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2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . User’s Manual KODAK Professional DCS 410 DCS␣ 420 DCS 460 NC2000e Digital Cameras © Eastman Kodak Company, 1997 This manual and the accompanying software are protected b[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii W ARRANTY KODAK Professional DCS Digital Camera THIS WARRANTY APPLIES TO EQUIPMENT PURCHASED IN THE UNITED STATES. W arranty T ime Period Kodak warrants your camera to be free from malfunctions and defects in both materials and workmanship for six months from the date of purchase. W arra[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Limitations Warranty service will not be provided without return of the Warranty Registration card or dated proof of purchase. Please return the Warranty Registration card within 30 days of purchase. As a condition of warranty service, before sending in your unit to the nearest service ce[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Outside the United States In countries other than the United States, the terms of this warranty may be different. Unless a specific Kodak warranty is communicated to the purchaser in writing by a Kodak company, no other warranty or liability exists beyond the information contained above, e[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi EASTMAN KODAK COMP ANY Software License Agreement YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE OPENING THE DISKETTE PACKAGE(S). OPENING THE DISKETTE PACKAGE(S) INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDI- TIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THEM, YOU SHOULD PROMP[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii You must reproduce and include the copyright notice on any copy of the software. YOU MAY NOT USE, COPY OR TRANSFER THE SOFTWARE, OR ANY COPY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS LICENSE. IF YOU TRANSFER POSSESSION OF THE RELATED EQUIPMENT OR ANY COPY OF THE SOFT[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. IF THE SOFTWARE PROVES DEFECTIVE, YOU (AND NOT KODAK OR YOUR DEALER) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION. Some states do not allow the ex[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix GENERAL You may not sublicense, assign, or transfer the license or the software, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. Any attempt otherwise to sublicense, assign, or transfer any of the rights, duties, or obligations hereunder is prohibited. This Agreement will be governed by t[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Important Safeguards and Precautions The exclamation point in an equilateral triangle is in- tended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the equipment. Read Instructions — Read all the safety and [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi and serious damage to the equipment. Use only with a stable cart, stand, bracket, or table. Cleaning — Unplug the camera from its AC battery charger/adapter and from a computer. Be certain the camera off. Using a damp cloth, clean only the outside cabinet and the liquid crystal display [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii camera as the only external device attached to a PowerBook com- puter (refer to Chapter 4). Use only the SCSI cables supplied with the camera to attach the camera or other peripherals to the computer. If you use other cables, you may violate FCC emission requirements and could corrupt da[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii PCMCIA cards may have more restrictive operating temperature and humidity ranges. Refer to the specifications for the cards you use.) PCMCIA cards — PCMCIA cards (not supplied with the camera system) are fragile devices that can be damaged if not treated with care. Refer to the docume[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv You can connect the camera to a computer with or without a PCMCIA card in the camera. Once the camera is connected to a computer, you can insert/remove a PCMCIA card while the camera and computer are turned on or turned off; however, do not remove a PCMCIA card from the camera while the [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv AC Battery Charger/Adapter — Important W arnings You should operate the equipment only from the type of power source indicated on the name plate of the AC battery charger/adapter. A line voltage outside of this range can destroy the AC battery charger/ adapter and/or the camera. Use onl[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Electromagnetic Emissions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer- ence in a residential installation. This e[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii Contents 1 1 1 1 1 Before You Begin 1-1 Macintosh Computer — Hardware and Software 1-2 Required Computer, Memory, Hard Disk 1-2 Computer 1-2 Memory 1-2 Hard disk 1-2 Required Monitor and Display Card 1-2 Required Systems Software 1-3 Required SCSI Cables and Terminators 1-3 Required A[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii 2 2 2 2 2 Introduction 2-1 KODAK Camera Back 2-3 Features 2-4 3 3 3 3 3 Quick Start 3-1 4 4 4 4 4 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-1 Using the AC Battery Charger/Adapter 4-3 Charging the Battery 4-4 Setting the SCSI ID on the Camera 4-8 Installing a SCSI Host Adapter (TWAIN PC O[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix Taking Pictures 5-8 Reading the Frames Remaining Indicator and the Frame Counter 5-9 Frames Remaining 5-9 Frame Counter 5-10 Deleting Pictures (Optional) 5-11 Recording Sound (Optional) 5-14 Turning off the Camera 5-15 Operating Differences with the Nikon N90s Camera 5-16 6 6 6 6 6 Tutor[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx 6 6 6 6 6 Tutorial — Accessing Camera Images (continued) Archive and Delete Images 6-30 (Optional) Create Archive Files 6-30 Delete Files 6-32 Revise Preferences 6-32 Quitting 6-32 7 7 7 7 7 Reference — Camera 7-1 KODAK Camera Back and Imager 7-2 Timing Considerations 7-3 KODAK Camera[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi Camera Operating Configurations 7-22 Supported Configurations 7-22 Taking Pictures While Connected to the Computer 7-23 Using the Camera with a PCMCIA Card 7-23 Using the Camera Without a PCMCIA Card While Connected to a Computer 7-24 Battery and AC Battery Charger/Adapter 7-25 Battery C[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii 8 8 8 8 8 Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-1 General Features 8-2 Defaults — Driver Image Window 8-5 Commands 8-6 Source Menu 8-6 Camera 8-7 Folder 8-7 Choose Folder 8-7 View Menu 8-7 Contact Sheet 8-8 Preview 8-8 Test Shot 8-10 Photoshop Menus 8-12 Photoshop Edit Menu 8-12 Photo[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii Take Picture Icon 8-17 Camera Control Icon 8-17 Load Camera Firmware 8-19 Set Clock 8-20 Erase 8-20 Format 8-20 Recover 8-21 Self Test 8-22 Done 8-22 Preferences Icon 8-23 Default Acquire Resolution 8-23 12-Bit Acquire 8-24 Show Tool Tips 8-24 Units: Inches/Centimeters 8-24 Acquired Co[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv 8 8 8 8 8 Reference — Kodak Driver Software (continued) Commands (continued) Crop Icon 8-28 Introduction 8-28 The Crop Dialog Box 8-30 Method: Freeform and Fixed Size 8-31 Size 8-31 Left, Top, Width, and Height 8-32 Fix Aspect Ratio 8-32 Final Output 8-33 Remove 8-33 Cancel 8-33 OK 8-[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv RGB Values at the Cursor Location 8-46 Thumbnail/Preview Size Menu 8-46 Using Photoshop “Actions” (Macintosh Only) 8-47 Supported Commands 8-49 Driver Commands Not Supported 8-50 Troubleshooting — Kodak Driver Software 8-51 Messages — Kodak Driver Software 8-54 9 9 9 9 9 Appendic[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Before You Begin 1-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Before Y ou Begin NOTE: Before you continue, complete and submit the enclosed Warra[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Before You Begin Macintosh Computer — Hardware and Software The following sections list the required and optional computer hardware and software needed to run the Kodak Driver for use with Adobe Photo- shop Software on an Apple Macintosh computer. IMPORTANT: Refer to the read-me files [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Before You Begin 1-3 acceptable. You need the appropriate display card for the monitor in use; we recommend a 16-bit or 24-bit video display card (which can display more than 16.7 million colors). Neither the amount of data stored for each image, nor the quality of any printed output, is aff[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Before You Begin IBM PC or Compatible Computer — Hardware and Software These sections list required and optional hardware and software needed to run the Kodak drivers for TWAIN-compliant PC applications. IMPORTANT: Refer to the read-me files on the supplied software driver diskette for[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Before You Begin 1-5 for the monitor in use; we recommend a 24-bit display card. A 16-bit card can display up to 32,768 colors, while a 24-bit card can display more than 16.7 million colors. (Neither the amount of data stored for each image, nor the quality of any printed output, is affected[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Before You Begin Other Optional Equipment For information about optional equipment, refer to the appendix “Op- tional Equipment & Spare Parts List” and to the text files installed during software installation that list system and software solutions available from third party vend[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction 2-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Introduction This chapter includes: A brief introduction to the design of the camera. A[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Introduction This camera system takes and stores high-resolution digital images. You can attach the camera to one of several computers and move your images from the camera to the computer using one of the special software drivers provided by Kodak. You can then use the image in other app[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction 2-3 KODAK Camera Back The KODAK camera back is a sealed, one-piece unit. A single mounting screw attaches it to an unmodified Nikon N90s camera body that has had its film back removed. Mounting screw NIKON N90s CAMERA (with film back removed) KODAK CAMERA BACK[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Introduction Features The KODAK camera back incorporates the following features: FRONT VIEW Mounting screw Tripod socket Imager A KODAK charge coupled device (CCD) imager with image data recorded as listed in the Specifications appendix. Exposure indexes equivalent to film speeds as list[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction 2-5 DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY Remove/insert PCMCIA card here. Multipurpose connector SCSI port Record button Microphone LCD DELETE button SCSI ID button BACK VIEW Card busy light A PCMCIA-ATA Type III slot designed to accept PCMCIA cards that support the “ATA” protocol and op[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Introduction A built-in microphone records sound as “.WAV” files at “telephone quality”— 8-bits, 11 kilohertz, monaural. Software drivers to move images from the camera back to your computer. You can also use the drivers to perform self-tests on the camera from your computer, a[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Start 3-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Quick Start This chapter provides a brief summary of the steps you follow to use the cam[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Quick Start 1. Obtain and mount a lens on the camera. A lens is not supplied with the camera system, but is available from Kodak (and elsewhere). Refer to the appendix “Optional Equipment & Spare Parts List,” and to the quick reference card regarding lens behavior. 