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1. algi Close button in the Viewer Panel Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mafrfdls ice MEMO Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mafftadls MEMO 75 MEMO Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Maffals MEMO ee MEMO Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Maf als Minolta Co Ltd 3 13 2 Chome Azuchi Machi Chuo Ku Osaka 541 8556 Japan Minolta Corporation Head Office 101 Williams Drive Ramsey New Jersey 07446 U S A Los Angeles Branch 11150 Hope Street Cypress CA 90630 U S A Minolta Canada Inc 369 Britannia Road East Mississauga Ontario L4Z 2H5 Canada Minolta Europe GmbH Minoltaring 11 D 30855 Langenhagen Germany Reparatur Repair Senator Helmken Strasse 1 D 28197 Bremen Germany Minolta France S A 365 Route de Saint Germain F 78420 Carrieres Sur Seine France Minolta UK Limited 7 Tanners Drive Blakelands Milton Keynes MK14 5BU England Minolta Austria Ges m b H Amalienstrasse 59 61 A 1131 Wien Austria Minolta Camera Benelux B V Zonnebaan 39 P O Box 6000 NL 3600 HA Maarssen The Netherlands Belgian Branch Prins Boudewijniaan 1 B 2550 Kontich Belgium Minolta Schweiz AG Riedstrasse 6 CH 8953 Dietikon Switzerland Minolta Svenska AB Albygatan 114 S 171 54 Solna Sweden Finnish Branch Niittykatu 6 PL 37 SF 02201 Espoo Finland Minolta Portugal Limitada Av do Brasil 33 A P 1700 Lisboa Portugal Minolta Hong Kong Limited Room 208 2 F Eastern Center 1065 King s Road Quarry Bay H
2. Pimi Cwhetl Cyaan Coit Dran de E Select Dimage RD 3000 from the source list then click Select W Select File gt Import gt TWAIN_382 e The software starts and the Viewer Panel see page 41 appears in an Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE window u Adobe Peeteetep eiri E em fie Di wap Lae gie Fae yea ii Het Cpm Cat _ Oma Pcl i Epi T Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Ma Mdls STARTING THE SOFTWARE Starting the RD 3000 Grabber utility software as a standalone application If you don t have a TWAIN compatible image processing application use the RD 3000 Grabber utility software as a standalone application lt Continued from page 32 gt fq Turn on the computer and start Windows p4 Select Start gt Programs gt Minolta Dimage RD 3000 Dimage RD 3000 e The RD 3000 Grabber utility software starts and the Main Panel see page 44 appears s97 e STARTING THE SOFTWARE EFOR MACINTOSH Starting the software as an Adobe Photoshop plug in In the description below RD3000 Plug in is installed in Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE s Import Export folder See page 18 in this manual for how to install the RD3000 Plug in module lt Continued from page 32 gt fq Turn on the computer and start Mac OS Start Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE f in Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE select File gt Import gt RD3000 Plug
3. another The procedure is as almost same as that of SAVING IMAGES ON THE HARD DISK described on the next page Refer to the pages 56 60 for details 55 USING THE VIEWER PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE SAVING IMAGES ON THE HARD DISK eT gay ata b eto gy Wi ff Select the Viewer Panel images you want to save to the computer s hard disk or a similar memory storage device by clicking on them e Selected images are displayed in reverse e A selected image can be deselected by clicking on it again with the Ctrl key Command key on Macintosh held down e To select more than one image hold down the Ctrl key Command key on the Macintosh when clicking on the second and subsequent images e To select the succeeding images click the first image then click the last image while pressing down the shift key e To select all the images click Select All in the Viewer Panel or press Ctrl A Command 8 Aon Macintosh on the keyboard Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Ma dls USING THE VIEWER PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Click Save in the Viewer Panel e The screen for selecting the folder directory in which to save the images appears shown below Select the folder directory in which to save the images Save Aa ia x Tin Jj ipe ereje El el ai eam ZAD jpg wm Me Fetes gy Fii pore u F rae l gym Enine oara E TO LUTE er Enter the name of the file in which to sa
4. e The Top Menu appears on the LCD screen Downloaded from ManualsCamera com MatWals CARD INFO DATE SCSI lt CONNECT 4 TERMPWR OFF CANCEL gt SCSI lt CONNECT I D 6 TERMPWR OFF CANCEL CAMERA SETUP SETTING THE CAMERA S SCSI ID MpPress A or V to move the cursor to SCSI then press the SET button e The SCSI menu appears k Press A or V to move the cursor to ID then press the SET button e The ID List appears mPress A or Y to move the cursor to the ID you want to assign to the camera then press the SET button e The selected ID is set and the screen returns to the SCSI menu e The set ID is retained even after the camera is turned off fqPress A or V to move the cursor to CANCEL then press the SET button Alternately press the MENU button twice 04 CAMERA SETUP SETTING THE TERMINATOR S POWER SUPPLY The camera only has one SCSI connector so it can only be used as the final device on a SCSI chain It therefore requires a device called a terminator which is built into the camera This terminator requires a power source For IBM PC ATs and compatible computers Check the user s manual of your SCSI host adapter to determine whether the SCSI host adapter you are using supplies power to the terminator If it does you don t need to perform the steps below Otherwise follow the steps below to enable the camera to supply power to the terminator For Macintosh compu
