Pentax S30, S40 User Manual

Viewing Your Digital

Camera Images

On Your PC

(PC Connection Manual)

PENTAX Corporation

PENTAX Europe GmbH (European Headquarters)

PENTAX U.K. Limited PENTAX House, Heron Drive, Langley, Slough, Berks

PENTAX France S.A.S. 12/14, rue Jean Poulmarch, 95106 Argenteuil Cedex,

PENTAX Benelux B.V. (for Netherlands)

PENTAX (Schweiz) AG Widenholzstrasse 1 Postfach 367 8305 Dietlikon,

PENTAX Scandinavia AB P.O. Box 650, 75127 Uppsala, SWEDEN

PENTAX Imaging Company A Division of PENTAX of America, Inc.

PENTAX Canada Inc. 1770 Argentia Road Mississauga, Ontario L5N 3S7,

http://www.digital.pentax.co.jp

2-36-9,Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 174-8639, JAPAN (http://www.pentax.co.jp/)

Julius-Vosseler-Strasse, 104, 22527 Hamburg, GERMANY (HQ - http://www.pentaxeurope.com) (Germany - http://www.pentax.de)

SL3 8PN, U.K. (http://www.pentax.co.uk)

FRANCE

Spinveld 25, 4815 HR Breda, NETHERLANDS (http://www.pentax.nl) (for Belgium & Luxembourg) Weiveldlaan 3-5, 1930 Zaventem, BELGIUM (http://www.pentax.be)

SWITZERLAND (http://www.pentax.ch)

(http://www.pentax.se)

600 12th Street, Suite 300 Golden, Colorado 80401, U.S.A. (http://www.pentax.com)

CANADA (http://www.pentaxcanada.ca)

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Introduction

This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the PENTAX Digital Camera on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.

This manual contains explanations on the operation of both the Optio S40 and the Optio S30. To differentiate the two models, the S40 is referred to as the “Optio S40” and the S30 is referred to as the “Optio S30.” Images of the liquid crystal panel used in this manual are taken from the Optio S40.

Regarding copyrights

Images taken using the Optio S40/S30 that are for anything other than personal enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are even cases where limitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment during demonstrations, industrial enterprise or as items for display. Images taken with the purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside the scope of use of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care should be taken here also.

Regarding trademarks

• The SD logo is a trademark.

• PENTAX is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.

• Optio is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.

• All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

• Apple, the Apple logo, AppleScript, the Apple Store, Mac, the Mac logo, Mac OS, Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

• This product supports PRINT Image Matching II. When used in combination, PRINT Image Matching II enables digital still cameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images more faithful to their intentions. Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved. PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

• “PictBridge” allows the user to connect the printer and digital camera directly, using the unified standard for the direct printout of images. You can print images directly from the camera through a few simple operations.

• Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:

Gives page numbers explaining related operations.

Gives information that is useful to know.

Gives cautions and notes about the operation.

The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on your model.

Contents

How to Use the Captured Images 2

Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC 4

System Requirements ............................................................... 4

Installing the Image Processing Software

(ACDSee for PENTAX) ............................................................... 6

Copying Images to your PC ...................................................... 9

Disconnecting the Camera from your PC.............................. 14

Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Macintosh 16

System Requirements ............................................................. 16

Installing ACDSee for PENTAX............................................... 17

Installing ACD Photostitcher .................................................. 18

Displaying Images on your Macintosh................................... 20

Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 22

About ACDSee for PENTAX 23

Launching ACDSee for PENTAX ............................................ 23

Viewing Using the Browser 24

About the Browser................................................................... 24

Viewing Images in Other Folders ........................................... 28

Sorting Image Files.................................................................. 29

Setting Detailed Display Categories....................................... 30

Viewing a Large Version of an Image (Viewer) 31

About the Viewer...................................................................... 31

Panorama Image Stitching with ACD Photostitcher 33

Panorama Image Stitching on a Windows PC....................... 33

Panorama Image Stitching on a Macintosh........................... 36

Printing an Image 39

Printing from the Browser....................................................... 39

Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 39

Creating and Printing Contact Sheets ................................... 40

E-mailing your Images from ACDSee for PENTAX 41

About ACDInTouch 42

How to Use the Captured Images

Here are some ways to use the images captured with your digital camera.

Direct Print

Connect your camera and a printer that is compatible with “PictBridge” directly with the USB cable, and print images. 1 Camera Operating Manual (p.97)

View images on a TV

Connect your camera and TV with the AV cable and display images on the TV.

1 Camera Operating Manual (p.93)

Use your photo shop

Have prints made from your card images at a photo shop.

• Set DPOF settings on your camera, and get prints from your photo shop. 1 Camera Operating Manual (p.94)

• Select the images for prints.

Is your computer…

• equipped with a standard USB interface?

• using Windows Me/2000/XP as your OS? Or Mac OS 9.0-9.2/10.1 or later?

Connect your camera and computer with the USB cable, and copy the camera images.

Is your computer…

• using Windows 95/98/98 SE/NT, Mac OS 8.6?

Transfer your images using a built-in card slot + PC card adapter or a card reader.

• Remove the card from the camera. When transferring images on the card to a PC with another device, make sure to review the user manual accompanying that device.

Use your image data

Use your e-mail software to attach images to e-mails, or use them on your homepage.

ACDSee for PENTAX 1 p.23-41

• View Images • Edit Images

• Save processed images • E-mail Images

• Manipulate images • Print images

• These operations also can be performed using commercially available image editing software. See the instructions provided with the software for more details.

• See the operating manual of your e-mail software for details on how to make attachments to e-mails.

• See the operating manual of the software you are using for details on how to use images on your homepage.

Use your printer

Print images from your computer to your printer. Some printers can print directly from cards.

