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Vivitar Vivicam 5100 digital camera working as a webcam? HOW!?!?!?
My computer and my camra are being a pain. See i would like to use my camra as a webcam, according to the websites selling it you are able to use it as a web cam with no extra needed things to buy to make this work. Anyways I have plugged the camra in thro the usb port and a screen pops up on the camra that say disk drive, pc cam and pictbridge. I selected the pc cam and tried to get it to work but the thing said there was one hooked to my computer. I have a Compaq computer and a Vivitar Vivicam 5100. My computer does have a program to install webcams in all image related things but i can't find my brand of camra on there so im sorta wondering if you might be able to tell me how to fix my little problem.
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Hi there,
There are a lot of unresolved Vivitar issues and problems cropping up lately on this site, so I did a little investigating to see why there seems to be no support for such a large brand.
I went to the Vivitar homepage:
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... and found NO reference at all to the 5100, even though they sold who knows how many millions of these things through outlets like walmart and amazon. Amazed by this, I looked up the contact info:
support@vivitar.com
... and wrote them this:
from DN
to support@vivitar.com
subject Vivitar vivicam 5100 support?
Hi there,
Can you please tell me where on your site I can fiind support info for the Vivitar 5100 that you made?
I would like a link to download the original software and the manual in pdf format if you have it available.
Thank you very much for not forgetting about me,
DN.
... to which they responded (please notice the sakar.com address for future reference:)
from digitalcameras <digitalcameras@sakar.com>;
to DN
subject RE: Vivitar vivicam 5100 support?
mailed-by sakar.com
Dear Danger,
Thank you for contacting us with your inquiry regarding the Vivicam 5100.
We would like to inform that we have purchased the brand name Vivitar and are now manufacturing products under the brand name Vivitar. Since the model you carry is an old model and is not listed among the products that we manufactured after purchasing the brand name, we would have this issue escalated and ensure this will be taken care off. This may take a little longer but we request you to bear with us until you get a response regarding the same.
We suggest you to get back with the details so that we will have the issue escalated to the concerned department.
1. Name:
2. Mailing Address:
3. Phone number:
4. E-Mail Address:
5. Problem Description:
Please feel free to contact us for further assistance.
Thank you for using Sakar International, the leader in technology.
Sincerely,
Sofia,
The Sakar International Team
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1-877-397-8200
"When writing back to us please include the text of all previous correspondence. This will help us serve you better."
... SO there you have it. Looks like people with older cameras are in limbo.
Give them an e-mail with the info they requested, and see if they can help.
Let me know in feedback, how this works out for you, if you don't mind.
Happy webcamming!
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