5. s hard disk or similar memory storage device in various image file formats Set the image quality and white balance on the camera e Delete the image displayed in the Preview Panel see pages 40 to 41 and 58 to 61 in the Dimage RD 3000 manual For information on each operation see pages 66 to 67 in this manual Click Save in the Viewer Panel see page 66 Start the utility software see pages 37 39 Select the folder and image file format in which to save the images Enter the desired file name then click Save see pages 57 60 The Main Panel lets you e Check the approximate numbers of images left taken The images are saved as a file e Use the computer to control camera functions perform remote photography with or without exposure flash correction set the camera s built in clock and initialize the CF Card The saved image can be e Displayed in the Viewer Panel e Loaded into other application software The Main Panel appears For information on each operation see pages 44 to 72 in this manual Set Exposure Flash compensation from the Main Panel as needed Click the Capture button on the Main Panel v v ee v The Preview Panel opens displaying the image taken by remote photography see page 64 oO Downloaded from ManualsCamera com MatWals STARTING THE SOFTWARE l Perform the camera setup procedures on pages 20 to 27 in this manual H Turn the
6. taken taker 1 f Click to display hide the lower part of the Exposure compensation window which is display Click to make camera settings used to set exposure flash Dimage RD 3000 Bo A i l on le gt side of Main M oe ish Panel s title acintosh baron Macintosh Flash compensatior display 2 Exposure fee ee ora EE compensation 7 value E le ean foe ges eee oe ea display input field Flash compensation slider Exposure compensation slider Flash compensation value display input field Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Md fftals Capture Click to perform ad Setting remote photography USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE The meaning of each display and the function of each button in the Main Panel is shown below Display button Meaning of display function of button See page s The number of images that can be taken recorded on the CF Card currently in the aes i camera is displayed if the camera isn t ren Cepia connected or there is no CF Card in the camera anes 0 is displayed when no more images can be taken The number of images that have been recorded on the CF Card currently in the camera is displayed if the camera isn t connected or there is no CF Card in the camera Taken display Displays a standard operating system dialog for specifying a folder When you specify a folder Disk button the Viewer Panel See pages 54 and
7. further reducing the image quality Compressed JPEG data can t be restored to its original state Therefore when using the software to read and save images recorded by the camera with the FINE STD or ECON image quality setting it s a good idea to select Original Format to prevent a reduction in image quality Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mails USING THE VIEWER PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE e When JPEG is selected click Setting Option on Macintosh to set the image quality hgh e Drag the Quality slider knob and click OK e A higher quality setting will produce a saved image of higher quality but the file size will increase accordingly Compression seriyi Dimgpreitir e A lower quality setting will produce smaller file sizes but the saved image will be of lower quality 59 Continued on Next Page USING THE VIEWER PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group An international standard originally created for compression and expansion of still images JPEG format images can be full color 16 77 million colors and the image data can be compressed to reduce the file size JPEG image files are in widespread use since they are both Windows and Macintosh compatible and offer relatively low image deterioration even with high rates of compression Bitmap BMP The standard bit mapped image format for Windows BMP for
