Pentax Optio 33LF User manual

Viewing Your Digital
Camera Images
On Your PC
(PC Connection Manual)

Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with the
PENTAX Optio 33LF on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio 33LF that are for anything other than personal
enjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as
specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are even cases
where limitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment
during demonstrations, industrial enterprise or as items for display. Images
taken with the purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside
the scope of use of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care
should be taken here also.
Regarding trademarks
• The SD logo is a trademark.
• PENTAX is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• Optio is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks of registered trademarks
of their respective companies.
• Apple, the Apple logo, AppleScript, the Apple Store, Mac, the Mac logo,
Mac OS, Macintosh, and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple Computer,
Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
• This product supports PRINT Image Matching II.
When used in combination, PRINT Image Matching II enabled digital still
cameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images
more faithful to their intentions.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
• Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on
your model.
Gives page numbers explaining related operations.
Gives information that is useful to know.
Gives cautions and notes about the operation.

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Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture to Photo Prints ...2
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Windows PC...............4
System Requirements ............................................................... 4
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee for
PENTAX) ..................................................................................... 6
Displaying and Copying Images on your PC........................... 8
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC.............................. 12
Viewing Digital Camera Images on a Macintosh.................14
System Requirements ............................................................. 14
Installing the image processing software (ACDSee for
PENTAX) ................................................................................... 15
Displaying and Copying Images on your Macintosh............ 16
Disconnecting the Camera from your Macintosh ................. 17
About ACDSee for PENTAX ..................................................19
Launching ACDSee for PENTAX ............................................ 19
Viewing using the Browser ...................................................20
About the Browser................................................................... 20
Viewing images in other folders............................................. 24
Sorting image files................................................................... 25
Setting detailed display categories ........................................ 26
Viewing a large version of an image (Viewer) .....................27
About the Viewer...................................................................... 27
Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher ...........29
Printing an image ...................................................................32
Printing from the Browser....................................................... 32
Printing from the Viewer.......................................................... 32
Creating and Printing contact sheets .................................... 33
E-mailing your images from ACDSee for PENTAX .............34
About ACDInTouch ................................................................35
Contents

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Your Digital Camera: From Image Capture
to Photo Prints
Connect your camera to a TV with
an AV cable to enjoy your pictures
on the screen.
Optio 33 LF Operating Manual
(P.82)
Is your computer…
• equipped with a standard USB interface?
• using Windows Me / 2000 / XP as your OS?
Mac OS 9.0 or later?
Connect your camera
and computer with a
USB cable, and copy
the camera images.
Have prints made from your
card images at a photo shop.
Transfer your images using the
built-in card slot + PC card
adaptor or a card reader.
• Set DPOF settings on your
camera, and have prints
made at your photo shop.
Optio 33 LF Operating
Manual (P.83)
• Select images to print.
Here are some ways to use the images
captured with your digital camera.
View on TV
Have prints made
Is your computer…
• using Windows 95 / 98 SE / NT?
Mac OS 8.6, or earlier?
• Remove the card from the
camera. When transferring
images on the card to a PC
with another device, make
sure to review the user manual
accompanying that device.

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• See the operating manual of your
email software for details on how to
make attachments to emails.
• See the operating manual of the
software you are using for details on
how to use images on your
homepage.
Print images from your
computer to your printer.
Some printers can print
directly from cards.
• For details, see the
operating manual of the
printer you are using.
Images sent to the computer can be
saved onto a CD-R or other media.
Use your printer
ACDSee for PENTAX
Use your e-mail software to attach images to e-mails, or
use them on your homepage.
Internet
* These operations also can be performed using
commercially available image editing software. See
the instructions provided with the software for more
details.
P.19-35
• View Images
• Edit Images
• Save processed images
• E-mail Images
• Manipulate images
• Print images

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Viewing Digital Camera Images on a
Windows PC
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB2) or a card reader to
transfer your digital camera’s images to the PC, and you can edit and
print your images using the image viewing software. Here, the method
for viewing images with the provided software (S-SW12) is explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW12) provided.
• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee for PENTAX)
• QuickTime
USB connection
• OS: Windows Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• USB mass storage class (USB 1.1)
• Installation of the driver is not necessary.
Application Software
1. ACDSee for PENTAX
(7 languages: Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish,
Italian, Chinese)
• OS: Windows 98 / Me / NT (latest version) /
2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 64MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 40MB minimum
•
Display adapter capable of displaying a minimum of 256 colors
• Internet Explorer 4.0.2 or later
• Some formats may require viewing with QuickTime 6.0 or
later and DirectX 8.0 or later.
• To install ACDSee, Windows Installer Service Version 2.0
may be required.
Software Provided
System Requirements

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2. QuickTime
(6 languages: Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish,
Italian)
• OS: Windows 98 / NT / Me / 2000
Windows XP Home Edition / Professional
• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended
• Memory: 128MB minimum
Movie Pictures
• AVI (Motion JPEG) compliant
• You may play movie pictures taken using the provided
software [ACDSee for PENTAX] (QuickTime required).
We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 when connecting your
camera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if the
batteries in your camera run out during image transfer.

