Quick Guide - Minolta DIMAGE EX - SOFTWARE Software Instruction Manual

INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
Click on Connect.
•The camera is connected, and the camera panel appears.
• If the connection fails, a warning window appears in place of the camera panel.
Check the following if the camera panel is not displayed.
1 Are the camera and PC serial adapter connected correctly? (see page 15).
2 Check that the Macintosh Adapter MA-EX1 and the Serial Adapter SC-EX1 are
properly connected.
3 Is the PC serial adapter firmly plugged in?
4 Is the camera connected to a serial port assigned to LocalTalk?
5 Macintosh OS 8: Check the modem port designation in the modem control panel
(page 16)
6 Is the camera switched ON?
7 Is the compact flash card inserted in the camera?
8 Is the camera in the PC connection mode?
After checking the above, switch the camera OFF ➔ ON, and go through the
procedure on page 23 again to restart the software.
If this does not solve the problem, reinstall the software in accordance with the
procedure on page 12, then restart it.
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Camera Panel

QUICK GUIDE

Basic Operation (folder panel, image panel)
To view camera images and modify images on the PC.
Start the software (see p. 21, p. 23).
Click on the Connect button on the control strip (p. 21, p. 23).
The camera panel appears.
Click on the Contents button (p. 29).
The folder panel appears (p. 29).
Functions of the folder panel
• Displays (in thumbnail format) images in the camera.
• Downloads all or some of the images in the compact flash card to the hard disk of the connected PC.
• Displays (in thumbnail format), and prints (in thumbnail format) images downloaded to the hard disk.
• Deletes all or some of the images in the camera.
See page 28 for further details.
Double-click on the image to be enlarged (see p. 52).
The image is displayed full size in the image panel (p. 52).
Functions of the image panel
• Editing of the displayed image (control of brightness, contrast, colour, mirror imaging, rotating, and
resizing (image resolution).
• Display reduction and enlargement.
• Printing of the displayed image.
See page 51 for further details.
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