8. Adobe Photoshop When you install the Dimage RD 3000 software the plug in module is automatically installed in a predetermined folder if Adobe Photoshop has been installed on the computer If multiple versions of Adobe Photoshop have been installed you can select the version of Photoshop in which to install the plug in module see page 16 Note that the plug in module isn t installed automatically if you install Adobe Photoshop after installing the Dimage RD 3000 software or if you select not to install the plug in module In this case you can install the plug in module manually later on by following the steps below You don t need to install the plug in module if using the RD 3000 Grabber utility software as a standalone application fl Quit Adobe Photoshop LE if it s running Open the Adobe Photoshop LE folder Open the Plug ins folder in the Adobe Photoshop LE folder fy Open the Minolta RD3000 folder and then the Put into Plug in Folder within it g Drag and copy the RD3000 Plug in icon from the Put into Plug in Folder to the Import Export folder in the Plug ins folder Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mah als INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE File Edit Viow Special Hiis CI Minoits 1080 I prt m ee ae ee _ SS EM bee Loa File Pat tik Plig ifs Pod per AES iN aa bh fet E 1 Cj Pet at Plug in Folder HE T tiem BRE Fe plahi reds Fate eg aes
9. Irie Few rel rites i fuinhe Mpina n TIT PE raiiiai BE Le mE ae irae i Ping 1re Drag and copy the RD3000 Plug in icon from the Put into Plug in Folder to the Import Export folder in the Plug ins folder 19 CAMERA SETUP SETTING THE CAMERA S SCSI ID To enable your computer to correctly identify each SCSI device connected to it each device must be assigned a unique SCSI ID between 0 and 7 Some computer models have some reserved SCSI IDs that can t be used see table below Pp Reserved SCSI IDs devices reserved for PC AT compatible 7 SCSI host adapter computers 0 built in hard disk drive 3 built in CD ROM drive 7 computer itself Apple Macintosh computers 1 Some recent Macintosh models have IDE hard disk CD ROM drives instead of SCSI hard disk CD ROM drives SCSI IDs 0 and 3 are available on these models 2 Some Macintosh models have both an internal and external SCSI bus The SCSI ID for the external bus 3 is available on these models The camera s SCSI ID is set to 4 at the time of purchase If this ID is available you don t need to change the SCSI ID setting before use Otherwise check the SCSI ID assigned to each connected SCSI device and follow the steps below to assign an unused SCSI ID to the camera fj Turn the camera s Main Switch Mode Selector dial to PLAY then press the MENU button on the back of the camera
10. Macintosh held down e To select more than one image hold down the Ctrl key Command key on the Macintosh when clicking on the second and subsequent images e To select the succeeding images click the first image then click the last image while pressing down the shift key e To select all the images click Select All in the Viewer Panel or press Ctrl A Command 98 Aon Macintosh on the keyboard Click Delete in the Viewer Panel e A confirmation dialog appears x Do you want to delete files Ej To delete the images click Yes To cancel deletion click No 261 lt REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY UTILITY SOFTWARE You can release the camera s shutter from the computer This function can only be used when using the RD 3000Grabber utility software It can t be used when the software was started using the TWAIN driver plug in module since the Main Panel doesn t appear Each image taken by remote photography is written to the CF Card then displayed in the Preview Panel To perform remote photography the CF Card must therefore have enough memory for at least 1 image Lett Check that the Left value in the Main Panel Taken is at least 1 before performing remote photography y If the Left value is 0 change it to a value of 1 or more by deleting unneeded images or replacing the CF Card fl Before connecting the camera to the computer follow the steps on pages 40 to 4
11. Selected images are displayed in reverse e A selected image can be deselected by clicking on it again with the Ctrl key Command key on Macintosh held down e To select more than one image hold down the Ctrl key Command key on the Macintosh when clicking on the second and subsequent images e To select the succeeding images click the first image then click the last image while pressing down the shift key e To select all the images click Select All in the Viewer Panel or press Ctrl A Command 38 Aon Macintosh on the keyboard Click Delete in the Viewer Panel e A confirmation dialog appears Do you want to delete files Ej To delete the images click Yes To cancel deletion click No While the RD3000 driver software TWAIN Data Source is running do not operate image processing applications such as Adobe Photoshop the RD3000 driver software TWAIN Data Source may freeze If this occurs re start the computer or force the RDSOOOListView to quit by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Delete keys simultaneously USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE When you start the RD 3000 Grabber utility software once the software has correctly recognized the camera camera connection the Main Panel appears shown below Click to display images stored in camera Click to display images stored on hard disk Number of images left Dimage HO 3000 Lett amp Number of images
