Kodak DCS 330 User Manual
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This is an update to the DCS 300 Series User’s Manual. It describes new features
available on DCS 330 cameras with firmware version 3.2 or later.
Table of Contents
New Look for the Image Display........................................................................ 2
Menu Bar ....................................................................................................2
Navigating the Image Display .................................................................... 5
Status Bar ....................................................................................................6
Dual Slots for PC Cards....................................................................................... 7
Selecting a PC Card or Folder .................................................................... 8
Deleting Images .......................................................................................... 9
Formatting a PC Card ............................................................................... 10
JPEG File Processing......................................................................................... 11
Processing with Two PC Cards ................................................................. 11
Processing Images ..................................................................................... 12
Changing Processing Settings ................................................................... 15
Working with TIFF Custom Files on your Computer .............................. 17
White Balance.................................................................................................... 18
Selecting White Balance ........................................................................... 18
Using Custom White Balance Settings ..................................................... 19
Intervalometer.................................................................................................... 25
Contents
Recovering Deleted Images............................................................................... 27
Name Plate......................................................................................................... 28
Global Positioning System................................................................................ 29
IPTC Data Management.................................................................................... 31
Loading IPTC Data from a PC Card ......................................................... 32
Sharpening......................................................................................................... 33
In the Camera ..................................... ........ ............................................... 34
In the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source ..................... 35
Serial Port Operation......................................................................................... 37
Connecting a Device to the Serial Port ..................................................... 37
Accessing Serial Port Options .................................................................. 38
Image Transmit ......................................................................................... 42
New Features
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DCS 330 cameras with firmware version 3.2 or later have the following new features:
✔ A new look for the Image Display
✔ Dual active slots for PC Cards
✔ JPEG file processing that allows you to finish files in the camera
✔ Enhanced White Balance functionality
✔ An Intervalometer that allows you to set your camera to capture a series of images
automatically
✔ The ability to recover deleted images
✔ A name plate that you can personalize
✔ A Global Positioning System option that determines the exact latitude and
longitude of the camera
✔ IPTC data in image header
✔ Serial port operations
New Features
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New Look for the Image Display
The Image Display has been redesigned to be easier to use and to provide more space for
menu choices and image-related information. There is a new way of using the Menu bar,
and a new Status bar that appears in Image Review mode.
Menu Bar
To provide more room on the Image Display screens, the Menu bar is only displayed at
your request. When you turn the Image Display On, the last screen used appears without
the Menu bar. If you then press the MENU button, the Menu bar appears.
☛ Shortcut, press an d hold the MENU button to turn the I m age Dis pl ay On and di spl ay
the Menu bar.
The original Menu bar looked like this:
The new one looks like this:
When the Menu bar is displayed, the contrast of the remainder of the screen is lowered,
giving it a “grayed-out” appearance.
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When you select t he f ol lowing icons on t h e Men u bar, the se dropdown menus and s creens
appear:
Icon Dropdown Menu Function
Folder icon One PC Card:
Two PC Cards (p age 7):
Menu icon Displays choices for the
Display icon Displays choices for Single,
Displays the Folder menu.
(Refer to chapter 4 of the
User’s Manual.)
Main and Properties menus.
Four, and Nine Image
Review mode. (Refer to
chapter 9 of the User’s
Manual.)
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Status icon Displays the Status screen
that contains information
about the current image.
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Icon Dropdown Menu Function
White
Balance icon
Contrast icon Displays the Contrast screen
Displays choices for White
Balance settings (page 18).
where you can adjust the
contrast of the images
displayed on the Image LCD
panel. (The images
themselves are not affected.)
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Navigating the Image Display
Use the following guidelines when navigating the Image Display
Display the Menu bar and selec t a
Menu bar icon
Press and hold the MENU button
and rotate the Main Command dial
until the desired icon is highlighted.
Display a Dropdown menu
Highlight the Folder, Menu,
Display, or White Bala nce icon , and
continue pres sing the MENU button
until the dropdown menu appears.
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Choose an item from a dropdown
menu
When a dropdown menu appears,
continue to press the MENU button
and rotate the Main Command dial
until the desired menu choice is
highlighted.
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Chose an item from a menu
screen
Press and hold the SELECT button
and rotate the Main Command dial
to highlight your choice.
Status Bar
A Status bar appears whenever images are displayed (in Single, Four, or Nine Image
Review mode). Information about the currently selected image appears on the Status bar:
✔ The currently act ive PC Card
(if there are two cards in the
camera)
Two PC Cards
One PC Card
✔ The currently active folder
✔ Sound icon (if one or more
sound files are associated
with the selected image)
✔ Tag icon (if the selected
image has been tagged)
☛ Refer t o chapter 9 of the
User’s Manual for informat ion
on tagging or associating a
sound file with an image.
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Dual Slots for PC Cards
The second PC Card slot has been enabled on the DCS 330 camera. With Type II PC
Cards, you can use one or both slots. With Type III PC Cards, only one slot can be used.
The card in the rear slot is referred to as CARD0, and the card in the front slot as CARD1.
