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Nikon D1 Digital Cameras

Nikon View DX

for Macintosh

Reference Manual

Contents

Overview

Setting up the Camera as a Drive

Mounting the Camera
Camera Drive Settings
Unmounting the Camera
Notes on Using the Camera as a Drive

Working with Images

Viewing the Items in the Camera’s Memory
Copying Images to Disk
Deleting Images from the Camera
Opening Images in Another Application

Nikon View Browser

Browsing Images in Your Camera
Browsing Compact Flash-Memory Cards
Browsing Images on Disk
Selecting images
Viewing Images with the Built-in Viewer
Deleting Images
Printing Images
Changing the Appearance of Thumbnails
Viewing Image Information
Copying Images to Disk
Opening Images in Another Application

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Summary of Contents for View DX

Page 1: ...ages Viewing the Items in the Camera s Memory Copying Images to Disk Deleting Images from the Camera Opening Images in Another Application Nikon View Browser Browsing Images in Your Camera Browsing Compact Flash Memory Cards Browsing Images on Disk Selecting images Viewing Images with the Built in Viewer Deleting Images Printing Images Changing the Appearance of Thumbnails Viewing Image Informatio...

Page 2: ...ith this prod uct on an audio CD player or other device not intended for CD ROMs Playing the CD ROM on an audio CD player could damage the speakers or result in hearing loss Trademark Information Apple the Apple logo Macintosh PowerBook and FireWire are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Finder Macintosh PC Exchange Power Macintosh and PowerBook are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Adobe ...

Page 3: ...onal use Nikon View s features include those listed below a driver function that supports connection to your camera and allows you to operate your camera s memory like any other drive thumbnails viewed in Nikon View Browser can be copied to disk or opened in other applications using drag and drop images in the camera s memory can be handled using stan dard Mac OS file operations images can be open...

Page 4: ...ribes how to display images as thumbnails view images and copy them to disk using Nikon View Browser Nikon View Reference A handy reference guide to Nikon View s windows and menus To Users of OtherVersions of Mac OS The illustrations and explanations in this manual are for Mac OS 8 6 Display and operation may differ slightly in other versions of Mac OS Refer to the System Software manual for the v...

Page 5: ...o mount your camera as a drive 1 Choose Nikon View Control from the Control Panels submenu of the Apple menu 2 The Nikon View Control window will then appear If you have previously installed Nikon View for the Nikon CoolPix series of digital cameras you will need to click the Setting tab to switch panels Note It is recommended that the camera be powered by the EH 4 AC adapter available separately ...

Page 6: ... PC cards Details on these settings may be found in the following section Camera Drive Settings After making changes to settings close the dialog box Note If you are mounting the camera using the settings in effect in the previous session you do not need to open the Nikon View Control window If you change settings while the camera is mounted these changes will be applied next time you mount the ca...

Page 7: ...erted correctly and does it have enough charge If you are using an AC adapter is the adapter connected correctly Is the camera the only peripheral connected to the IEEE 1394 port Refer to the ReadMe file for the latest information on connec tion errors The ReadMe file contains updates that are not included in the manual Camera Drive Settings Camera drive settings can be chosen from the Settings pa...

Page 8: ...ng an appli cation that supports the file formats used by the camera Select the application and click Open Mounting compact flash memory cards When the Mount Camera PC Cards using Nikon View check box is selected compact flash memory cards inserted in a computer card drive or card reader will be mounted as the Nikon D1 or Nikon CoolPix camera drive only cards from Nikon digital cameras can be used...

Page 9: ... used in much the same way that you would use any other drive Note however that the following limitations apply Only one camera is supported at a time Even if two or more cameras are connected only one camera can be mounted at any one time The first camera to be recog nized by the computer will be the one that is mounted The camera cannot be shared over a network The camera will not function as a ...

Page 10: ...ies of digital camera Nikon CoolPix Mounter will appear in the Apple menu and the Nikon CoolPix CSM item menu will appear in the Control Strip but these items can only be used with the CoolPix series of digital camera For details on using cameras in the CoolPix series see the Nikon View documenta tion for your CoolPix digital camera ...

Page 11: ...1 Double click the Nikon D1 icon at the right side of the desktop The Nikon D1 camera drive window opens and the folders stored in the camera s memory are displayed 2 Double click the icon for the folder that you want to browse Folder Names When displayed in NikonView folders created with the camera are prefixed by a three digit folder number Thus the default folder is displayed as 100NC_D1 Each f...

