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KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE™ DC220/DC260 Zoom Camera
Accessing your pictures via computer
Now that you've taken some pictures with your digital camera, how do you get to them?
- By connecting your camera to your computer and using KODAK Mounter Software. Mounter software is an easy way to view, transfer, or delete pictures stored on the memory card using your PC and WINDOWS software.
- By placing your memory card in a PCMCIA card adapter and placing it in your computer or a memory card reader.
Using the Mounter software
Using Mounter software, the DC220 or DC260 camera icon appears in the My Computer window, dialog boxes, and file browsers included in many software applications.
Mounter software presents the camera contents as though it were an extension of your hard drive. For more detailed information on working with WINDOWS, refer to your WINDOWS Software User's Guide.
Installing Mounter software
If you have not installed the DC220/DC260 software, refer to the Installing software section.
Mounter software overview
With Mounter software you can:
- View pictures on the camera
- Transfer pictures from the camera to your computer
- Transfer pictures and scripts to the camera
- Save the audio portion of a picture file as a .wav file
- Set Mounter preferences
Mounter software uses the following icons:
camera—represent the DC220 and DC260 cameras.
album— represents an album on your memory card. (DC260 only)
camera folders—represents both the Camera Folder and the System folder. The Camera Folder holds your pictures or albums. The System folder holds scripts and camera firmware files.
burst—represents burst pictures with and without attached sound.
timelapse—represents timelapse pictures with and without attached sound.
picture file—represents picture files (with and without attached sound) with FLASHPIX (FPX) or JPEG (JPG) extensions when appropriate viewing option is selected.
If the picture file has been registered by another application this icon may be different.
You've got to connect first
To use Mounter software to access your pictures, the camera needs to be connected to your computer and turned on. Refer to Chapter 6, Connecting your camera to your computer for detailed information.
When the camera is correctly connected to and communicating with your computer, the camera's Status Display is replaced with the following screen.
If the connection times out, the Status Display returns.
Viewing your pictures
Mounter software allows you to view your pictures as picture files or as thumbnails.
Note: To view your pictures as thumbnails, select View > Thumbnail View. It will take longer to display pictures as thumbnails than as picture files.
To view your pictures:
- Double-click on the My Computer icon.
The My Computer window appears.
- Double-click on the Camera icon.
The Camera Folder icon appears.
- Double-click on the Camera Folder icon.
A window appears showing the individual picture files or thumbnails.
Note: To delete pictures from your memory card, either move them to the Recycle Bin or press the DELETE key.
Transferring pictures to your computer
Mounter software allows you to drag and drop pictures from the camera to your computer.
Note: When you drag pictures from one place to another using Mounter software, the pictures are copied, not moved. To move pictures, you must hold down the SHIFT key while dragging and dropping.
Select multiple pictures by holding down the shift key and clicking to select adjacent pictures or the control key and clicking to select nonadjacent pictures.
To transfer pictures:
- Double-click on the My Computer icon.
The My Computer window appears.
- Double-click on the Camera icon.
The Camera Name and System folder icon appear.
- Double-click on the Camera Folder icon.
A window appears showing the individual pictures.
- Double-click on the folder into which you'll be placing pictures.
- Click on the pictures and while holding the mouse button down, drag the pictures to the folder.
The pictures appear in the new location.
Transferring pictures and scripts to your camera
Mounter software allows you to drag and drop pictures and scripts from your computer to your camera.
A predefined script can prompt you for certain actions and define the behavior of the camera and its settings. For example, a script can set the camera to take burst pictures at a certain rate. The script can then prompt you, using text on the LCD, to take a picture and the camera waits for you to press the SHUTTER button.
Note: You can view transferred pictures on your camera only if they are FLASHPIX (.fpx) or JPEG (.jpg) formats in a resolution supported by the camera. Refer to Specifying Picture Type settings for resolution information.
To transfer pictures and scripts to the camera:
- Double-click on the My Computer icon.
The My Computer window appears.
- Double-click on the folder containing the pictures or scripts you want to write.
- Double-click on the Camera icon.
The Camera Name and System folder icon appear.
- Click on the picture or script to highlight it and while holding the left mouse button
down, drag the file onto the appropriate folder icon:
- Drag picture files onto the Camera Folder icon. If you want to transfer pictures to a specific album on the camera, double-click the Camera Folder to open it and find the desired album.
- Drag script files onto the System folder icon.
Creating albums on the camera (DC260 only)
You can create, rename and delete albums on your DC260 camera. Because your computer treats the camera like another drive, you can create, rename, and delete albums just like you would create, rename, and delete folders on any other drive.
- Double-click on the Camera Folder icon.
A window appears showing the individual pictures.
- Perform one of the following operations:
- To create a folder select File > New > Folder or position the cursor in the folder window and click the right mouse button.
- To rename an existing folder click on the name beneath the folder to highlight it. Type
a new name and press Enter.
Note: You should not rename the System, DC260_01, or DC220_01 folders because the camera looks for these names to locate pictures, scripts, and logo files.
- To delete a folder click on the folder to highlight it. Either move it to the Recycle Bin or press the DELETE key.
Opening picture files in other software programs
Mounter software allows you to open picture files into a registered software program. Simply double-click on the Camera icon and then double-click on the Camera Folder icon to view the picture files. Double-click on a picture file to open it into a registered software program.
Note: You can also save FLASHPIX and JPEG pictures from other software programs to the Camera Folder.
Saving sound
When you transfer pictures containing sound, Mounter software extracts the sound portion of the file. Through preferences, Mounter software can:
- Prompt you for a filename for each sound file
- Save the sound under the same filename as the picture with a .wav extension
- Save no sound
Setting preferences
Mounter software allows you to set preferences that govern how Mounter software notifies and prompts you for audio options.
To set Mounter preferences:
- Click the right mouse button on the Camera icon.
- Select MOUNTER PREFERENCES from the pop-up menu.
The Mounter Preferences screen appears.
- Specify the settings which include:
- How you want to be prompted when saving a picture's attached audio
- If you want to show the progress of the Mounter connection operations.
- Click the OK button to apply the settings.
Exiting Mounter software
To exit the Mounter software, select Close from the File menu. The Mounter Camera icon remains in the My Computer folder even when the camera is not accessed.
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