2. Obtain one [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Start 3-3 6. DCS 460 Only: Install the Calibration File. A. Macintosh: Load the diskette with the calibration (CAL) file for your camera. Copy the calibration file (its name ends with the characters “.CAL”) into the folder containing your Photoshop plug-ins (it is probably named P [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Quick Start 10. Place a supported PCMCIA card into the camera. Open the door on the side of the camera, push the PCMCIA card firmly into place, and close the door. (Do not be startled by the red Card Busy light that blinks briefly, or by the slight noise.) Refer to Chapter 4. 11. Update [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quick Start 3-5 NOTES: For earlier supported versions of Photoshop, choose the driver from the A CQUIRE submenu of the F ILE menu. For other supported TWAIN applications on the PC, access the TWAIN driver through the select-then-acquire process used by your application to access the driver i[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 Quick Start window. Scroll through images, select one or more, adjust color using the balance controls, crop, and acquire the image into your applica- tion by clicking the A CQUIRE button. And/or move images to an archive folder on your computer by selecting the image(s) and using the C [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Preparing the Camera and the Computer This chapter describes t[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Load and/or update camera firmware. Format a PCMCIA card for use with the camera. IMPORTANT: We assume that you are familiar with the operation of your computer. If you are not, refer to the manuals that accompany that computer before continuing. Bef[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-3 Using the AC Battery Charger/ Adapter Keep the following battery considerations in mind as you use the camera. IMPORTANT : Do not attempt to remove the battery; it is not a cus- tomer serviceable part. IMPORTANT : The section “Battery Charging for [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Charging the Battery You should charge the battery for two hours before using the camera for the first time, and thereafter on a regular basis as needed. Charging the battery in this way will ensure that you begin shooting with a fully charged batter[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-5 3. Plug the other end of the power cord into a wall outlet. 4. Plug the AC battery charger/adapter into the camera; the unit plugs into the round connector at the lower left corner of the back of the camera.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 5. The first time the camera is used, allow the battery to charge for two hours. IMPORTANT: An LCD at the top left corner of the camera back displays a battery icon. DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY KODAK camera back LCD LCD GRAPHICS Battery indicator While [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-7 6. (Optional) Use the supplied accessory adapter cable as shown in the following illustration. Doing so allows simultaneous use of the AC battery charger/adapter and optional shutter release accessory (refer to the appendix “Optional Equipment &[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Setting the SCSI ID on the Camera In this section you will set the SCSI identification (ID) number for the camera. Each SCSI device connected to the same computer must have a different ID number. CAUTION : This section assumes that the camera and the[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-9 3. Turn on the camera as shown below. MODE ISO DRIVE OFF Ps Shutter release button Power switch set to ON 4. Wake the camera by lightly pressing the shutter release button. NOTES: The camera turns off after several seconds of inactivity; therefore, a[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 5. Locate the indented button on the back of the camera labeled “SCSI ID.” DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY SCSI ID button[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-11 6. Press the SCSI ID button once with your fingertip or a blunt object; this action wakes SCSI mode. The characters “SCSI” (called the SCSI indicator), as well as a single value from 0 to 7, “PC,” and “PP” appear on the camera back LCD. [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 7. While “SCSI” still appears on the LCD, you change the current SCSI ID by pressing the SCSI ID button repeatedly. The ID rotates through the values 0 to 7, “PC,” and “PP.” Stop when you have the SCSI ID you want, using the separate inf[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-13 Installing a SCSI Host Adapter (TW AIN PC Only) The camera connects to your PC at a SCSI port provided by installing one of the supported SCSI host adapter cards. If your PC already has a sup- ported card installed, continue at the next section. CAU[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Making the SCSI Connection The camera is a non-terminated SCSI device that connects to your Macintosh computer or PC with one of the included SCSI cables. In normal usage you may connect and disconnect the camera from the computer on a regular basis[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-15 3. Connect the AC battery charger/adapter to the camera as described earlier in this chapter. Although this step is optional, we recommend it whenever the camera is connected to a computer. 4. Select the appropriate SCSI cable for your Macintosh (wi[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 5. Follow the appropriate part of this step for either a Macintosh or a PC. MACINTOSH: Attach one 25-pin connector to the SCSI port on the back of the Macintosh computer. Make sure the connector is well seated by pressing it into place firmly, and t[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-17 6. Attach the appropriate end of the supplied 25-pin SCSI terminator to the other end of the SCSI cable you just attached to your computer. 25-pin Terminator BACK OF COMPUTER 7. Attach the open end of the 25-pin terminator to the SCSI connector on t[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 8. (Optional) Later, to disconnect the camera from the computer, shut down the computer and then power off the camera. Then disconnect the terminator from the camera and the SCSI cable from the computer. Do not leave a SCSI cable with an empty conne[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-19 A. Follow these steps if none of the connected devices are terminated or if one of the devices is terminated externally. 1. Turn off the computer, and all connected SCSI devices. IMPORTANT: Later, when you connect and disconnect the computer and the[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20 Preparing the Camera and the Computer B. If there is an external SCSI terminator between the end of a cable and a SCSI connector on a device, remove the terminator, and then reconnect the cable. (Later, if you remove the camera cable from your computer, remember to replace this terminat[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-21 7. Attach the supplied 25-pin terminator to the other end of the SCSI cable and then to the camera. 25-pin Conne ctor SCSI Connector Camera 25-pin Terminator 8. (Optional) Later, to disconnect the camera from the computer, turn off the computer and [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 2. Place the camera in a convenient position next to the last device in the SCSI chain of devices connected to your computer. 3. Connect the AC battery charger/adapter to the camera as described earlier in this chapter. Although this step is optiona[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-23 6. Attach the other end of the SCSI cable to the SCSI connector on the camera. 25-pin Connector SCSI Connector 7. (Optional) Later, to disconnect the camera from the computer, shut down the computer and all external SCSI devices, and then power off [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24 Preparing the Camera and the Computer III. Camera Used with a Macintosh PowerBook or a PC Laptop Follow the steps below to match your computer system, either a Macintosh PowerBook (part A) or a PC Laptop (part B). A. Macintosh PowerBook with No External SCSI Devices You can use the came[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-25 1. Turn off the Macintosh PowerBook computer. IMPORTANT: Later when you connect and disconnect the Macintosh PowerBook computer and the camera on a regular basis, make sure the computer is off. 2. Connect the AC battery charger/adapter to the camera[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26 Preparing the Camera and the Computer B. PC (for TWAIN driver) The camera can be used with an IBM or compatible laptop computer if you use a PCMCIA-to-SCSI II adapter (such as the Adaptec SlimSCSI used with EZ-SCSI 4.0 or the New Media Bus Toaster). These adapters include a PCMCIA card [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-27 Inserting and Removing a PCMCIA Card This section describes how to insert and remove a PCMCIA card. PCMCIA cards are not supplied with the camera, but are available as optional equipment. Refer to Chapter 1 and to the read-me files supplied with the[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 1. Be certain that the red “Card Busy” light is not blinking before you continue. DELETE SCSI ID DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY CARD BUSY CARD BUSY light[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-29 2. While looking at the back of the camera, open the door on the left edge of the camera back by inserting a thumb or finger into the opening and swinging the door away from you. DELETE SCSI ID Insert/remove PCMCIA card here. 3. NOTE : As you comple[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Insert your PCMCIA card (not supplied with the camera), by sliding it — thin edge first — into the empty slot, and pushing it firmly into place. DELETE SCSI ID LCD When properly installed, the end of the PCMCIA release button should be flush wit[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-31 4. Swing the door closed over the PCMCIA card. NOTE: The camera back LCD (see figure above at the start of step 3) may show “E6,” a code indicating that the PCMCIA card is not formatted. That is a normal condition at this point in the preparatio[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 3. CAUTION : As you complete this step, the PCMCIA card is ejected from the camera; for that reason, keep your hand in front of the door opening to prevent the fragile card from falling out of the camera. If a PCMCIA card is dropped, you may destroy[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-33 Installing the KODAK Driver In this section you will install the special software driver provided with the camera. Then you can use the driver to ensure that the camera has the latest firmware (camera control programming), and to format a PCMCIA car[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34 Preparing the Camera and the Computer C. Install the software by following all instructions as they appear. NOTES ON TWAIN FOR THE PC: TWAIN is a set of written specifications developed by a consortium of vendors, that when implemented in software allows you to acquire data from a perip[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-35 B. Make a backup of the calibration diskette; you cannot obtain images from the camera without the CAL file. C. Follow the appropriate part of this step for your computer system. Macintosh: Copy the calibration file (its name ends with the character[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Accessing the Camera from the Driver Repeat the steps below each time you want to access the KODAK Driver for Adobe Photoshop software or for supported TWAIN-compliant PC applications. 