Nikon Digital Cameras manual

Contents 1 Overview Br o wsing Ima ge Files Pr eference Nik on View Reference Br o wser Softw are f or COOLPIX Digital Camer as Nik on V ie w V er .3 f or Windo ws Refer ence Manual W orking with Imag e Files Click to go[...]

Ov er vie w W elcome to Nik on View V er .3 for Windows (below , “Nik on Vie w”), br owser softwar e for the COOLPIX 990/950/800/700/ 900 series (below , “[COOLPIX digital] camera(s)”). The Nik on View camera driv ers and browser allo w rapid, easy access to camera image files when the camera is connected to a com- puter . With Nik on View [...]

For ease of r efer ence, this Ref erence Manual can be printed using the Print… command in the Adobe Acrobat Reader File men u. Printing this manual Ov er view 3 With Differ ent Operating Systems The illustrations and explanations in this manual ar e for Win- dows 98. Displa y and operation ma y differ under Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 98SE[...]

About Ov er view 4 T o make it easier to find the inf ormation you need, the follow- ing symbols and conv entions are used: A table of contents appears on the first page of the Refer ence Manual . In addition, each chapter begins with an outline of the topics cov er ed. Click on the heading to open the Refer ence Manual to the indi- cated chapter o[...]

Br o wsing Imag e Files Once you ha v e installed the Nik on View softwar e as described in the Quick Star t Guide , Nik on View allows y ou to use the camera’ s memor y car d in much the same wa y that you w ould use any other driv e . This chapter describes how to br owse the image files in the camera’ s memor y card dir ectly fr om the camer[...]

Br owsing Ima ge Files F r om Y our Camera Y ou can use Nikon View to br owse the image files stor ed in your camera’ s memor y card and displa y them as thumbnails. Follow these steps to vie w image files stored in y our digital camera’ s memor y card. 1 Connect the camera to y our computer as described in the documentation pr ovided with y ou[...]

3 Double-click the Digital Camera icon. 2 After turning on y our computer , double-click the Nik on Vie w icon in the My Computer window . The Nik on View windo w will open. The borders of the shutter -speed/aperture displa y in the camera’ s control panel flash on and off in a “marching ants” mar quee while the computer communicates with the[...]

The camera’ s memor y card is tr eated as “read-onl y” when browsing in Nik on View . Files can not be copied from other f olders to the bro wsing window , nor can files be sa ved to the camera after editing in another application. The file names displa yed in the browsing windo w can not be changed. Should you wish to change a file name, do [...]

For mor e inf ormation on: Changing Camera T ype , Port and Rate Settings The default serial port data-transfer rate is 115,200 bps. If you experience communications pr oblems, choose a low er data-transfer rate until y ou find one that works as described in “Changing Camera T ype, Port and Rate Settings”. Br o wsing Image Files: Br owsing Ima [...]

Br o wsing Ima g e Files Fr om a Card Reader If your computer has a T ype II PCMCIA card driv e , you can read compact flash-memory cards using a flash-memory adapter (a vailable separately fr om Nik on), or by using a compact flash memor y car d r eader . If a card containing image files ca ptured with a COOLPIX digital camera is inserted in eithe[...]

Br o wsing Image Files: Br o wsing Image Files F rom a Car d Reader 11 Nik on View automatically detects the drive containing the flash-memory card. When more than tw o drives are mounted (PC car d slot or a com- pact flash-memor y car d r eader), Nikon View selects the drive containing the memor y car d. If y ou want to br owse another drive, sele[...]

Br o wsing Ima ge Files on Disk Nik on View can be used to br owse image files on disk ev en when the camera is not connected. Follow these steps to vie w image files on disk. 1 Double-click the Nik on View icon in the My Computer window . The Nik on View windo w will open. 2 Double-click the Hard Disk icon. Y ou can br owse the folder y ou selecte[...]

Browsing image files in another folder… T o browse image files in another f older , choose Select F older fr om the View men u, or click the Select Folder button in the toolbar . If the button is hidden, enlarge the windo w to bring it into view . When the Br owse f or Folder dialog bo x appears, select the folder that y ou want to browse. Br o w[...]

