Device And Media Preparation - Kodak 645 User Manual

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Device and Media Preparation

These preliminary tasks prepare your equipment,
save you time on the job, and help assure image
quality.
Calibrate your monitor and printers
regularly, for example, weekly.
Charge one or more DCS 645 batteries
(page 67). Attach a battery
Set the date & time
If you have used a CF Card for several
sessions (two or three dozen), you may
want to format it
you will be using so that the full capacity of
the card is available and the DCS 645
Recover Card feature
Insert each CF card
and check the Status screen
be sure there is adequate space available.
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(page 63).
(page 74), if needed.
(page 72) on the camera
(page 73) will work.
(page 68) to be used
(page 49)
Next
Folders created on the DCS 645 are named
FOLDER1, FOLDER2, etc. To create
folders with meaningful names, insert a CF
Card in a card reader and name folders, for
example, "outdoors", "church". You can
then capture images to named folders for
easy access.
Set up White Balance
To set up White Balance on the camera,
use Click Balance
image with a MACBETH color chart, a gray
or white card, or a neutral area in the image
then perform Click Balance.
To set up White Balance in the included
software, capture an image of a MACBETH
color chart, a gray or white card, then adjust
later, using the software.
Set ISO
to
Set up Job Tracker, if needed
Index
(page 95).
(page 96). Select an
(page 94) based on available light.
(page 81).
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