• For details, see the operating manual of the printer you are using.

Save your image data

Images sent to the computer can be saved onto a CD-R or other media.

Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC

You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB7) or a card reader to transfer your digital camera’s images to the PC, and you can edit and print your images using the image viewing software. Here, the method for viewing images with the provided software (S-SW16) is explained.

Software Provided

The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW16) provided.

• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee for PENTAX)

• QuickTime™ 6.0

System Requirements

USB connection

• OS: Windows Me / 2000 Windows XP Home Edition / Professional

• USB port must be standard equipment

* Installation of the driver is not necessary.

Application Software

<ACDSee for PENTAX> (9 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese [traditional and simplified], Korean, Japanese)

• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me / NT (latest version) / 2000 Windows XP Home Edition / Professional

• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended

• Memory: 64MB minimum

• Hard Disk space: 40MB minimum

• Display adapter capable of displaying a minimum of 256

colors

• Internet Explorer 4.0.2 or later

* Some formats may require viewing with QuickTime 6.0 or

later and DirectX 8.0 or later.

* To install ACDSee for PENTAX, Windows Installer Service

Version 2.0 may be required.

You can download DirectX and Windows Installer Service from the following website.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/directx http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/

howitworks/management/installer.asp

<QuickTime> (6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese)

• OS: Windows 98 / 98 SE / Me / NT (latest version) / 2000 Windows XP Home Edition / Professional

• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended

• Memory: 128MB minimum

* Operation is not guaranteed on all PCs meeting the system

requirements.

You may play moving pictures using the provided software [ACDSee for PENTAX] (QuickTime 6.0 or later required).

• The software cannot be used on Windows 95.

• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 (optional) when connecting your camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if your batteries run out during image transfer.

Installing the Image Processing Software (ACDSee for PENTAX)

This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for PENTAX which lets you view and edit recorded images on your computer.

If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows XP, please login as an administrator user before starting installation. Refer to your PC’s operating manual for instructions on how to login.

1 Turn your computer on. 2 Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW16) into your CD-ROM drive.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen is displayed on the desktop.

• When the PENTAX Software Installer screen is not displayed

Display the PENTAX Software Installer screen following the steps below.

1) Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.

2) Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW16)] icon.

3) Double-click [Setup.exe].

Click your applicable language.

You can choose the languages from the displayed screen. A selection screen to install your desired software is displayed.

4 Click [ACDSee™].

The Setup screen will appear. Follow the on-screen guidance and enter the registration information. Reboot your PC after installation is finished.

• If QuickTime 6.0 or later is not already installed in your PC, a message such as the one shown on the right is displayed before the Setup screen appears. Click [Install QuickTime] to first install QuickTime 6.0.

The panoramic image software “Photostitcher”, the image layout and printing software “FotoSlate”, and the image editing software “FotoCanvas” are also installed when you install ACDSee for PENTAX.

Product Registration on the Internet

Please click [Product Registration] on the CD-ROM screen in step 4 on page 6 of this PC manual. A world map for Internet Product Registration is displayed.

If your PC is connected to the Internet, click the displayed country or region and then follow the instructions to register your product.

Thank you very much for your cooperation.

Only customers in displayed countries and regions can register their products on the Internet Product Registration.

Copying Images to your PC

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An explanation of how to copy images using ACDSee for PENTAX is shown below. Refer to the “About ACDSee for PENTAX” (1p.23) to view or edit the copied images.

Setting the USB Connection mode to [PC]

1 Press the MENU button.

The [A Rec. Mode] menu or the [Q Playback] menu will be displayed.

2 Press the four-way controller (5) to display the

[B Set-up] menu.

3 Use the four-way controller (23)

to select [USB Connection].

4 Press the four-way controller (5).

The screen for selecting the USB connection mode appears.

5 Use the four-way controller (23)

to select [Personal Computer] .

6 Press the OK button twice.

• Do not connect the camera to a PC while the USB connection mode is set to [PictBridge].

• If you connect the camera to a PC while the USB connection mode is set to [PictBridge], do the following operation according to your operating system. After completing the procedure, change the connection to [PC] and reconnect the camera and PC again.

OS Status for USB connection Do it like this

Windows XP Recognized as PENTAX Optio

Windows 2000 “Found New Hardware Wizard” is

Windows Me “Found New Hardware Wizard” is

S40/S30, but cannot read images when trying to acquire them.

displayed.

Brightness Level Video Out USB Connection Auto Power Off Fn Setting Reset

USB Connection

Turn off the camera and remove the USB cable from your PC.

Click “Cancel” turn off the camera and remove the USB cable from your PC.

Set-up

Exit

Personal Computer

PictBridge

Exit

NTSC

3min

Copying Images to your PC

1 Turn your computer on. 2 Turn your camera off and connect it to the PC with the

USB cable.

Confirm that the SD Memory Card is inserted in the camera when the images in the SD Memory Card are copied.

3 Turn your camera on.

The Device Detector screen is displayed automatically. If the Device Detector screen is not displayed, display / copy the images following the steps in “When the Device Detector screen is not displayed” on page 12.

4 Confirm that [Copy images to

hard drive] and [Launch ACDSee] are checked, and click [Next].

5 Click [Browse].

The [Browse For Folder] screen is displayed.

6 Select a destination folder and

click [OK].

7 Click [Next].

The image is copied to the PC, and the ACDSee for PENTAX Browser starts.

When the Device Detector screen is not displayed

4 Double-click the [ACDSee for

PENTAX] icon on the desktop.

5 Double-click [My Computer].

6 Double-click [Removable Disk]

(If the SD Memory Card has a volume label name, then select that name).

7 Double-click the [DCIM] folder.

8 Click the [xxxPENTX] folder.

(xxx is a three-digit number.)

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