The list-style displa y is shown below . T o view the image files as thumbnail pr e views again, select Thumbnail View fr om the View menu or click the Thumb- nail View button. Displa ying Ima g e Files as a List T o view information on an image file’ s date of recor ding, a list- style displa y is a vailable by selecting List View fr om the View[...]

Br o wsing in the Windo ws Explorer With Nik on View installed, you can also br owse image files sa ved in the camera’ s memor y car d using Windows Explorer . Click the Start button in the taskbar and select Windows Explor er fr om the Pr ograms sub-men u. Select Nik on View , fr om Explorer’ s My Computer folder list to displa y the Digital C[...]

Br o wsing Image Files: Br o wsing in the Windo ws Explorer 16 Folders in the camera’ s memor y card can be displa y ed by click- ing the Digital Camera icon. Image files in the camera’ s memor y car d can be br owsed by clicking the icon for the desir ed folder . Y ou can also use these commands to browse image files when working fr om a card [...]

W orking with Ima ge Files In br owsing with Nik on View , you can use the same standard operations that y ou would with other files under Windows. This chapter describes ho w to pr evie w image files, copy them to disk, and open them for editing in other applications. Selecting Thumbnails Viewing Photo graphs Pla ying Movies Rotating Photogra ph T[...]

Selecting Thumbnails T o cop y , print, or delete an image file , select the desir ed thumb- nail by clicking it once. Selected thumbnails are indicated by a dark gra y border . W orking with Ima ge Files: Selecting Thumbnails 18 Selected thumbnail T o select multiple thumbnails, hold down the Ctrl k e y on the k e yboard while clicking each thumbn[...]

Viewing Photo graphs Photographs can be vie wed at full r esolution in image win- dows. Photographs in image windo ws can be rotated and zoomed in or out using the contr ols on the image window toolbar . Any number of image windo ws ma y be open at one time. Opening photogra phs in imag e windo ws Double-click the thumbnail you wish to vie w . W or[...]

Scr olling and resizing the imag e windo w When the entire photograph does not fit in the image windo w , you can vie w the hidden por tion b y dragging the scr oll sliders at the right and bottom of the window , or by clicking the scr oll bars or arr ow buttons. Alternativel y , you can enlarge the win- dow itself b y dragging the window’ s bord[...]

Pla ying Mo vies Movies can be pla y ed with QuickTime Pla yer . In the thumbnail view of the br owser window , only the first frame of a movie file will be displa yed. Movie files ha ve the extension “.MO V”. Pla ying mo vies with QuickTime Pla y er Double-click the thumbnail of the movie file y ou wish to pla y . W orking with Imag e Files: P[...]

Rotating Photo graph Thumbnails Selected photogra ph thumbnails in the br owsing windo w can be r otated ninety degrees to the left b y selecting Rotate Se- lected fr om the Edit menu or clicking the Rotate Selected button in the toolbar . (Movie file thumbnail can not be r o- tated.) Rotating the selected thumbnail. W orking with Imag e Files: Rot[...]

W orking with Imag e Files: Deleting Imag e Files and Folders 23 Deleting Ima ge Files and F olders Image files can be deleted fr om the camera’ s memor y car d when no longer needed. Note that image files can not be r ecov ered fr om the Recycle Bin after deletion; be sure to back up an y image files you w ould like to k eep . Follow these steps[...]

Printing Photo graphs Nik on View allo ws you to print selected photogra phs or all the photographs in the br owsing window . Follow these steps to print selected photogra phs. 1 Select the photograph(s) (JPEG or TIFF format files) y ou wish to print and then choose Print… fr om the File menu, or click the Print button in the toolbar . The Print [...]

Pr operties Click this button to bring up the Pr operties dialog box for the selected printer ; here y ou can change paper size and graphics settings. The specific contents of the Properties dialog box depend on the printer selected. Print range All With this command, all photographs displa yed in the br ows- ing window ar e printed. Selection With[...]

