How to get pictures off of this camera or view them

If the view finder is dim it is likely the iris of the lens is stuck and cannot acquire correct lighting. It need to be repaired by disassembling the lens.

You do not need any software to download the data from your camera. You can view your video files through Windows media player. The camer comes with Cyberlink Power director to view and edit the pictures if you want to make your own movies, but just about any editing software will do.

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connect the camers to computer by datacable and try to format the memory card through computer ...
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Try getting contents insurane and register your items.

I don't know what kind of camera you have but the ones I have used allow you to tag photos on the camera. Then tagged photos can be downloaded via a setting "download only tagged".. or even "download only photos not already downloaded". Try scrolling through your menus and checking for a setting like that.. worst case, look for a camera reset in the menu and reset all the settings.

Is there a format option on the camera?

It sounds like your LCD display is on its way out.

ahmm the format of your picture is .jpg, JPEG, bitmap, or gif.??? convert your picture to the computer to this type of file and save it to your unit.

Just click the down button and select "Self timer on"

either bad lcd or software corruption.