Page 12: ... as icons the next time you mount the camera Caution Do not attempt to replace on image file on the camera s memory card with another image file with the same name Even if you click OK in the dialog that appears when a file with the same name is copied to the camera drive the file will not be overwritten but will instead be erased from the camera s memory Tip The ReadMe file in the Nikon D1 window...

Page 13: ...read only drive images can only be copied not moved even if the option key is not held down If you would like to place an image on the desktop hold down the option key while dragging the image to the desktop Tip All images taken with the camera are assigned file names of the form DSC_nnnn xyz where nnnn is a four digit file number and xyz is a three letter extension JPG TIF or NEF Similarly all im...

Page 14: ... the mouse button Images can also be deleted by selecting their thumbnails in the browser window and choosing Move to Trash from the File menu When images in the camera are dropped into the Trash an alert dialog will appear If you click OK the image will be per manently deleted without being stored temporarily in the Trash All images stored in the camera can be deleted simultaneously by initializi...

Page 15: ...he camera s CCD Opening selected images from the image folder Select the images you wish to open by clicking their icons multiple images can be selected by holding down the shift key while clicking each image in turn then double click any of the selected thumbnails or choose Open from the File menu The application will start and the selected images will be opened in windows within the application ...

Page 16: ...mats used by the camera by choosing Open or Open File from the application s File menu In the Open dialog navigate to the desktop select the Nikon D1 drive and click the Open button The folders in the camera s memory are displayed choose the one containing the desired image and click the Open button The images in selected folder will be listed If the application s Open dialog supports preview disp...

Page 17: ...nYour Camera To start Nikon View Browser and view thumbnail previews of the images in the camera s memory double click the Browse Thumbnails icon in the Nikon D1 window Note The Browse Thumbnails icon is only visible if the Create Thumbnails item in the Nikon View Control window was checked when the camera was mounted The browser windows for all folders in the camera s memory will open and the ima...

Page 18: ...the path Installation Disk Installation Folder NikonSoftware Nikon View Nikon View Browser Nikon View Browser will open to the Nikon D1 window where the folders in the camera s memory will be displayed 2 Double click the folder icons that you want to browse The browser window will show thumbnail previews of the images in the selected folder Nikon View Browser can also be started by double clicking...

Page 19: ...teps to browse images on a compact flash memory card 1 Double click the card icon on the desktop The drive window will open on the desktop 2 Drag the DCIM folder icon over the Nikon View Browser icon and release the mouse button Note Nikon View Browser may be found in the path Installation Disk Installation Folder NikonSoftware Nikon View Nikon View Browser Tip If a compact flash card reader or ca...

Page 20: ... selected folder Another way of starting Nikon View Browser You can also start Nikon View Browser by double clicking the Nikon View Browser icon A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse Select desired folder and click Select Note If you copy the Browse Thumbnails icon from the Nikon D1 folder to a folder containing images you can start Nikon View Browser by double clicking t...

Page 21: ...ikon View Browser icon and release the mouse button Note Nikon View Browser may be found in the path Instal lation Disk Installation Folder NikonSoftware Nikon View Nikon View Browser The browser window will open showing thumbnail previews of the images in the selected folder Tip You can rename images while browsing the compact flash memory card or the hard disk Tip You can also select images usin...

Page 22: ...ard while clicking each image in turn All images in the camera can be selected by choosing Select All from the Edit menu Another way of starting Nikon View Browser Nikon View Browser can also be started by double clicking the Nikon View Browser icon A dialog will appear prompting you to select a folder to browse Choose the desired folder and then click Select Note If you copy the Browse Thumbnails...

Page 23: ...r 1 To select the built in viewer as the application used when opening images from the browser choose Preferences from the browser Edit menu The Preferences dialog will appear Click the Viewer tab to open Viewer panel Select Open images with built in viewer and click OK 2 In the browser window select the images you wish to view and double click any of the images or choose Open from the File menu t...

Page 24: ...o effect on the thumbnails in the browser window The selected images will be opened at full resolution in separate image windows Zooming the image in and out When moved over an image window with the command key held down the cursor takes the shape of a magnifying glass Click anywhere on the image with the command key held down to zoom the image in Pressing the option key on the keyboard changes th...