12. THEM TO AN IMAGE PROCESSING started from an image processing application using the TWAIN APPLICATION WINDOW driver plug in module or the RD 3000 Grabber utility software was started When the software is started from an image processing application using the TWAIN driver plug in module once the software has correctly recognized the I camera camera connection the Viewer Panel shown below appears Viewer Panel display of images saved on the computer s hard disk displaying the images recorded in the camera CF Card see page 54 Remote photography see page 62 and Camera Panel operations See pages 68 to 71 are only available when the RD 3000 Grabber utility software was started These functions can t be used when the software was started using the TWAIN driver plug in module When starting the software from an image processing application using the TWAIN driver plug in module SS See pages 41 to 43 ri dakde FE pa LE Fane When starting the RD 3000 Grabber utility software See pages 44 to 72 Jeta i Fe fe a EE fa eee Wes d Continued on Next Page Downloaded from ManualsCamera com M ilals 41 USING THE VIEWER PANEL TWAIN DRIVER PLUG IN MODULE fj Select the Viewer Panel images you want to transfer to the image processing application by clicking on them e Selected images are displayed in reverse e A selected image can be deselected by clicking on it agai
13. a value directly from the keyboard Continued on Next Page 60 REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY UTILITY SOFTWARE REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY UTILITY SOFTWARE b1Click Capture in the Main Panel e You can Save or Delete the image displayed in the Preview Panel See Using e The camera s shutter is released and the image taken is written to the CF Card the Preview Pane on pages 00 67 ln this manual Tor more Imormalion e When the camera has finished writing the image to the CF Card the Preview Panel e You can continue to use take images by remote photography as long as there is OPen eee AEE enough memory left on the PC When multiple images are taken a Preview Panel Dimage RD 3000 i x is opened for each one Lett 9 Taken 1 z e f many images have been captured a large number of the Preview Panels will be opened the computer s response will become very slow Close some of the Disk Preview Panels to increase the performance of the computer When the camera is set to AF autofocus the shutter isn t released if the image is out of focus When you click Capture the computer sends a shutter release signal to the camera for 20 seconds The shutter is released if the image is in focus at any point within this time and when the flash on the accessory shoe has finished charging if using a flash If the image remains out of focus for 20 seconds or if the flash didn t finish charging the image isn t
14. camera s Main Switch Mode Selector dial to PLAY then press the MENU button on the back of the camera e The Top Menu appears on the LCD screen Press A or V to move the cursor to SCSI then press the SET button e The SCSI menu appears CARD INFO DATE E Press A or V to move the cursor to CONNECT then press the SET button CONNECT ID 5 e CONNECT TO PC appears on the TERMPWR OFF LCD screen and the camera enters CANCEL the SCSI connection mode gt SCSI lt Turn on the other SCSI devices if any are connected Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Maefdls STARTING THE SOFTWARE EFOR WINDOWS 95 98 98SE Me 2000 NT4 0 Starting the software from a TWAIN compatible image processing application In the description below the TWAIN compatible image processing application is Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE The screen displays commands and operations may be different in other image processing applications See the image processing application s manual for more information fq Turn on the computer and start Windows The New Hardware Found dialog appears Select Do not install a driver and click OK Repeat this operation until the New Hardware Found dialog no longer appears j Fe meie a he g oaa i cee r Bg mep keg ee ia j lg mee ce i m p hep eum ep 2 ee a kh a ERN Fi rir e Ei ee a Po gy ee Se ee ee ee meee oie ee eel ed cee The two screens shown here appear i
15. module the Viewer Panel s Save button is replaced by the Transfer button shown below alol Suan 541 USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Eror xj 5 After checking the points above follow the steps on pages 32 to 39 in this manual to start the software again Unable to access to Dimage AD 3000 Follow the steps below if the message above is displayed and Viewer Panel doesn t open 1 Click OK to close the message window 2 Click the close button on the top right of the Main Panel select File Quit on Macintosh to quit the software 3 Turn off the camera and computer 4 Check the following points e Is the SCSI cable connected properly Follow the steps on pages 24 to 26 to check its connection e Is the SCSI cable partially disconnected from the connector Press it in until it clicks into place e Is there a break in the SCSI cable or its covering Replace the cable with a new one e Is the SCSI ID assigned to the camera the same as the ID of another SCSI device connected to the same computer Follow the steps on pages 20 to 21 to change the camera s SCSI ID to a unique ID e Is the power supply to the terminator set properly Follow the steps on pages 22 to 23 to set it properly e Was the camera turned on before the computer was turned on Was the computer turned on after the camera was set to PC connection mo
