece/camera? Run the amcap program (make sure that the still image capturing program is closed) and go to "File", select "Set capture file". Choose a location you want your video to be saved and click "Save". On the next screen "Set file size", just click OK, as this is only to control the initial file size. To begin recording, to to "Capture" manual, then choose "Start capture" and click OK. This will start recording. To stop recording and save the video file, go to "Capture" then select "Stop capture". The video will be automatically saved and can be viewed by accessing the .avi file stored in your selected location. Please visit www.nipon-scope.com for further information.