CARD0
CARD1
Insert PC Cards as descr ib ed in cha pter 4 o f the Use r’ s Manual. When using one PC Card ,
you can use either slot. When using two cards, the first card inserted will be the active
card. When you capture or delete images, they will be saved to or deleted from the active
card.
New Features
With two PC Cards inserted, the following procedures are slightly different than those
described in the User’s Manual. (With one card, refer to chapter 4 of the User’s Manual.)
✔ Selecting a PC Card or folder (page 8)
✔ Deleting images (page 9)
✔ Formatting a PC Card (page 10)
IMPORTANT:
✔ Your camer a us es 3 volt or 5 vo lt PC Cards. Wh en y ou u se t w o c ards, they mu s t
both have the same voltage rating. If you insert two cards with different
voltages, neit her i s power e d. A “Ca r d Voltage Mix” message app ears. You need
to remove one of the cards so that the other can be powered.
✔ After inserting one PC Card, wait for the PC Card Busy/Record LED to stop
blinking before inserting the second card. Failure to do so will cause an error.
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Selecting a PC Card or Folder
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Select the Folder icon (page 5).
If there is no PC Card in the
camera, an X appea rs w i thi n the
Folder icon. Selecting the Folder
icon produces the screen at the
left.
With one PC Card inserted, this
dropdown menu appe ars with a •
displayed next to the currently
active folder.
With t wo PC Cards ins erted, this
dropdown menu appe ars with a •
displayed next to the currently
active card and the currently
active folder on that card.
A 0 or 1 appears in the Folder
icon, indicating the active PC
Card.
The listed folders are on the
active card. The fold er li st
changes when you change cards.
The numbers in par entheses next
to the cards and folders indicate
the number of images in each.
2 Continue pressing the
MENU button.
3 With two PC C ards inserted,
select CARD0 or CARD1 from
the dropdown menu (page 5),
then select a folder. With one
card inserted, select a folder.
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Deleting Imag es
To delete images when one card is inserted, display the Main menu (page 5), then delete
images as described in chapter 9 of the User’s Manual. If two cards are inserted, do the
following:
1 Select a different PC Card, if
necessary (page 8).
2 Select the Menu icon, t hen
choose Main Menu from the
dropdown menu (page 5).
The Main menu appears.
3 Select Delete Images.
The Delete Images screen
appears, displaying choices for
the act ive PC Card.
4 Press and hold the SELECT
button and rotate the Main
Command dial to highli ght your
choice.
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Formatting a PC Card
There can only be one PC Card in the camera when you format a card. This is a safety
feature to preve nt f ormatting the wrong ca rd. You can format a card using ei ther th e Quick
Format or the Full Format feature.
IMPORTANT:
Quick format, while fa st er, is not r eco mme nde d if th ere i s a poss ib il it y th at th e dat a on
the card is corrupted.
1 Select the Menu icon, th en
choose Main Menu (page 5).
2 Select Card from the Main
menu.
The Card menu appears.
3 Choose Quick Format or Full
Format.
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If two cards are in the camera,
you are prompted to remove the
inactive card. For example, if
CARD0 is active, you are
prompted to remove CARD1.
Remove the inactive card, then
select Retry.
If you remove the active card,
the message at the left appears:
Re-insert the card in the proper
slot, then select Retry.
4 Proceed with formatting as
described in chapter 4 of the
User’s Manual.
JPEG File Pr o cessing
The DCS 330 camer a su ppor ts background image pr oc essing that produce s JPEG or TIFF
RGB files that can be opened directly by any image editing software.
The choices for processed files are JPEG Good, Better, Best, and TIFF RGB. JPEG Good
files have th e m os t com pr ession, J PEG Be st have the least —the less compres si on applied,
the better the image quality in the processed file and the larger the file size. The final
JPEG file size varies, depending on image content. TIFF RGB files are not compressed.
When you capt ure images, the y a re w r it t en t o t he s el ect ed folder on the PC Card using t he
TIFF Custom format, regardless of whether Processing is turned on. If you turn on
Processing, JPEG Best, Better, Good, or TIFF RGB files are created in the background
(when the camera is not busy with other tasks such as capturing images).
JPEG files are saved to a JPEG folder and TIFF RGB files are saved to a TIFF RGB
folder. These folders are created on the PC Card when you turn on Processing (if they are
not already there). If you select the JPEG or TIFF RGB folder to review images, then
capture an image, a message informs you that images cannot be saved in that folder. The
images are saved in the default folder established in Properties. (Refer to chapter 3 of the
User’s Manual.)
The default for Processing is Off. When you turn on Processing, it stays on until you turn
it off, or remove the PC Card.
Processing with Two PC Cards
When you have PC Cards insert ed i n bot h slots (page 7), im ag es are process ed on t he card
that is active when you turn on Processing. If you make the other card active, processing
continues on the card originally designated for processing. For example, if CARD0 is
active when you t ur n on Pr oce ssi ng, then you change t o CARD1, processing cont inu es on
CARD0, but not on CARD1. In this case, if you want to switch Processing to CARD1,
you must turn off Processing, then turn it back on. When turned on, Processing is
automatically set for the active card (CARD1).
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