1. If the camera and your computer are not connected, turn both [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-37 If you use other supported software, refer to its documentation to deter- mine if it is TWAIN-compliant, and if it is, how it provides access to TWAIN drivers. As you use a variety of TWAIN-compliant software, it may be helpful to know how the TWAIN[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Final Steps to the Driver W indow 1. Follow the appropriate step below. MACINTOSH: Pull down the Adobe Photoshop 4.0 File menu and choose K ODAK DCS 400/EOS•DCS/NC2000 from the I MPORT submenu. (For earlier supported versions of Photoshop, choose [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-39 2. Wait as the driver image window appears. NOTES: Instead of the driver image window above you may see a message that the camera was not found. If you do, follow the troubleshooting sugges- tions in the message. Additional information regarding thi[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Updating Camera Firmware The camera incorporates nonvolatile memory that contains controls — called firmware — for most features of the camera. You can update that firmware yourself, which means you can keep the camera up-to-date as changes are [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-41 1. Click the camera control icon of the driver image window. You see the dialog box below. 2. Click the L OAD C AMERA F IRMWARE button. NOTE: If you see a message indicating that the firmware update failed and specifying the name of a missing “BIN[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42 Preparing the Camera and the Computer Formatting a PCMCIA Card This section describes how to format a PCMCIA card, an action you may need to take now as you start to use the camera, and may need to repeat later on an occasional basis when you want to format another card, or to reformat [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-43 1. Click the camera control icon of the driver image window. You see the C AMERA C ONTROL dialog box. 2. IMPORTANT: As you complete this step, keep in mind that this operation will erase all existing data on the PCMCIA card. Click the F ORMAT button[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44 Preparing the Camera and the Computer 5. Click D ONE to close the dialog box. 6. Click D ONE to leave the driver image window. 7. Quit the application.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing the Camera and the Computer 4-45 Quitting — Disconnecting the Camera from the Computer Complete these steps when you have completed your work with the camera and the computer. 1. If Photoshop or other supported application is running, quit that application now. 2. Turn off the ca[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Using the Camera Follow the steps in this chapter to take pictures with the camera.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Using the Camera Readying the Nikon N90s Camera 1. If a formatted PCMCIA card is not in the camera, insert one now. NOTE : Refer to Chapter 4 for information on formatting, inserting, and removing PCMCIA cards. If the camera back LCD shows “E6” the card has not been formatted; you mu[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-3 B. In the field without the AC battery charger/adapter. Before you go into the field, you should charge the battery fully as described in Chapter 4. Charging the battery for two hours will ensure the most images per charge. 3. Turn on the camera by sliding the Nikon N90s[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Using the Camera 4. Select any of the three automatic film advance modes — single frame shooting (S), continuous low-speed shooting (L), or high-speed shoot- ing (H). To do so, hold down the film advance mode (DRIVE) button while rotating the command input control dial. NOTE : The L an[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-5 If this occurs, choose another focus mode, or take some other action — for example shoot from a different position — which will allow focusing to occur. You will not be able to shoot if you have set the exposure-mode to one of the two programmed auto exposure modes o[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Using the Camera 7. Notice that the camera back LCD displays several graphics. (If the AC battery charger/adapter is not attached, you need to lightly press the shutter release to wake the camera and see these data on that LCD.) The graphics display: The amount of charge in the battery. [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-7 Without the AC battery charger/adapter, if the indicator shows that the battery is low, recharge it or operate the camera from the AC battery charger/adapter. Full battery Blinks when battery exhausted Low battery 2 ⁄ 3 full 9. Set the ISO on the camera; the supported [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8 Using the Camera T urning Off the Camera You turn off the camera by sliding the Nikon N90s camera power switch to OFF. When the camera is on but not awake (the LCD on the camera back is off), the drain on the battery is very minimal as the camera waits in a sleep state for your next acti[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-9 5. Set the film advance mode for continuous shooting (either L or H mode), and take additional pictures by keeping the shutter release depressed. NOTE: The camera is ready for the first shot within 0.25 second after the shutter release is depressed, and subsequent images[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Using the Camera The oval at the right of the LCD indicates the amount of the PCMCIA card filled with images. As more pictures are taken, subsequent sectors of this graphic appear. Card up to 1/6 filled Card filled (indicator flashes) Card empty Frame Counter A separate numbering system[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-11 Deleting Pictures (Optional) This section describes how you can delete one or more of the most recent pictures from the PCMCIA card. This feature is useful if your card is full and you need to make room for more pictures or if you know that you have just taken an unsati[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Using the Camera 3. Locate the indented button on the back of the camera labeled “DELETE.” DEL DELETE SCSI ID Indicates delete mode Frames remaining Disk indicator DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY CARD BUSY DELETE button[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-13 4. Press this DELETE button once with your fingertip or other blunt object; this action wakes delete mode. The characters “DEL” appear on the camera back LCD. 5. While “DEL” still appears on the LCD, press the DELETE button again. The most current image — base[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14 Using the Camera Recording Sound (Optional) You can record sound on the PCMCIA card via a microphone built into the camera by following these steps. 1. Turn on and wake the camera. 2. Hold the camera back approximately six inches (15 cm) from your mouth. 3. Press and hold the record but[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-15 and back, serving as a level meter (similar to the levels commonly dis- played on audio equipment like tape decks). The bouncing segments provide feedback, a visual indication that sound is being recorded. The best quality recording should occur when 4-5 segments are on[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 Using the Camera Operating Differences with the Nikon N90s Camera There are differences between normal operation of the Nikon N90s camera and its operation as part of the camera system. For that reason we provide a list of the differences, and other considerations, as you begin to work [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the Camera 5-17 The Nikon Data Link System is not supported. The camera provides access to similar data through the image information window pro- vided on the driver image window. You will not be able to shoot when the camera is in S focus mode (Single Servo AF with Focus-Priority) if [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 T utorial — Accessing Camera Images This chapter is a tutorial that descri[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Accessing Camera Images card are opened into separate windows in Adobe Photoshop. Once acquired you can use all Photoshop features to edit the images and save them in the variety of file formats available in Photoshop. IMPORTANT : Throughout this chapter we refer to “Photoshop.” This[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-3 W orking with Images Already on a PCMCIA Card This section is a tutorial on how you might work at the computer with images you have previously taken with the camera. NOTE : A later part of this tutorial describes how you can use the camera while connected to a com[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Accessing Camera Images 4. Choose K ODAK DCS 400/EOS•DCS/NC2000 from the I MPORT submenu of the Adobe Photoshop 4.0 F ILE menu. NOTES : For earlier supported versions of Photoshop, choose the driver from the A CQUIRE submenu of the F ILE menu. O PEN from the F ILE menu will not acquire[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-5 Driver Image Window (Macintosh and TWAIN): V iewing/Selecting an Image from the Camera with the Driver In this section we start by assuming that you want to select a single image to acquire into Photoshop. You begin your work session by making choices across the t[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Accessing Camera Images 1. If it is not already selected, choose C AMERA from the S OURCE menu to work with images from a connected camera. F OLDER and C HOOSE F OLDER allow you to work with images that you have previously copied from the camera to a folder (sub-directory) on your comput[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-7 3. If it is not already selected, choose P HOTO from the A CQUIRE A S menu. This specifies that, when you acquire images into Photoshop, each image will be acquired into a separate window. C ONTACT S HEET allows you to acquire a contact sheet of selected images in[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Accessing Camera Images Acquiring One Image from the Camera You are now ready to acquire an image into Photoshop. Acquiring an image copies its image data from the PCMCIA card into Photoshop, where the acquired image opens into a Photoshop window. The original image is unchanged by the p[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-9 Acquiring Multiple Images or a Contact Sheet In the previous section you acquired a single image into Photoshop. In this section you will acquire multiple images (or a contact sheet of those images) simultaneously. 1. If you closed the driver image window, access [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Accessing Camera Images nails of the subset of selected images, as illustrated below after printing the file; however, if the setting in step 3 is P HOTO , each image is acquired into a separate Photoshop window. IMPORTANT : If you have not made any changes to the acquired image while i[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-11 Rotate, Rename, and Annotate Images 1. Suppose that one or more images is not displayed in the proper rotation. A. Select the image or images not shown in the proper rotation. B. Click the desired rotation icon; the image or images rotate 90 degrees in the chosen[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 Accessing Camera Images named based on the data in the text boxes. Note that the “.TIF” suffix is automatically added to the file name: do not type the period or “TIF” in the N AME area. D. Click the R ENAME button; the driver renames all selected images, and returns you to the [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-13 When an image is acquired, text from both areas is also acquired, and is placed in the Photoshop caption area. Annotation Window Image Information Window[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14 Accessing Camera Images Navigating Through Images As described earlier in the chapter, you can scroll through images by using the scroll bar at the right of the image area. In addition, the driver provides a navigation bar with four control icons and a center edit area in which you ente[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-15 4. Click the “previous” icon several times; the selected image changes, moving consecutively to the “previous” image with each click. 