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This section describes the procedures for installing ACDSee for
PENTAX which lets you view and edit recorded images on your
computer.
1Turn your computer on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW12) into your CD-ROM drive.
3Double-click [My Computer] on the desktop.
4Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW12)] icon.
5Double-click the [Setup.exe] icon.
6Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the language from
the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese
and Chinese.
7Click [ACDSee™].
Installing the image processing software
(ACDSee for PENTAX)
When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000 or
Windows XP, login by the authority of the administrator before
installing the software.

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The Setup screen will appear.
Follow the on-screen guidance and
enter the registration information.
Reboot your PC after installation is
complete.
• Click [Install QuickTime] to first
install QuickTime 6.0 when a
message such as the one shown
on the right is displayed.
The panoramic image software [ACD photostitcher], the image
layout and printing software [FotoSlate], and the image editing
software [FotoCanvas] also are installed when you install ACDSee
for PENTAX.

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An explanation of how to display / copy images using ACDSee for
PENTAX is shown below.
1Turn your computer on.
2Turn your camera off and connect it to the PC with the
USB cable.
When copying or displaying images recorded on a SD Memory
Card / MultiMediaCard, please check that the card is inserted in
the camera before connecting.
When copying or displaying images recorded in the internal
memory, please check that any cards have been removed from the
camera before connecting to your PC.
3Turn your camera on.
The Device Detector screen is displayed automatically.
If the Device Detector screen is not displayed, display / copy the
images following the steps in “When the Device Detector screen is
not displayed.” on page 9.
4Confirm that [Copy images to
hard drive] and [Launch
ACDSee] are checked, and
click [Next].
Displaying and Copying Images on your PC

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5Confirm that [My Pictures] is
selected for [Create folder in:]
and click [Next].
The image is copied to the PC, and
the ACDSee for PENTAX Browser
starts.
When the Device Detector screen is not displayed.
4Double-click the [ACDSee for
PENTAX] icon on the desktop.
5Double-click [My Computer].
6Double-click [Removable
Disk] (If the SD Memory Card /
MultiMediaCard has a volume
label name, then select that
name).

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7Double-click the [DCIM] folder.
8Double-click the [xxxPENTX]
folder.
(xxx is a 3-digit number.)
9Select the image you wish to
view from the Browser.
Double-click the image to enlarge
(Viewer).
10 Select the image you wish to copy from the Browser or
Viewer.
(Browser)
(Viewer)

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11 Select [Copy To…] from the
[Edit] menu.
The Copy Files screen is displayed.
12 Click [More>>] and select the
target folder.
13 Click [OK].
The image is copied to the PC.

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1Double-click the [Unplug or
eject hardware] icon in the task
bar recognized area.
The [Remove Hardware] screen will
appear.
2Confirm that [PENTAX USB
DISK Device] is selected and
click [Stop].
The [Stop Hardware Device] screen
will appear.
3Confirm that [PENTAX USB
DISK Device] is selected and
click [OK].
A message will appear.
4Click [OK].
5Turn off the camera and
disconnect the USB cable from your camera and PC.
Disconnecting the Camera from your PC
Windows 2000 / Me
When the camera and PC are connected and the focus status lamp
(green) on the camera is blinking, the PC is downloading image data
from the camera. Disconnecting the camera at this time may damage
the image data.
In the event that an error message is displayed in Step 4, confirm that
the focus status lamp (green) is off and then disconnect the camera.

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1Double-click the [Safely
Remove Hardware] icon in the
task bar recognized area.
2Click [PENTAX USB DISK
Device] and click [Stop].
3Click [PENTAX USB DISK
Device] and click [OK].
4When a message is displayed
permitting removal, turn the
camera off and disconnect the
USB cable from your camera
and PC.
Windows XP

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Viewing Digital Camera Images on a
Macintosh
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB2) or a card reader to
transfer your digital camera’s images to the Macintosh, and you can
edit and print your images using the image viewing software. Here,
the method for viewing images with the provided software (S-SW12)
is explained.
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW12) provided.
• Image viewing / editing software (ACDSee for PENTAX)
USB connection
• OS: Mac OS 9.0 or later
• USB mass storage class
•USB1.1
• Installation of the driver is not necessary.
Application Software
ACDSee for PENTAX
(6 languages: Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian)
• OS: Mac OS 8.6 or
later (QuickTime 4.0 or later
or CarbonLib latest version required)
• CPU: Power Macintosh 266MHz or higher
• Memory: 8MB minimum
• Hard Disk space: 6MB minimum
Movie Pictures
• AVI (Motion JPEG) compliant
• You may play movie pictures taken using the provided
software [ACDSee for PENTAX] (QuickTime required).
Software Provided
System Requirements
We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 when connecting your
camera to your Macintosh. Your image data could be corrupted if
your batteries run out during image transfer.

