Does the Shaerp vl-z1 take photos?

NOT ABOUT THE DEW MESSAGE!

Hi there,
I'm doing a school project all about the local area. My camera was all working before I left but when I got there I got the dreaded dew message but I remembered that it had a photo button on top. So lil old me thought I was being really clever by taking the photos before the camera automatically shut off each time but now I don't know where they saved to. I assumed it had some sort of SD card in it or something but now I cant see anything and they don't show up on the preview screen. So I was just wondering, has it indeed taken my photos and saved them or have I just wasted four hours worth of work?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kieran Wood
September 2008