5. Click the “last” icon; the last of all of your images is selected. More than One Image Selected Suppose that you h[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16 Accessing Camera Images The screen changes, and a single enlargement of the selected image fills the image area on the screen. Applying Color Balance to Images This section describes how to color balance images, and applies only to color images, not to images taken with monochrome camer[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-17 Color balance choices are contained in two separate features — the lighting menu and the click-balance tool — both of which are described below. Lighting can be set with either. However, lighting choices are mutually exclusive; you cannot apply one type of li[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Accessing Camera Images 5. Color balance the image using either method A (lighting menu) or method B (click-balance Tool) that follows. Method A: Lighting Menu The lighting menu provides a simple, direct method of quickly applying one of several lighting choices to your image. Then late[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-19 2. Move the cursor over the image, the cursor changes to a special click- balance eyedropper cursor. 3. Click the point of the eyedropper on a white or light gray area (an area that is not overexposed) of the image to be corrected, or click a point that should be[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20 Accessing Camera Images Applying Color Balance to Multiple Selected Images 1. If you are not in the driver image window, return there now. 2. If you are not in C ONTACT S HEET view, choose it now. 3. Select several images that need the same color balancing applied to all of them; the se[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-21 changes are applied to all of the other selected images. To correct that single image without affecting others, return to C ONTACT S HEET view, select only that single image, enter Preview, and color balance the single image. 7. (Optional) If you want to use clic[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22 Accessing Camera Images acquisition will be faster than with a full image, and the acquired image will be smaller than a full-size image. And, if you are not satisfied with your initial crop, you can revise or remove the cropping rectangle as desired at any time. These actions are descr[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-23 4. Wait as the C ROP dialog box appears; note that if multiple-images were selected that they appear in a stack in the box. In this step you will set some of the options of this dialog box to crop images. (All options are explained in detail in chapter 8.) Stack [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24 Accessing Camera Images you know beforehand the exact output dimensions desired for the image. Make one of these choices: F REEFORM allows you to drag any edge of the selection rect- angle in any direction. F IXED S IZE allows you to specify the exact output dimensions desired. A S IZE [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-25 you step through them, resize or reposition cropping rectangle as desired; the change affects the cropping rectangle on all selected images. H. (Optional) Turn “on” the C ROP N EW I MAGES AFTER S HUTTER R ELEASE checkbox (an X appears in the checkbox to the l[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26 Accessing Camera Images W orking with Images in the Studio This section is a tutorial on using the camera in a studio setting to take new images. NOTE : The earlier part of this chapter describes how you can work with images on a PCMCIA card in the camera. All features described there a[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-27 4. As prompted by a message that appears in the driver image window, click the Take Picture icon (or use the shutter release to take a picture). The camera takes a picture and displays it in the image area. 5. (Optional) If the “test” picture is one that you [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28 Accessing Camera Images choose C LOSE from the Photoshop F ILE menu or quit Photoshop, the window will close without asking you if you want to save it. Therefore, be sure you save any acquired images you do not want to lose before closing their windows or quitting Photoshop. 12. Click D[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-29 Playing Recorded Sound Files Sound files recorded with the camera are saved to the PCMCIA card and are associated with the image taken just before the sound was recorded. Once in the driver, sound files associated with an image are represented by the symbol below[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30 Accessing Camera Images Archive and Delete Images The driver provides a variety of additional features that allow you to work with image and sound files. As described in this section, you can copy images from the PCMCIA card in the camera to your computer hard disk for archival purposes[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-31 4. Later, to work with these archive files, enter the driver, and use C HOOSE F OLDER from the S OURCE menu (Macintosh), or click the icon near the S OURCE drop-down menu (TWAIN-PC), to locate and open the folder with the archive images. Macintosh : TWAIN (PC): I[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32 Accessing Camera Images Delete Files 1. Select images you want to delete. 2. Click the Delete button. IMPORTANT : When clicked, the D ELETE button deletes all selected images, including those selected images that may have temporarily scrolled out of view. The images are not only deleted[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accessing Camera Images 6-33 1. Click the D ONE button to leave the driver image window; all revisions you have made in this work session are saved. 2. (Optional) Edit and save opened acquired images in Photoshop. IMPORTANT : If you have not made any changes to the acquired image while in Ph[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Reference — Camera This section of the manual explains and describes the foll[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 2 Reference — Camera KODAK Camera Back and Imager The KODAK camera back incorporates a charge coupled device (CCD) full-frame imager that collects light striking the imager. The Specifications appendix lists the camera models available and the dimensions of the imager and the size of th[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-3 are converted to digital form and stored with other data in dynamic random access memory (DRAM). Once the data are in DRAM, the data from the image are transferred to the PCMCIA card. Hardware in the camera back generates a thumbnail from the image data. The thumbnai[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 4 Reference — Camera KODAK Camera Back Controls Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) A liquid crystal display (LCD) on the KODAK camera back provides status information for the camera. DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY LCD KODAK CAMERA BACK[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-5 LCD CAMERA-OFF GRAPHICS ISO DEL SCSI Battery indicator Frames remaining ISO wa r ning Delete indicator SCSI indicator Disk indicator LCD FULL GRAPHICS (For this illustration all items are shown simultaneously, although at no time do all of these items appear together[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 6 Reference — Camera Battery Indicator When the camera is awake, the battery indicator displays the amount of battery life — full, 2/3 full, and 1/3 remaining — in the battery in the camera back. (There are no batteries in the Nikon N90s camera.) When the battery life is exhausted, [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-7 Frames Remaining Indicator — KODAK Camera Back The frames remaining indicator displays the number of additional pictures that can be stored on the PCMCIA card currently in the camera. Frames remaining The number of images that can be stored on a PCMCIA card depends[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 8 Reference — Camera seconds while image data are moved from memory in the camera system to the PCMCIA card. When the frame counter reappears, the camera is ready for shooting. The number displayed in the Nikon N90s frame counter may be higher than the maximum number of images that can [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-9 the next picture you take will be numbered 1, then 2, then 3, and so on, even if those numbers are already in use. Therefore it is possible that you may have several images on a PCMCIA card with the same number. Duplicate image numbers do not cause any functional pro[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 10 Reference — Camera Disk Indicator The disk indicator, shown in each of its stages below, appears when you wake the camera. It indicates the amount of the available PCMCIA card filled with images. When the entire disk indicator flashes, the PCMCIA card is full. Card up to 1/6 filled C[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-11 Control Buttons Two control buttons — DELETE and SCSI ID — are provided on the KODAK camera back. Both are recessed in the housing and are opera- tional when pressed with a fingertip or other blunt object. DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY SCSI ID button DELETE button[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 12 Reference — Camera DELETE Button and Delete Indicator You use the DELETE button to delete the most recent image on the PCMCIA card. IMPORTANT: If you inadvertently delete images, an emergency procedure provides an opportunity for you to recover images if you do so before making any a[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-13 Several seconds after you stop deleting images, delete mode turns off; reactivate it, if needed, as described above, and press the DELETE button again. DEL DELETE SCSI ID Indicates delete mode Frames remaining Disk indicator DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY CARD BUSY DELETE[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 14 Reference — Camera The DELETE button is for emergencies, not for routine operation. As an example of its use, suppose you are beginning to shoot and realize that the PCMCIA card is full, and that you do not have another PCMCIA card. The DELETE button provides an on-site method of del[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-15 SCSI ID Button and SCSI Indicator You use the SCSI ID button to set the camera SCSI ID. The setting is important when the camera is connected to your computer. DELETE SCSI ID SCSI ID SCSI ID button DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY CARD BUSY SCSI SCSI indicator[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 16 Reference — Camera To set the SCSI ID, first make sure the camera is not connected to your computer . Then turn on the camera and lightly press the shutter release button (this is not necessary if you are connected to the AC battery charger/adapter) to wake the camera. Then, press th[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-17 SCSI Connector (KODAK Camera Back) A single 25-pin, female, subminiature D, SCSI connector appears on the KODAK camera back. You connect the camera to your computer from this connector with one of the supplied SCSI cables. Once you connect it you can operate the cam[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 18 Reference — Camera Multipurpose Connector (KODAK Camera Back) A 7-pin mini-DIN connector on the camera back serves several purposes. You plug the AC battery charger/adapter directly into this connector. You connect the Kodak remote shutter release accessory into this connector. Refer[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-19 PCMCIA Cards “Standard,” removable, credit-card sized PCMCIA cards (Personal Com- puter Memory Card International Association) are used for image storage. The camera incorporates a PCMCIA-ATA Type III slot. The camera saves images to the PCMCIA card currently pl[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 20 Reference — Camera Consult the specifications for your cards to determine if their operating limits (for temperature, humidity, etc.), are more restrictive than those for the camera, and if they are, adhere to those limits. Card Busy Light A red Card Busy LED appears on the camera ba[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-21 associated with that single PCMCIA card, or with another part of the camera system. If the problem is with the PCMCIA card, you can try the