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Kodak DCS 330 User Manual

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  • Page 1 KODAK PROFESSIONAL...
  • Page 2 This is an update to the DCS 300 Series User’s Manual. It describes new features available on DCS 330 cameras with firmware version 3.2 or later.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents New Look for the Image Display ... 2 Menu Bar ... 2 Navigating the Image Display ... 5 Status Bar ... 6 Dual Slots for PC Cards... 7 Selecting a PC Card or Folder ... 8 Deleting Images ... 9 Formatting a PC Card ...

  • Page 4: New Features

    New Features DCS 330 cameras with firmware version 3.2 or later have the following new features: A new look for the Image Display Dual active slots for PC Cards JPEG file processing that allows you to finish files in the camera...

  • Page 5: New Look For The Image Display

    New Look for the Image Display The Image Display has been redesigned to be easier to use and to provide more space for menu choices and image-related information. There is a new way of using the Menu bar, and a new Status bar that appears in Image Review mode. Menu Bar To provide more room on the Image Display screens, the Menu bar is only displayed at your request.
  • Page 6 When you select the following icons on the Menu bar, these dropdown menus and screens appear: Icon Dropdown Menu Folder icon One PC Card: Two PC Cards (page 7): Menu icon Display icon Status icon Function Displays the Folder menu. (Refer to chapter 4 of the User’s Manual.) Displays choices for the...
  • Page 7 Icon Dropdown Menu White Balance icon Contrast icon Function Displays choices for White Balance settings (page 18). Displays the Contrast screen where you can adjust the contrast of the images displayed on the Image LCD panel. (The images themselves are not affected.)

  • Page 8: Navigating The Image Display

    Navigating the Image Display Use the following guidelines when navigating the Image Display Display the Menu bar and select a Menu bar icon Press and hold the MENU button and rotate the Main Command dial until the desired icon is highlighted. Display a Dropdown menu Highlight the Folder, Menu, Display, or White Balance icon, and...

  • Page 9: Status Bar

    Status Bar A Status bar appears whenever images are displayed (in Single, Four, or Nine Image Review mode). Information about the currently selected image appears on the Status bar: Two PC Cards One PC Card Chose an item from a menu screen Press and hold the SELECT button and rotate the Main Command dial...

  • Page 10: Dual Slots For Pc Cards

    Dual Slots for PC Cards The second PC Card slot has been enabled on the DCS 330 camera. With Type II PC Cards, you can use one or both slots. With Type III PC Cards, only one slot can be used.

  • Page 11: Selecting A Pc Card Or Folder

    Selecting a PC Card or Folder Select the Folder icon (page 5). If there is no PC Card in the camera, an X appears within the Folder icon. Selecting the Folder icon produces the screen at the left. With one PC Card inserted, this dropdown menu appears with a •...

  • Page 12: Deleting Images

    Deleting Images To delete images when one card is inserted, display the Main menu (page 5), then delete images as described in chapter 9 of the User’s Manual. If two cards are inserted, do the following: Select a different PC Card, if necessary (page 8).

  • Page 13: Formatting A Pc Card

    Formatting a PC Card There can only be one PC Card in the camera when you format a card. This is a safety feature to prevent formatting the wrong card. You can format a card using either the Quick Format or the Full Format feature. IMPORTANT: Quick format, while faster, is not recommended if there is a possibility that the data on the card is corrupted.

  • Page 14: Jpeg File Processing

    JPEG File Processing The DCS 330 camera supports background image processing that produces JPEG or TIFF RGB files that can be opened directly by any image editing software. The choices for processed files are JPEG Good, Better, Best, and TIFF RGB. JPEG Good files have the most compression, JPEG Best have the least—the less compression applied,...

