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expensive) card reader. When the camera is successfully
attached to the computer, the computer treats the card in
the camera as a removable disk drive. The only thing the
computer can access is the data on that card. This is the
default USB mode for the D300, and what you should use
if your computer is running an older version of Windows
(98, Me, 2000) or Macintosh OS (9.x).
•
Point to point device
(
MTP/PTP
). In this mode, the D300
talks to the computer directly (or the WT-4, which
automatically sets
MTP/PTP
on the D300), and the
computer can direct what the camera does. Essentially,
the USB cable is like a network cable between two
intelligent devices. This is the mode you need to be in if
you want to control the camera from the computer using
Capture with Windows or Macintosh OS-X
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To set the USB connection mode:
1.
Press the
MENU
key to show the menu system.
2.
Use the Direction pad to navigate to the SETUP menu
(yellow wrench icon) and press the
>
key to select it.
3.
Use the Direction pad to navigate to the
USB
option
and the
>
key to select it.
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You can use
Mass storage
for Windows XP or Macintosh OS-X, but you’ll lose
the ability to control the camera from Capture. There’s no penalty for setting
MTP/PTP
on the newer OS versions, thus I recommend that you use
MTP/PTP
for
them.