steps in the next paragraph. The R ECOVER button on the Camera Control panel of the software drivers can be used in some circu[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 22 Reference — Camera Camera Operating Configurations You can use the camera in the following equipment configurations. IMPORTANT: Refer to Chapter 4 for specific cabling and termination details. Supported Configurations Each row of this table represents a supported configuration. Refer[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-23 T aking Pictures While Connected to the Computer You can take pictures while the camera is connected to the computer (for example in a studio). The following apply to this usage. The camera functions independently, so if a PCMCIA card is in the camera, it is not nec[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 24 Reference — Camera Images are stored on the PCMCIA card as you take them. The camera will not operate once the PCMCIA card is full. When full, you will need to do one or more of the following. Use the DELETE button on the camera to delete the most recently made image(s) from the PCMC[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-25 Battery and AC Battery Charger/ Adapter Battery Charging for Optimal Capacity IMPORTANT : Do not attempt to remove the battery; it is not a customer service- able part. The camera incorporates a single, rechargeable nickel hydride battery that powers both the camera[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 26 Reference — Camera AC Battery Charger/Adapter To camera AC BATTERY CHARGER/ADAPTER POWER CORD To wall outlet To AC battery charger/adapter CAUTION: Observe all cautions regarding this unit included in “AC Battery Charger/Adapter — Important Warnings” at the front of this manual[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-27 The adapter is a universal unit, with a range of 95–250 volts, 47–63 Hz, without a switch. If you are using the camera in an environment in which a power outlet is available, for example in a studio or when connected to a computer, we recommend that you operate [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 28 Reference — Camera Recorded Sound The camera can record sound via a built-in microphone positioned in the camera back. This feature, implemented with a goal of simplicity and ease of use, allows you to record audio information about images or other subjects. DELETE SCSI ID CARD BUSY [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-29 PCMCIA card where it is saved as a sound file. As a result, the card may contain an intermingling of image and sound files. The camera alone cannot play the recorded sound; instead, a computer is needed to access and play the sound files. How to Record Sound To reco[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 30 Reference — Camera As sound is being recorded, segments of the disk icon bounce up and back, serving as a level meter (similar to the levels commonly displayed on audio equipment like tape decks). The bouncing segments provide feedback, a visual indication that sound is being recorde[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-31 During the interruption between each 25 second segment, the red Card Busy light on the camera back blinks, and the dot in the disk icon goes off. These indicate that data are being written to the card, and that sound is not being recorded. Sound File Size You can co[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 32 Reference — Camera On/Off State of the KODAK Camera Back There is no separate on/off switch for the KODAK camera back. Instead, when you turn on and then wake the Nikon camera, the camera back turns on. As described in this section, it is possible for the camera back to be on when th[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-33 No power when using the battery. The Nikon camera is not on. Slide the Nikon camera power switch to on. The battery is discharged. Charge the battery with the AC battery charger/adapter, or operate from the AC battery charger/adapter. No power to charge the battery [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 34 Reference — Camera Condensation may be present in the camera or PCMCIA card. Condensation may be present if the camera is moved from a relatively cold environment (like an air conditioned hotel room), into a warm, humid environment. We recommend that you allow sufficient time for the[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-35 Pressing the camera shutter release button does not release the shutter. The Nikon N90 camera is in a programmed auto exposure mode and the lens is not at the minimum aperture. Change to another exposure mode, or stop down to the minimum aperture. The Nikon N90 came[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 36 Reference — Camera continued from previous page Pressing the camera shutter release button does not release the shutter. The battery is low. Recharge the battery, or operate from the AC battery charger/ adapter. The characters “ISO” appear on the camera back LCD. The camera ISO w[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-37 Two characters, an “E” followed by a single digit (for example “E2”), appear on the camera back LCD. An error occurred on the PCMCIA card or in DRAM. For the problems below, remove and reinsert the PCMCIA card and try again. If unsuccessful, do a “sleep/aw[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 38 Reference — Camera You are losing images from the PCMCIA card. An error occurred on the card. Turn off the camera so that the camera back goes off. Turn on the camera and retry the operation. If you continue to have problems, reformat the PCMCIA card with the Format button on the cam[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-39 The camera acts erratically, unusual or unexpected characters appear on the camera back LCD, or the LCD flickers unexpectedly. The battery in the camera back is low or dead. Recharge the battery in the camera back. If the unusual behavior continues for over five min[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 40 Reference — Camera When the camera is connected to a computer, and/or the camera is being operated with the AC battery charger/ adapter, a connected studio flash will not go off, or goes off only once and then freezes. Polarity is reversed in the studio flash — a condition that bec[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-41 Cleaning the Imager The imager is the component of the camera that records light when you take a picture. Even though it is located inside the camera back, it is still possible for the imager to become dirty. The directions in this section describe how to determine [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 42 Reference — Camera 2. Turn off the camera. 3. Remove the lens from the camera. 4. Turn on the camera. 5. Set the camera to manual exposure mode. 6. Select the bulb setting. 7. Press and hold the shutter release button; the shutter stays open, and the imager is visible through the len[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-43 8. Hold the camera so that light reflects off the imager; visually inspect the imager for grease, fingerprints, lint, or other dirt. 9. Release the shutter release button. 10. Turn off the camera. 11. Mount the lens. 12. Turn on the camera and reset the exposure mod[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 44 Reference — Camera Kodak. These include an electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap, low- lint web cleaner pads, and a cleaning solution. The wrist strap is used to provide protection against damaging electronic components of the camera back. IMPORTANT: Use only the cleaning materia[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-45 3. Attach the strap to your hand. 4. Turn off the camera. 5. If the AC battery charger/adapter is connected, disconnect it from the camera. 6. Lay the camera on its back on a flat, steady surface.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 46 Reference — Camera 7. Unscrew the coupling nut at the top of the connector cable and pull straight out to remove the connector cable from the Nikon N90s camera. Unscrew ( ) . . . . . .then pull straight out. 8. Loosen the handstrap (do not remove it) by separating the Velcro parts; y[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-47 10. CAUTION: Use extreme caution as you complete this step because the Nikon N90s and the KODAK camera back are connected by two thin wires. Hold down the camera back with one hand while you use the other hand to lift the camera body up and to the side of the camera[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 48 Reference — Camera 11. Push the head of the mounting screw until it is flush against the bottom of the camera back. This action exposes the threads on the other end of the mounting screw. Threads Push 12. Attach the clip on the end of the ESD wrist strap cable to the exposed threads [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-49 Wiping the Imager 1. Examine the imager visually. If there is lint on the imager (but not grease, fingerprints, or other dirt), continue at step 9; otherwise continue with the next step. 2. Dampen one corner of the web cleaning pad sparingly with the cleaning soluti[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 50 Reference — Camera 6. Wipe off residue on the imager surface by wiping repeatedly straight across the imager with a dry corner of the cleaning pad. 7. Gently lift the camera back, and examine the imager in the light to determine if it has been cleaned successfully. 8. If the imager i[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-51 Reassembling the Camera 1. Remove the ESD wrist strap from the mounting screw and from your wrist. 2. Push the threaded end of the mounting screw back into the camera back. Push 3. CAUTION: As you complete this step be certain that the thin wires recede into their o[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 52 Reference — Camera 5. Push the connector cable coupling firmly back into place into the Nikon N90s camera and tighten the coupling nut. Push straight in . . . . . . then tighten ( ) coupling nut. 6. Reposition the buckle on the lower end of the handstrap and recon- nect the Velcro. T[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Camera 7-53 Using a Flash WARNING: Do not connect a non-dedicated electronic flash unit to the camera (hot shoe or PC terminal) without verification from a Nikon authorized service facility that the flash unit is compatible with the camera body. Some electronic flash units will[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 54 Reference — Camera Calibration (CAL) Files — DCS 460 Only In order to use any images taken with your DCS 460 Camera, a “calibra- tion” (CAL) file designed for your particular camera back must be present on your computer hard disk. Instructions in Chapter 4 describe how to insta[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Reference — KODAK Driver Software This section of the manual i[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2 Reference — Kodak Driver Software General Features When you access the driver, you see the following window — called the driver image window — on your computer monitor. Within it is the image area which displays images, either thumbnails or a single larger image called a preview. T[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-3 Driver Image Window (Macintosh and TWAIN): The driver provides a variety of features that allow you to work with image and sound files on the PCMCIA card in the camera, on your computer hard disk, and in memory of the camera. The driver allows you to r[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 Reference — Kodak Driver Software You can transfer selected images to your computer hard disk for archival purposes and/or for later retrieval into Photoshop. You can then delete some or all of the images on the PCMCIA card in preparation for making additional images on that card. Soun[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-5 Defaults — Driver Image W indow The following default values are used for the driver image window each time you begin a work session. Once you have entered the driver image window, you can change these values as desired. Source. The driver always