The image files in the selected sour ce (the camera if Digital Camera is selected, a compact flash-memor y car d reader if Remo vable Media is selected, or a specified folder on a disk if Hard Disk is selected) will be r ead, and thumbnail pre views displa yed in the window . Y ou can select Refresh fr om the View menu, while the fold- ers ar e dis[...]

W orking with Ima ge Files: Viewing Ima ge File Inf ormation 27 Viewing Ima ge File Information Information on selected image files can be vie wed. After choos- ing a thumbnail, select Properties fr om the File menu or click the Pr operties button in the toolbar . The General panel giv es the file name, file size , captur e date , and dimensions of[...]

W orking with Ima ge Files: Cop ying Imag e Files and F olders to Disk 28 Cop ying Imag e Files and F olders to Disk Image files and folders can be copied to disk b y using a drag- and-dr op or cop y-and-paste operation. Befor e cop ying image files or folders to disk, locate or cr eate a destination folder . Cop ying image files and f olders using[...]

The pr ogress indicator will be displa y ed while the items ar e copied to disk. Click Cancel to abor t the operation. Once all items ha ve been copied to disk, the pr ogress indica- tor will disappear . Cop ying image files and f olders using a cop y-and- paste operation Follow these steps to cop y image files and f olders to disk using a cop y-an[...]

Digital Camera window The pr ogress indicator will be displa yed while the items are copied to the clipboard. Click Cancel to abort the opera- tion. Once all image files or folders ha ve been copied, the pr ogr ess indicator will disappear . 2 Open the destination folder and select P aste fr om the folder’ s Edit menu. The selected items will be [...]

W orking with Ima ge Files: Cop ying Imag e Files and F olders to Disk 31 Cop ying all contents to disk Follow these steps to cop y the entir e contents of the camera’ s memor y car d to disk fr om the Nik on View window . 1 Select the Digital Camera icon by clicking its icon, then select Cop y from the Edit men u. Press C while holding down the [...]

Once the contents of the memor y car d ha ve been copied, the pr ogress indicator will disa ppear . The Digital Camera folder is located in the destination f older and contains the complete contents of the memor y car d. Use the same pr ocess to cop y the entire contents of the memor y car d when using a card r eader . The complete Hard Disk folder[...]

W orking with Imag e Files: Opening Imag e Files in Another Application 33 Opening Imag e Files in Another Application Y ou can open the photographs recor ded with y our coolpix camera in any a pplication that supports JPEG (“.JPG”) or TIFF (“.TIF”) formats. Photographs can be opened dir ectly from the application or b y using a drag-and-dr[...]

3 Double-click the icon of the sour ce of the desir ed image file. If you chose Digital Camera , or Remo vable Media , m o r e folders fr om the memor y card ar e display ed. Har d Disk displa ys a Select Folder dialog bo x. W orking with Imag e Files: Opening Imag e Files in Another Application 34 Opening imag e files fr om other applications Foll[...]

W orking with Imag e Files: Opening Imag e Files in Another Application 35 The dialog box sho wn above is the standar d Windows Open dialog box for 32-bit applications. The contents of the dialog box ma y vary depending on the host application. 4 Select a folder . Thumbnail pr evie ws of the image files in the selected folder will be displa yed (to[...]

Inser ting Ima ges into Documents Nik on View supports OLE 2.0, which allows you to insert pho- tographs tak en with the COOLPIX digital cameras into docu- ments created b y any OLE 2.0 a pplication that suppor ts the JPEG (“.JPG”) or TIFF (“.TIF”) image format. Photographs can be inserted in documents directly using drag-and-drop or cop y-[...]

W orking with Imag e Files: Inserting Images into Documents 37 Inserting images using a cop y-and-paste operation In the br owsing window , select the image file you wish to in- sert and select Cop y fr om the Edit menu. Next, open the host application and displa y the document win- dow into which y ou wish to inser t the image file. Paste the imag[...]

W orking with Imag e Files: Inserting Images into Documents 38 2 In the Br owse dialog bo x, select Nikon Vie w fr om the driv es listed under My Computer in the Look in pop-up menu, and then click Insert . The Digital Camera , Remo vable Media , and Hard Disk icons ar e displa yed. 3 Double-click the icon of the sour ce of the desir ed image file.[...]