  • Page 15: Processing Images

    Processing Images Select the Menu icon, then choose Main Menu from the dropdown menu (page 5). Select Processing from the Main menu. The Processing screen appears. With two cards, the active card is indicated (e.g. CARD1). Press and hold the SELECT button and rotate the Main Command dial to select your choice.
  • Page 16 Processing Messages When you enable Processing, the screens in the table below may appear. Condition There is no PC Card inserted in the camera. Processing is enabled for the selected folder and there are no images in the folder. Similar screens appear when the same condition exists for Tagged images or for All Images On The Card.
  • Page 17 Condition Your processing settings are set to delete the original TIFF image (page 15) when you process files. The active PC Card becomes full as images are being processed. This can occur regardless of whether there are one or two cards in the camera.

  • Page 18: Changing Processing Settings

    Changing Processing Settings There are several processing settings that you can change. The settings are applied to images as they are processed. Processing Screen Settings Original TIFF File Type Select Change Settings (page 12). The Processing Settings screen appears with the current values shown in parentheses.
  • Page 19 Processing Screen Settings Resolution Noise Reduction Look Sharpening Level * * The Sharpening Level setting in the Processing menu determines whether sharpening is applied when images are processed on the camera. The Sharpening property in the Properties menu determines whether sharpening is applied by the DCS Host software. Choices (Defaults Result...

  • Page 20: Working With Tiff Custom Files On Your Computer

    File Format Module. If the CD includes a version prior to 5.8, the DCS File Format Module is not included. To download the DCS File Format Module, visit the Kodak Web site (www.kodak.com). The DCS Acquire Module and DCS TWAIN Data Source allow you to make enhancements specific to images from your camera, and generally provide the best image quality.

  • Page 21: White Balance

    White Balance The DCS 330 camera provides preset and custom White Balance functionality where you can identify the type of lighting used to capture images. Preset White Balance options are built into the firmware. They include Auto, Daylight, Tungsten, Fluorescent, and Flash. You choose the preset option that is closest to the lighting conditions present when you capture images.

  • Page 22: Using Custom White Balance Settings

    Using Custom White Balance Settings Once you have selected Custom White Balance, you can access several Custom White Balance options. Select Custom White Balance as described above. If there are no images in the selected folder, the screen at the left appears.
  • Page 23 Options—The White Balance Settings menu appears. You can: Select a White Balance setting from the selected image or from those loaded on the camera (page 21) Delete a White Balance setting from the camera (page 21) Load a White Balance setting from a PC Card to the camera (page 22) Save a White Balance setting...
  • Page 24 Selecting Custom White Balance Settings With the White Balance Settings menu displayed (page 20), choose one of the following: Image #nnnn: The White Balance values from the selected image are applied to images that you capture. Previously loaded setting—The White Balance values from the previously loaded setting (page 22) are applied to images that you capture.
  • Page 25 Loading Custom White Balance Settings Once you have saved White Balance settings to a PC Card, you can load them into your camera. There are a few rules to remember when you do so. Rule You can only load settings into the camera used to capture the images.
  • Page 26 With the White Balance Setting screen displayed (page 20), choose Load from Card. The Load White Balance Setting screen appears with a list of the White Balance settings on the active PC Card. (If only one card is in the camera, the card choices do not appear.) Press and hold the SELECT button and rotate the Main...
  • Page 27 Capture an image with a neutral area (such as a gray or white card) in the center. Using the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source, save the White Balance setting to a PC Card. (Refer to the KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Host Software User’s Manual.) When you save a White Balance setting to a PC Card, a “.wb”...

  • Page 28: Intervalometer

    Intervalometer Your camera has an Intervalometer that you can set so that a sequence of images are captured automatically at specified intervals over a specified period of time. You might, for example, use the Intervalometer to capture the different stages of a flower bud opening.
  • Page 29 Your choices on the Intervalometer screen cause the following screens to appear: Intervalometer Screen Settings Timer Count Timer Interval Timer Delay Timer Enable To change settings in these screens, use the same technique described for setting Display Off Time. Refer to chapter 3 of the User’s Manual. Your Action Result Set the timer...

  • Page 30: Recovering Deleted Images

    Recovering Deleted Images You can recover images that were previously deleted from a PC Card, if they have not been overwritten. Only images that were written to a PC Card by a DCS 330 camera can be recovered. For the Recover function to work, the PC Card must have been formatted on the camera.