loo[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Reference — Kodak Driver Software Commands This section of the chapter describes each element of the driver image window. The letter before each command corresponds to the letters shown on the illustration at the start of this chapter. NOTE : As you work with the driver, notice that al[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-7 C AMERA Use the C AMERA option to work with images from a connected camera. With this source, the window title bar displays the camera name. F OLDER Choose F OLDER to work with images in the folder you were working with before working with the current [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Reference — Kodak Driver Software P REVIEW displays a single large image, and T EST S HOT displays a single large image from the camera (allowing for adjustments before saving an image). C ONTACT S HEET Choose C ONTACT S HEET to view all image files from the camera or an archive folder[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-9 to move through the subset of selected P REVIEW images to ensure that the color balancing is appropriate for all images. You move through the large format preview images from the source with the image navigation tools as described below. If you have se[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Reference — Kodak Driver Software If you have selected multiple images before you choose P REVIEW , the first of the selected images is displayed, and the images appear in a stack. The navigation buttons move you through only the selected set of images. For example if you select image[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-11 button becomes the K EEP button when in T EST S HOT .) If you do not want to keep the image, take another picture — it replaces the previous image which is not saved. (If you do not clicked K EEP , a message warns you that you are about to lose the [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12 Reference — Kodak Driver Software C. Photoshop Menus Two Photoshop menus — E DIT and S ELECT — are active when you are in the driver. Photoshop E DIT Menu You can use the C UT , C OPY , P ASTE , and C LEAR items from the Photoshop E DIT menu with annotation text; however, you can [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-13 D. A CQUIRE A S Menu The A CQUIRE A S menu choices work in concert with the A CQUIRE button, and determine whether selected images are acquired as pages of contact sheets (choose C ONTACT S HEET ), or whether selected images are each acquired into a s[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14 Reference — Kodak Driver Software If all selected images do not fit on a single contact sheet, multiple contact sheets are created.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-15 A CQUIRE C ONTACT S HEET Dialog With C ONTACT S HEET as the selected A CQUIRE A S option, when you click the A CQUIRE button, the A CQUIRE C ONTACT S HEET dialog is displayed. Use its options to establish the characteristics of the acquired contact sh[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16 Reference — Kodak Driver Software O UTPUT R ESOLUTION Specify the resolution (in inches or centimeters as set in the general preferences) you desire for the acquired contact sheets. Specify a resolu- tion to match your printer. S IZE (T HUMBNAILS ) Select from these sizes which contro[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-17 E. T ake Picture Icon Causes the camera to take a picture and display it in the driver image window. There may be a very short delay to allow the camera to focus (if supported by the camera). To take a picture with this icon the camera must be connect[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18 Reference — Kodak Driver Software When you click the camera control icon, the following dialog box ap- pears, allowing you to perform utility functions on the attached camera or on a PCMCIA card in the camera. The top lines of the dialog box display the camera name, camera serial numb[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-19 L OAD C AMERA F IRMWARE Click this button to update the firmware in the attached camera. Firm- ware, the control programming for the camera, is stored in nonvolatile camera memory. Firmware controls most of the features of the camera. Before clicking [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20 Reference — Kodak Driver Software After you download firmware, the camera needs one picture to recalibrate the imager. For this reason the first picture you take after downloading firmware may not be optimal. S ET C LOCK When you click the S ET C LOCK button, the current date and time[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-21 If you have unexplainable problems with the PCMCIA card (perhaps you are losing images, or you see an “E” followed by a single digit, for ex- ample “E2,” on the camera back LCD), acquire or save all images from the card if possible, then click[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22 Reference — Kodak Driver Software Example 3. Suppose that you have filled the PCMCIA card with images, and erased all images by clicking E RASE or by selecting all images in the driver image window and then clicking the D ELETE button. If you recover the disk with this button before y[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-23 G. Preferences Icon You set the parameters used in the driver by clicking the Preferences icon, which displays the P REFERENCES panel. Default Acquire Resolution Provides the resolution in pixels-per-inch or pixels-per-cm of an acquired image. The val[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24 Reference — Kodak Driver Software 12-B IT A CQUIRE When “on,” (an “X” appears to the left of this choice when on) provides 12-bit color support into Photoshop. The camera captures images in 12-bit color for each of the red, green, and blue planes. However, supported versions o[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-25 A CQUIRED C ONTACT S HEET L AYOUT Use these settings to control the appearance of the B ACKGROUND , slide surround (S LIDE M OUNT ), and T EXT caption colors of acquired contact sheets (not the contact sheet of the driver image window). Click a color [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26 Reference — Kodak Driver Software retained for images that you have archived, for images that you are about to archive in this work session, or for images you are about to acquire in this work session. This excludes images on the PCMCIA card, for the new names are not written out to t[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-27 dialog box. You supply a one-character number in the D IGITS field, a value from 1 to 9. You also supply a one- or two-character number in the S TARTING F ROM field, a value from 0 to 99. If you have selected only one image before clicking the Rename [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28 Reference — Kodak Driver Software I. Rotate Clockwise/Counterclockwise Icons When you click one of the rotation icons, selected images are rotated 90 degrees in the direction of the arrow on the icon. Each time you click a rotate button the selected images rotate an additional 90 degr[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-29 After you have established a cropping rectangle for an image (whether an image on a PCMCIA card in the camera, or an archive image, or a test shot image), when the image is acquired into Photoshop, the crop rect- angle is applied to the image data. On[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30 Reference — Kodak Driver Software The Crop Dialog Box You provide image cropping information with the C ROP dialog box that appears when you click the Crop icon. Stack indicates that multiple images will be cropped. If no cropping has been applied previously to this image, drag a rect[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-31 M ETHOD : F REEFORM AND F IXED S IZE Two cropping methods are supported. F REEFORM is the correct choice for most cropping activity, while F IXED S IZE is appropriate when you know beforehand the exact output dimensions desired for the image. Make one[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32 Reference — Kodak Driver Software After you enter values, when you click OK, a crop rectangle is centered on the image with pixel dimensions equivalent to the product of the default resolution (a preference setting) and the final output dimensions you entered in the F INAL O UTPUT S I[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-33 F INAL O UTPUT The data displayed by the values in the final output area provide the width, height, resolution, and file size of the cropped area of the images. R EMOVE Removes the cropping rectangles from all selected images. C ANCEL Exits the dialog[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34 Reference — Kodak Driver Software action for all of the selected images. You can also type a specific image number in the navigation edit ‘go to’ box in the middle of the navigation bar to display that image. When you click OK the current cropping rectangle is applied to all image[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-35 camera or with the selected image archive files. Changes you make in these settings are visible on the images displayed on your computer monitor. The choice you make is used for color correction by the driver when the image is acquired. The menu provi[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-36 Reference — Kodak Driver Software NOTE : In addition to this tool, the driver provides a lighting menu described in the last section. Lighting can be set with either lighting option. However, lighting choices are mutually exclusive; you cannot apply one type of lighting and then refin[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-37 area where each of the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) color values displayed below the image are as high as possible, but lower than 255. After you click, you view the result of the change immediately on the image. To apply the same click-balance se[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38 Reference — Kodak Driver Software M. Sound Menu All Sound 1 Sound 2 • • • You use this Sound menu to play sounds associated with a single selected image. When you click the sound menu icon, one of several things occur: If a single sound file was recorded with the image, it is pl[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-39 N. A CQUIRE Button You click the A CQUIRE button to acquire selected images or a contact sheet into Photoshop; the setting of the A CQUIRE A S menu determines what is acquired: If the A CQUIRE A S menu is set to P HOTO (or the view is T EST S HOT ), t[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40 Reference — Kodak Driver Software O. C OPY T O Button You click th IS button to copy highlighted images, and associated sound files if any, to your computer hard disk. The S OURCE can be either C AMERA or F OLDER . When this button is clicked, a save dialog box appears. Each image fil[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-41 from the image information window, image naming data, image color balance data, image cropping data, and image rotation data. The Specifications appendix lists file sizes for these image files for your camera. IMPORTANT: Do not open image archive file[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-42 Reference — Kodak Driver Software Q. D ONE Button You click D ONE to close the driver image window and return to Photoshop. All changes — color balancing, annotation, cropping, rota- tion, renaming of any image — you have made to images are saved with the image when you click this[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-43 You can type short descriptive material in the annotation area; then use the mouse or arrow keys to move through text once entered. The text is saved with the image on the PCMCIA card or in an archive file, but not with a test shot image unless you sa[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44 Reference — Kodak Driver Software T . Navigation Bar The items in this area allow you to navigate through images. From left to right the controls navigate you to images as follows: “first” image; “previ- ous” image; type a number then click outside the box (or press the Enter [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-45 images. For example if you are working with images consecutively numbered from 1-30, and you have selected images 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25. Suppose that you are in preview or crop, and looking at image num- ber 15. Now if you click the “first” icon, [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46 Reference — Kodak Driver Software X. RGB V alues at the Cursor Location These indicate the red (R), green (G), and blue (B) values of the pixel at the current cursor location Y . Thumbnail/Preview Size Menu This menu provides three sizes from which you can choose the desired viewing s[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-47 Using Photoshop “Actions” (Macintosh Only) The driver supports the Actions feature of Photoshop version 4.0 and later. There are a number of considerations to keep in mind while working with actions. You cannot initiate or terminate a script in th[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48 Reference — Kodak Driver Software 3. Click the Select All icon. 4. Select P HOTO from the A CQUIRE A S menu. 5. Click the A CQUIRE button. 