W orking with Imag e Files: Inserting Images into Documents 39 4 Select a folder . Thumbnail pr evie ws of the image files in the selected folder will be displa yed (to change the list displa y , right-click in an empty ar ea next to the thumbnails, and select List View fr om the menu). 5 Select the image file y ou wish to inser t and click the Ins[...]

Pr efer ence This chapter co vers camera type, connection por t and data transfer rate settings adjustment. Changing Camera T ype, P or t and Rate Settings Pr efer ence 40 Click to go[...]

Pr efer ence: Changing Camera T ype , P or t and Rate Settings 41 Changing Camera T ype , P or t and Rate Settings The camera used with Nik on View , the connection por t, and the data transfer rate (port speed) can be changed after instal- lation. Follow these steps to change settings. 1 In the Nik on View window , select Settings… fr om the Vie[...]

Pr efer ence: Changing Camera T ype , P or t and Rate Settings Remote Connection T ype Options a vailable in the T ype option var y depending on the camera connected. If you’ ve selected Nik on CoolPix , y o u can choose fr om Serial or USB (though USB is a select- able option, it is only functional when the COOLPIX 990 is connected to y our comp[...]

Nik on View Refer ence This chapter pr ovides a brief r eference guide to Nik on View’ s menu bar and toolbar . Refer to this guide when y ou want to know the meaning of a command or button. The Menu Bar The T oolbar The Right-Button Menus Nik on View Refer ence 43 Click to go[...]

The File Menu Nik on View Ref erence: The Menu Bar 44 The Menu Bar When y ou bro wse image files in Nikon View , Nik on View com- mands ar e added to the standar d Windows menu commands. The commands a vailable in each menu are outlined belo w . Menu bar Print… Allows y ou to print the selected photograph(s) to a printer that y ou specify . Y ou [...]

Select Al l Selects all image files in the br owsing windo w for cop y- ing, printing or deletion. Nik on View Ref erence: The Menu Bar 45 The Edit Menu Cop y Copies the selected image file or folder to the clipboar d. The image file can then be pasted into another folder or application using the Windows paste command. P aste This command is una va[...]

The View Menu Commands a vailable in the View menu vary depending on the activ e window . T oolbar Choose this command to determine the type of toolbar that will be displa yed. Status Bar Choose this command to displa y the status bar at the bottom of the Nik on View windo w . Explorer Bar Choose this command to determine the type of Explor er bar [...]

Nik on View Ref erence: The Menu Bar 47 The Go Menu A standard Windows menu command. Refer to your Win- dows manual f or details. The F a v orites Menu A standard Windows menu command. Refer to your Win- dows man ual for details. The Help Menu About Windo ws 98 Displa ys Windows 98 v ersion information. About NikonVie w Opens the Nik on View splash[...]

Nik on View Reference: The T oolbar 48 The T oolbar The buttons in the toolbar allow y ou to manage image files in the bro wsing window and perf orm various operations. Enlarge the window in order to vie w all of the command buttons in the toolbar . When you locate the cursor on the window frame, it changes into a bi-directional ar ro w . Drag this[...]

Button Function Updates the image files in the window . Displa ys the Browse f or Folder dialog box, allowing y ou to select the folder containing the image files you want to bro wse. This command ma y only be used when br owsing image files in the Hard Disk window . Displa ys the Digital Camera Settings dia- log box, where y ou can change camera t[...]

The Right-Button Menus Y ou can use right-button menu commands to perform various operations such as Pre view , Cop y , List View , and so on. Click a thumbnail with the right mouse button to select the image file and displa y a menu of command shortcuts. Similarly , you can use these right-button menus with the open dialog and the br owse dialog w[...]

Nik on View Ref erence: The Right-Button Menus 51 Right-clicking the Digital Camera icon in the Nik on View window displa ys the menu shown belo w . Right-clicking a folder icon in the Digital Camera windo w dis- pla ys the menu shown below .[...]