  • Page 31: Name Plate

    Name Plate Using the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source, you can enter text that appears in certain screens on your camera. The Name Plate is useful for personalizing your camera, for example, “This camera belongs to Joe Smith”. In the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source: Click the Camera Control button.

  • Page 32: Global Positioning System

    Global Positioning System Your camera has an option for a Global Positioning System (GPS), which uses satellite information to determine the latitude and longitude location of the camera. This information, along with the time and date, is saved with the image. You can view it using the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source.
  • Page 33 Message Unknown. There is an undetermined problem with the GPS card. PDOP too high. The GPS measure of error (PDOP) is too high. No GPS Time. The GPS is not receiving any signal from any satellite. No satellites. There is not a viable signal from any satellite.

  • Page 34: Iptc Data Management

    Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source (version 5.8 or later) and save it to a PC Card. (Refer to the KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Host Software User’s Manual.) Once the data has been saved to a PC Card, you can load it into your camera (page 32).

  • Page 35: Loading Iptc Data From A Pc Card

    Loading IPTC Data from a PC Card With the IPTC Data screen displayed (page 31), choose Load from Card. The Load IPTC Data screen appears with a list of the IPTC files on the active PC Card. (If only one card is in the camera, the card choices do not appear.) Press and hold the SELECT button and rotate the Main...

  • Page 36: Sharpening

    When you use the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source with your DCS 330 camera, you can specify whether or not you want the image sharpened.

  • Page 37: In The Camera

    In the Camera You can set a camera property that tells the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source whether the antialiasing filter was installed or removed when an image was captured. The default setting is “Installed”. If you remove the antialiasing filter, you need to set the property to ”Removed”.

  • Page 38: In The Dcs Acquire Module Or Dcs Twain Data Source

    On—Images are always sharpened. Off—Images are never sharpened. Start the DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source. Refer to the Readme or the KODAK PROFESSIONAL DCS Host Software User’s Manual on the CD included with your camera. Click the Preferences Icon.
  • Page 39 The following table shows whether Sharpening is applied or not applied, depending on settings in the camera’s Antialiasing Filter property and the software’s Sharpen Images preference: Camera Properties: DCS Acquire Module or DCS TWAIN Data Source Antialiasing Filter Installed Removed Preferences: Sharpen Images At Capture Applied...

  • Page 40: Serial Port Operation

    Serial Port Operation You can use the serial port on your camera to transfer data between your camera and other devices. There is a new KODAK product that enables you to transmit images to a remote location using a cellular phone.

  • Page 41: Accessing Serial Port Options

    Accessing Serial Port Options Setting the Baud Rate Before transmitting data between the camera and a connected device, you must set the baud rate required by the device. Choose from 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and 115200. Select the Menu icon, then choose Main Menu from the dropdown menu (page 5).
  • Page 42 Serial In Mode When the serial port is in Serial In mode, your camera accepts text strings from a connected external device. The information is then added to specified image headers. Menu Action Choice None No data received New Images The text string from the connected device is written to the header of subsequent images.
  • Page 43 Serial In Status When you select New Images or Previous Image from the Serial In Mode menu, the Serial In Status choice becomes available. Select Serial in Status from the Serial Port menu. If the connected device is sending data, a message indicates the most recent data received.
  • Page 44 Serial Out Mode When the serial port is in Serial Out mode, your camera sends data to a remotely connected device. Menu Choice Action None No data transmitted Image Number A text string containing the image number of the just-captured image is sent to the connected device.

  • Page 45: Image Transmit

    You can transmit images from your camera to a remote computer using a cell phone or modem. The DCS Transmission kit (available from your dealer of KODAK products) includes hardware and documentation. It also contains a certificate with information that you must use to acquire a special firmware key.When you load firmware version 3.2 or...
  • Page 46 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Rochester, New York 14650 © Eastman Kodak Company, 2000 Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks. P/N 6B4723...

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