6. Click the D ONE button; you leave the driver image window. 7. Stop recording the script; you see these commands. Example-2: You want to acquire[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-49 9. Stop recording the script; you see these commands. Supported Commands The driver image window supports Photoshop action recording of the following driver commands. Select a S OURCE of C AMERA or F OLDER . If you have several different cameras at yo[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50 Reference — Kodak Driver Software Enter annotation text. This records the text and the image for which it is recorded. Acquire as a P HOTO or a C ONTACT S HEET . A CQUIRE button. A CQUIRE C ONTACT S HEET records the settings from this dialog box. Save preferences settings. Rename imag[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-51 The driver choice does not appear on the Acquire submenu. The driver has not been installed, or has not been installed properly. Quit Photoshop, install the driver as described in Chapter 4, run Photoshop and try again. The time and/or date for an ima[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-52 Reference — Kodak Driver Software Trouble Possible Cause Suggested Solution An undesirable color shift has occurred in saturated colors. The image has been overexposed. Under expose for proper color saturation. Acquired images have random defects, or there is other noise in the image.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-53 Trouble Possible Cause Suggested Solution The battery has become exhausted while the camera is connected to the computer; the AC battery charger/adapter is not being used. When the camera is connected to a computer that is on, and the software driver [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-54 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “A camera hardware error has been found. Verify that SCSI cables are connected properly, and that the camera has a unique SCSI ID, and then try again.” A problem with the camera hardware has been detected. Verify that all SCSI connections are corr[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-55 “A parity hardware error has been found in the cabling or in the camera during image transfer. Verify that SCSI cables are connected properly.” A hardware error has been detected in the cabling or in the camera. Verify that all SCSI connections ar[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-56 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “A problem with the hardware has been detected. (Timeout during data phase.) Verify that SCSI cables are connected properly, and that the camera has a unique SCSI ID, and then try again.” A problem with the camera hardware has been detected. Verif[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-57 “A problem with the hardware has been detected. (Timeout waiting for initial bus free phase.) Verify that SCSI cables are connected properly, and that the camera has a unique SCSI ID, and then try again.” A problem with the camera hardware has bee[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-58 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “Camera battery is low. To continue working, use the AC adapter.” The battery needs charging. If you are operating without the AC adapter but are in an environment where power is available, attach the adapter, wait for a short time and try again. [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-59 “Can not acquire image ‘imageid’ because ‘reason.’ ” This is a general purpose message that occurs when trying to acquire images. For example you might see this message when a calibration (CAL) file is not found for the image. Respond appr[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-60 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “Can not load image thumbnail.” An unusual condition is detected when trying to access an image at its source. Try again; if the problem persists, you may not be able to access this image. “Can not locate the SCSI host adapter. Have a technician[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-61 “Can not recognize the PCMCIA card in the camera. Remove the card, reinsert it firmly, and try again. Confirm that the battery is charged. Switch to an archive folder. The card may not be formatted. To format it, click the Camera Control icon, then [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-62 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “Can not recognize the PCMCIA card in the camera. Remove the card, reinsert it firmly, and try again. Confirm that the battery is charged. The card may not be formatted. To format it, click the Camera Control icon, then click the Format button.” T[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-63 “Can not save these images because the destination folder or disk is locked, or you do not have ‘write privileges’ to the folder.” A problem occurred while writing the file. For example, the disk is locked, or write protected, or there is anot[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-64 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “Command failure: unable to free resource from global memory. Restart your computer and try again.” A problem has occurred with Windows. Restart your computer and try again. If this does not resolve the problem, obtain technical support from your [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-65 “General problem with ‘Take Picture.’” An unspecified problem has occurred when you clicked the Take Picture icon. Close the driver, reopen it and try again. If the problem continues, click the Load Camera Firmware button, and try again. If th[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-66 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “The action is canceled. It refers to a sequential image beyond those available at the source. (The script was recorded with more images than are currently at the source.)” When the action is run, the driver was unable to complete an operation. Fo[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-67 “The camera is performing another operation. Wait briefly and try again.” You have tried a command (for example Copy To), and the camera is still performing another operation. Wait for a short time (for example wait until the red Card Busy light o[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-68 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “The camera or camera back was not found. Try the following. (Continued from previous page.) Check all cables. Check for SCSI ID conflict. Check for dead battery. Switch to an archive folder.” The battery in the camera is dead. Operate from the AC[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-69 “The ‘Load Camera Firmware’ command failed. Refer to the ‘Messages’ section in the User’s Manual.” There may be one of a variety of problems, including loose or incorrect cables, improper SCSI configuration, and so on. Shut down the comp[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-70 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “The PCMCIA card in the camera is full. You can: Enter Test Shot and save images to a folder using the Keep button. Delete images.” The PCMCIA card in the camera is full, and additional images can not be recorded on it. Since the PCMCIA card is fu[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-71 “There is no PCMCIA card in the camera. You can insert a PCMCIA card now, or work without a card in Test Shot view.” You are trying to take a picture but there is no PCMCIA card in the camera. As indicated, you can insert a PCMCIA card now and con[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-72 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “TWAIN error accessing data from the source. The failure is due to an unknown cause. Try again and/or reinstall the driver.” A TWAIN-compliant KODAK Driver has not been installed or has been installed improperly. Reinstall the TWAIN driver as desc[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reference — Kodak Driver Software 8-73 “Unable to save image modifications. The destination folder or disk may be locked, or you do not have ‘write privileges’ to the folder.” (Continued from previous page.) You may not have privileges to write to the specified folder. Change privi[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-74 Reference — Kodak Driver Software “You can not simultaneously crop images of different sizes. Select groups of images that all have the same dimensions, and try again.” You can not simultaneously crop multiple images from different camera types. The DCS 410, DCS 420, and EOS•DCS[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendices 9-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Appendices This section includes the following appendices. A — Specifications B — Glo[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications A-1 Appendix A — Specifications DCS 410, DCS 420, DCS 460, NC2000e KODAK Camera Back The following camera models are available: DCS 410c (color) DCS 420c (color) DCS 420m (monochrome) DCS 420IR (infrared monochrome) DCS 460c (color) DCS 460m (monochrome) NC2000e (color) Imag[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 2 Specifications DCS 460 (both models) — Width 27.6 mm x 18.4 mm, 3060 x 2036-pixels. 