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1Turn your Macintosh on.
2Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW12) in the CD-ROM drive.
3Double-click the [CD-ROM (S-SW12)] icon.
4Double-click the [Install ACDSee™] icon.
The [PENTAX Software Installer] screen will appear.
If the [Master Installer] icon appears, double-click the icon. The
[PENTAX Software Installer] screen will appear.
5Click your applicable
language.
You can choose the language from
the following: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian and
Japanese.
6Click [ACDSee™].
The setup screen will appear.
Follow the on-screen guidance to
input registration information and
install the software.
When installation is complete,
reboot your Macintosh.
Installing the image processing software
(ACDSee for PENTAX)
If the message [CarbonLib-xxxxx could not be found] is displayed
during installation, you must add the function expansion file called
[CarbonLib] to the function expansion folder in the system folder in
order to install the provided software in Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2.
This error message appears when this function expansion file is not
present or when an old version of the file is present.
The latest version of the CarbonLib is available on the Apple
website. Download the file and then install it onto Mac OS.
Apple website: http://www.Apple.com
Contact Apple for detailed information on how to use CarbonLib.

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1Turn your Macintosh on.
2Turn your camera off and connect it to the Macintosh
with the USB cable.
When copying or displaying images recorded on a SD Memory
Card / MultiMediaCard, please check that the card is inserted in
the camera before connecting.
When copying or displaying images recorded in the internal
memory, please check that any cards have been removed from the
camera before connecting to your Macintosh.
3Turn your camera on.
The camera is recognized as [untitled] ([NO_NAME] in
OS X) on the desktop. The folder name can be
changed.
4Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX] folder on the
desktop.
5Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX] program icon.
An image list (Browser) is displayed.
Displaying and Copying Images on your
Macintosh
Displaying images on your Macintosh

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6Open the camera folder.
The camera images are in the [untitled] (or volume label name if
the SD Memory Card has one) →[DCIM] →[XXXPENTX] (XXX is
a three-digit number) folder.
An image list of the camera is displayed.
7Select the image to view from the image list.
Double-click the image you selected. A full-size image is displayed
(Viewer).
See your Macintosh user’s manual for how to copy or move files.
Please copy images to your Macintosh before editing them.
1Drag [untitled] (or the volume label name on the SD
Memory Card / MultiMediaCard) to your trash.
2Turn off the camera and disconnect the USB cable from
your camera and Macintosh.
If the SD Memory Card / MultiMediaCard has a volume label, the
volume label name will be displayed instead of [untitled]. A new SD
Memory Card / MultiMediaCard unformatted may show the
manufacturer name or model number.
Copying images to your Macintosh
Disconnecting the Camera from your Macintosh

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About ACDSee for PENTAX
[ACDSee for PENTAX] is a comprehensive software package that
acquires, organizes, displays, processes, and shares digital camera
images.
You can use the Browser ( p.20) to acquire digital camera images
efficiently. You then can organize them in your favorite way and even
display them as thumbnails.
You can use the Viewer ( p.27) to view a large version of a single image.
Further, when you install [ACDSee for PENTAX] which is on the
provided CD-ROM (S-SW12) on a Windows PC, the panoramic
image software [ACD photostitcher]
( p.29) , the image layout
software [FotoSlate], and the image editing software [FotoCanvas]
also are installed at the same time. Use this software to enjoy an even
higher degree of freedom in your image creation, editing and
processing.
This manual provides explanations regarding the most basic
[ACDSee for PENTAX] functions. Refer to the Help section in
[ACDSee for PENTAX] for detailed information. For information on
use with a Macintosh, also refer to the Help section.
1 Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX] icon on the desktop.
ACDSee for PENTAX will launch and the Browser will be displayed.
1 Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX] folder on the desktop.
2Double-click the [ACDSee for PENTAX] program icon.
ACDSee for PENTAX will launch and the Browser will be displayed.
Select [Exit] from the [File] menu in the Browser or the Viewer.
Launching ACDSee for PENTAX
For Windows
For Macintosh
To exit ACDSee for PENTAX