Page 25: ...e the cursor will take the shape of a hand and the image can be scrolled by dragging it Alternatively you can enlarge the window itself dragging the size box at its lower right corner If there is enough space on the desktop the entire image can be viewed at its current zoom ratio by clicking the zoom box at the top right corner of the image window The image window will be either enlarged to show t...

Page 26: ...ill be permanently deleted so be sure to check the image being deleted before carrying out this step Images can be moved to the Trash by dragging their associated thumbnails over the Trash icon and releasing the mouse button Images in the camera will not be moved to the Trash but will instead be permanently deleted Images can also be moved to the Trash by selecting their thumbnails in the browser ...

Page 27: ...m the browser window To print images select the associated thumbnails and choose Print from the File menu If you are opening images currently stored in or that have been copied from the camera s memory the application specified in the Nikon View Control window will start and the Print dialog will be displayed Make such changes to printer settings as you desire and print the images Printing from th...

Page 28: ... displayed 2 Click the Appearance tab to open Appearance panel 3 Choose a frame from the list of Thumbnail Border radio buttons No border When this button is selected thumbnails will be displayed without a frame Document border When this button is selected thumbnails will be displayed in a document style frame as shown at right Film strip border When this button is selected thumbnails will be disp...

Page 29: ...uch as image quality exposure and flash settings at the time the photograph was taken The Extra Photo Information panel contains additional photo information such as exposure compensation sensitivity and flash synchronization mode settings Viewing Image Information You can view information on selected images After selecting the thumbnails select Get Info from the File menu A window with informatio...

Page 30: ...rm DSC_nnnn xyz where nnnn is a four digit file number and xyz is a three letter extension JPG TIF or NEF Similarly all image files saved in folders in the camera s memory are assigned file names of the same type To prevent images already copied to disk from being overwritten change the filename after copying an image or create a new folder for each folder on the camera Note Because the camera fun...

Page 31: ...ings so that images are opened using the designated application choose Preferences from the browser Edit menu The Preferences dialog will appear Click the Viewer tab to open Viewer panel Select Open images with their normal application and click OK Tip When images are read directly from the camera the creator program is set to the application specified in the NikonView Control window If the speci ...

Page 32: ...ected images will be opened in the selected application If the specified application is not installed when you attempt to open an image a dialog will appear prompting you to choose the application to be used Choose a suitable application from the dialog box Note If you have Adobe Photoshop 4 0 or later with a plug in for TIFF YCbCr format image files installed on your computer you can open TIFF YC...

Page 33: ...he file formats used by the camera by choosing Open or Open File from the application s File menu In the Open dialog navigate to the desktop select the Nikon D1 drive and click the Open button The folders in the camera memory are displayed choose the one you want and click the Open button The images in selected folder will be listed If the application s Open dialog supports preview display a previ...

Page 34: ...previews Images can be opened by double clicking a thumbnail or copied to disk by drag and drop Window operations are detailed in Nikon View Browser Menu bar Thumbnail The BrowserWindow NikonView Reference This chapter provides a brief reference guide to Nikon View s windows and menus Refer to this guide when you want to know the meaning of a command Tip Images can also be selected using the tab o...

Page 35: ...usual Apple menu items the Apple menu contains an About Nikon View Browser option when the browser window is active About Nikon View Browser Gives copyright information for Nikon View Browser Click anywhere within the About dialog box to clear it from the screen The File Menu New Folder N Creates a new folder Note however that as the camera is read only this command is not available for images in ...

Page 36: ...s copies of the selected files or folders Note however that as the camera is read only this command is not available for images or folders in camera memory Make Alias M Creates an alias for the selected files or folders Note however that as the camera is read only this command is not available for images or folders in camera memory Put Away Y Returns files that have been placed on the desktop to t...

Page 37: ...ces Opens the Preferences dialog box where you can choose whether to open images in the built in viewer or in another application and where you can set the appear ance of the thumbnails in the browser window The View Menu as Icons as Buttons as List as Window as Pop up Window Clean Up These commands can not be accessed from the browser window Arrange Orders the thumbnails in the browser by name da...

Page 38: ...sleep mode Normal operation can be restored by pressing any key on the keyboard Restart Ends the current session of Nikon View Browser and any other open applications and restarts the system Shut Down Ends the current session of Nikon View Browser and any other open applications and turns off the computer The Help Menu About Balloon Help Provides an explanation of the Finder s Balloon Help functio...

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