3060 pixels 2036 pixels NC2000e — Width 20.5 mm x 16.4 mm, 1268 x 1012-pixels. Image file sizes: DCS 410 — Unacquired image file size: approximately 1.5 megabytes (MB) for each image. Acquired imag[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications A-3 DCS 460 (both models) — Unacquired image file size: approximately 6 megabytes (MB) for each image. Acquired image file sizes: approximately 18 MB for each color image acquired normally at 8-bit acquire (and 36 MB when 12-Bit Acquire is on), and 6 MB for each monochrome i[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 4 Specifications Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) buffer that supports shoot- ing as below: DCS 410 — supports shooting one image at a time. DCS 420 (all models) — supports a five-image burst. DCS 460 (all models) — supports a two-image burst. NC2000e — supports a twelve-image [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications A-5 NC2000e — If you continue to press the shutter after the first image, subsequent images of the burst are taken at a rate of approxi- mately 2.8 images/second. Continuing to press the shutter after the burst records images at approximately two second intervals. Built-in m[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 6 Specifications Multipurpose 7-pin mini-DIN connector (for the AC battery charger/ adapter, remote shutter release, . . .). Single, rechargeable nickel hydride battery that powers both the KODAK camera back and the Nikon N90s camera. In typical shooting situations, a fully charged batter[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications A-7 Lenses behave differently when used with the Nikon N90s. The imager in the camera provides a smaller image area than 35 mm film. DCS 410 and DCS 420 (all models) — The imager produces a field of view equal to using a lens with 2.6 times the focal length of the lens in us[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 8 Specifications DCS 460 (all models) — The imager produces a field of view equal to using a lens with 1.3 times the focal length of the lens in use as indicated in the representative lenses listed in the following figure. For example, an 18 mm lens performs approximately like a 24 mm l[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications A-9 NC2000e — The imager produces a field of view equal to using a lens with 1.5 times the focal length of the lens in use as indicated in the representative lenses listed in the following figure. For ex- ample, an 18 mm lens performs approximately like a 28 mm lens. A stand[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 10 Specifications Software Drivers Photoshop (Macintosh) driver. TWAIN (PC) driver. Other Focusing screen modified for imager size; it indicates the reduced view of the scene to match the size of the picture that will be re- corded on the imager. DCS 410 and DCS 420 (all models) modified [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications A-11 Universal AC battery charger/adapter, 95-250 V AC, 47-63 Hz. Safety:␣ UL, CSA, TUV. Dimensions. Nikon N90s camera body with KODAK camera back attached: 7.1 in. (18.0 cm) high x 6.7 in. (17.0 cm) wide x 4.5 in. (11.4 cm) deep. Weight: approximately 3.60 lbs. (1.63 kg.). [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary B-1 Appendix B — Glossary This section provides brief explanations of terms used in conjunction with the camera. Refer to these items individually in the Index in this manual to find additional reference material about the following terms. AC battery charger/adapter. This unit pro[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 Glossary Camera back. See KODAK Camera Back. Camera Control. A window displayed by the driver when you click the camera control icon of the driver image window. It incorpo- rates a variety of product features, for example format disk and recover disk. Card Busy light. A red light labeled[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary B-3 Driver image window. The window displayed by the driver in which thumbnails or previews of your images appear. The window also displays controls that allow you to manipulate images. Dynamic random access memory. See DRAM. Firmware. Camera control programming. See also BIN file. [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4 Glossary PCMCIA card. “Standard,” removable credit-card sized cards that meet the Personal Computer Memory Card International Associa- tion standard, that are used with the camera for image storage. Photoshop driver. The software provided by Kodak as part of the camera that allows yo[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary B-5 TWAIN driver. The software provided by Kodak as part of the camera that allows you to access the camera from your PC. It also allows you to acquire images, to set camera defaults, to test the camera, to update the camera, to manage images you may have moved or copied to your com[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Your KODAK Software Driver C-1 Appendix C — Updating Y our KODAK Software Driver This appendix provides information on obtaining and installing updated software drivers including: Directions for downloading software drivers electronically from several sources. (We recommend this a[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2 Updating Your KODAK Software Driver files by product, version, release date, and so on. Find and download the driver for the product you use. Via the World Wide Web at: “http://www.kodak.com/productInfo/technicalInfo/ driverSupport.shtml” This page contains links to driver listings b[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Updating Your KODAK Software Driver C-3 Installing the Software Driver This section describes how to update the driver on your hard disk, and how to update the firmware in your camera using the updated driver files. The section assumes that you have obtained driver files as described earlier[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repacking Instructions D-1 Appendix D — Repacking Instructions If you are having difficulties using your camera, please contact a Kodak representative before returning your unit for service . (In the United States, call Kodak at 1-800-23-KODAK (1-800-235-6325). In Canada call 1-800-GO-KODA[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D- 2 Repacking Instructions 7. Place the completed Problem Report Form on the top of (inside) the shipping carton. 8. Close and seal the shipping carton with tape. 9. Ship as instructed by your Kodak representative.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Problem Report Form E-1 Appendix E — Problem Report Form Customer Return Address Name _______________________________________________________________ Company ____________________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________________ _[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using an Infrared Camera F-1 Appendix F — Using an Infrared Camera (DCS 420IR Only) This appendix provides information for customers who have purchased the KODAK Professional DCS 420IR Digital Camera, the infrared (IR) version of the camera. This appendix assumes that you are familiar with[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2 Using an Infrared Camera you to gain several stops. (If you were to shoot outside without exposure compensation, the results would be significantly overex- posed.) Lighting Conditions Suggested Initial Nikon N90s Exposure Compensation Value for the DCS 420IR Camera with no filter Dayligh[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical and Telephone Assistance G-1 Assistance Needed Source of Assistance You encounter difficulties with hardware, images, or product performance. Refer to the troubleshooting sections of this manual: camera (in Chapter 7), and driver (in Chapter 8). If needed, call your dealer. The liq[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2 Technical and Telephone Assistance Assistance Needed Source of Assistance You are a customer outside the U. S. and you are unable to find answers to your questions using this manual. In Canada contact your dealer, then call 1-800-GO-KODAK (1-800-465-6325); elsewhere contact your local Ko[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optional Equipment & Spare Parts List H-1 Removable media and lens accessory 875 837 7 Supported PCMCIA card plus a Nikon AF NIKKOR 28mm lens. Removable media 865 6019 Supported PCMCIA card. External adapter for Quantum Battery 5 890 3 676 Cable that allows direct connection between the [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-2 Optional Equipment & Spare Parts List KODAK XLS 8650 Digital Printer (raster) Prints 300 pixels per inch, 24-bit color or eight-bit gray scale images up to 8.5 x 12-inches (21.6 x 30.5-cm) to KODAK EKTATHERM XLS print paper or transparencies. Print time for reflective prints is 1.7 m[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optional Equipment & Spare Parts List H-3 Quantum Battery 5 (QB5) The QB5 is a rechargeable, external power pack that extends the operating time for the camera. For information contact Quantum Instruments Inc., 1075 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530, 516-222-0611. Requires the extern[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-4 Optional Equipment & Spare Parts List Macintosh Computer Cables 8B5450 25-pin to 25-pin SCSI cable 8B5471 25-pin to 50-pin SCSI cable Gender Changer 966976 Macintosh SCSI gender changer for use with the Macintosh IIfx or PowerBook computers. This item is not supplied with the camera.[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Optional Equipment & Spare Parts List H-5 Tiffen Hot Mirror Filter 1942655 5 2 mm filter 8250300 5 8 m m filter 1677103 62 m m filter User’s Manual User’s Manual. The part number appears on the last page of this manual. Part Name Part No. Description Ordering New Manuals from Kodak T[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index 10-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Index[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10- 2 Index ) ) ) symbol (Sound files) 6-29, 8-38 - minus sign (Click-balance check- box) 8-37 100 MHz Pentium processor 1-4 12-Bit Acquire A-2 to A-3 12-Bit Acquire (General prefer- ences) 8-24 to 8-30 16-bit video display card 1-3 16-bits per color 8-24 to 8-30 24-bit video display card 1-[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index 10-3 Camera Access from driver 6-3 to 6-5 Dimension A-11 Humidity A-11 Image information window 6-12, 8-43 Memory (Nonvolatile) 4-40 Operating temperature A-11 Power switch 4-9 Self-test 7-3 Sleeps 5-5 Source menu 6-6, 6-26, 8-7 Timing 5-9 Turn off 5-8, 5-15 Weight A-11 Camera Control [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10- 4 Index Crop (continued) Freeform 6-23 to 6-24 Icon 6-22, 8-28 to 8-34 Illustrated 6-22 Location on driver 8-3 Overview 8-28 to 8-29 Rectangle Defined 6-21 to 6-25, 8-28 to 8-34 Remove 6-25 Crop New Images (Checkbox) 6-25 Crop New Images after Shutter Release (Crop dialog box) 8-33 Cut ([...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index 10-5 E E errors (LCD) 5-2, 7-10, 8-21 Electromagnetic emissions xvi Electronic flash 7-53 Electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap 7-44 En error codes. See E errors (LCD) EOS•DCS 1 6-22, 8-29 Calibration file 6-31 EOS•DCS 3 6-22, 8-29 EOS•DCS 5 6-22, 8-29 Erase button (Camera Co[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10- 6 Index Image (continued) Area Defined 8-2 Driver image window 6-6 Counter Annotation window 8-43 Image Information window 8-43 Delete 6-30 to 6-33 File size A-2 to A-3 Filename 8-4 Grain, noise 5-7 Height (Image Information win- dow) 8-43 Noise 5-16 Numbers (Duplicate) 7-9 Same frame nu[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index 10-7 Minus sign (Click-balance) 8-37 Moisture xi Monitor 1-2 to 1-3, 1-4 Determines thumbnail size 8-4 Gamma 4-36 Monochrome camera models A-1 Color balance (Not available) 6-16 Mounting screw 2-4 Multiple images (Crop) 8-33 Multiple-exposure mode 5-4 Not supported 5-16 Multipurpose co[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10- 8 Index Photoshop (continued) Select menu 8-4, 8-12 All 8-12 None 8-12 Version 1-3, 6-2, 6-4, 8-1 Picture. See Image Plug-ins Defined B-4 Photoshop 3-3, 4-35 Power cord xii AC battery charger/adapter 4-4 Protection xii Power line surge xii Power Macintosh 1-2 Power sources xi PowerBook ([...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index 10-9 SCSI (continued) Host adapter 3-2, 4-12, 4-34 Installing 4-13 ID 2-5, 3-3, 4-8 to 4-12 Laptop 4-26 Value 7-16 ID button (KODAK camera back) 7-11, 7-15 to 7-16, A-5 Identification. See SCSI: ID Indicator 4-11, 4-12, 7-15 to 7-16, 7-16 Mode 7-16 Non-terminated device 4-14 Port 2-5, [...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10- 10 Index Thumbnail/Preview size menu 6-7, 8-46 Color balance in Preview 6-17 Default 8-5 Driver image window 8-10 Illustrated 6-17 Location on driver 8-3 TIF (Rename dialog) 8-27 TIF suffix (Filenames) 6-12 TIFF file (Caution opening) 6-31, 8-41 Tiffen Hot Mirror Filter 8-35 Ordering H-5[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Specifications Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak”) reserves the right to change this information without notice. The information contained herein is based on the experience and knowledge relating to the subject matter gained by Kodak prior to publication, but Kodak makes no warranty, exp[...]
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifications 9-3 Use of the accompanying software is subject to Kodak’s Software License Agreement, which contains Kodak’s limitation of liability terms. APPLE COMPUTER, INC. (“APPLE”) MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF M[...]
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EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY • ROCHESTER, NY 14650 KODAK Professional DCS 410, DCS 420, DCS 460 Digital Cameras Revised 6-97 Part No. 1H6359 Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks. Printed in U.S.A.[...]