16. 1 and 58 to 61 in the Dimage RD 3000 manual to set the image quality and white balance e These settings can t be made from the computer Be sure to make them before connecting the camera to the computer A Turn the camera off and connect it to the computer see pages 24 to 26 gk Turn the camera on set it to the PC connection mode see page 32 in this manual then turn the computer on Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mads REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY UTILITY SOFTWARE EjStart the RD3000Grabber utility software see page 37 or page 39 e The Main Panel appears If needed set exposure flash compensation otherwise go to Step F Click V gt on Macintosh in the Main Panel e The lower part of the window appears to let you set exposure flash compensation qj Set the values by dragging the slider knobs or clicking the fields on the right and entering values directly from the keyboard e The values can be set between 3 0 and 3 0 in 0 5 increments e When positive values are entered directly from the keyboard the plus sign is not required e When you drag the slider knob the value displayed in the field changes correspondingly e Click A V on Macintosh to hide the lower part of the window the settings remain in effect Dimage RD 3000 a xj ett 9 Camera Disk Taken 1 i Capture l 2 Setting To change the setting drag the slider knob or click on the field on the right and enter
17. 56 to 61 opens and the images in the specified folder are displayed as thumbnail images Opens the Viewer Panel See pages 50 and 56 to 61 which displays the images recorded on the CF Card currently in the camera as samera Dutton thumbnail images Disabled when the camera a isn t connected when there is no CF Card in the camera or when Taken is 0 Continued on Next Page 45 USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Capture button Setting button Exposure compensation display Takes an image by sending a signal to the connected camera through the SCSI cable remote photography The image taken is added to the end of the Viewer Panel and the Preview Panel see page 64 opens and the image is also displayed there Disabled when the camera isn t connected when there is no CF Card in the camera or when Taken is 0 Opens the Camera Panel see page 69 which is used to initialize the CF Card in the camera and set the camera s built in clock Disabled when the camera isn t connected or there is no CF Card in the camera Indicates that exposure compensation is set When exposure compensation isn t set value is 0 this display disappears in the Windows version of the software and appears gray is grayed out in the Macintosh version Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mds 62 to 65 68 to 71 Flash compensation display Arrow button Exposure compensation sl
18. Card 29160 ASC 29160 SLIM SCSI 1460 APA 1460 SLIM SCSI 1480 APA 1480 1 Can t be used with Windows NT 4 0 2 Used with Windows 95 OSR2 later Applications compatible with the operation of TWAIN drivers Adobe Photoshop Ver 3 0 5 4 0 1 5 0 2 5 5 6 0 Adobe Photoshop 4 0 LE 5 0 LE Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mafuals SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS Notes e When using Windows 95 or NT 4 0 the Dimage RD 3000 software s setup program will install Winaspi version 4 57 If you install a driver for another SCSI device after you have installed the Dimage RD 3000 software the device driver s setup program may automatically reinstall an older incompatible version of Winaspi Reinstall the Dimage RD 3000 software if it stops running properly as a result e When using the software with Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 set the system s virtual memory manually M to at least 100 MB This figure is just a guideline and will depend on the applications you use at the same time as the Dimage RD 3000 software and other operating environment parameters For how to make the setting see your PC s manual or the Windows help window e The guarantee doesn t cover the camera s performance when it s connected to a SCSI host adapter not shown on page 6 nor does it cover the SCSI host adapter or problems caused by it Minolta doesn t guarantee or provide customer support for the operation of the SCSI host a
19. G THE SOFTWARE 4 When the device driver is detected and the dia log box as shown on the left appears click Next gt een ll ee E oe a EEROLA DHELE MO ba ah mma a raam raphy bs e Ded eee br Em aem Cle Eee m gi chy oe cp be ree Leran F eae 5 oguaieou ae e Confirm that X DIMAGWDM INF appears under the text Location of driver where X is a drive letter assigned to the CD ROM drive on your computer it is the D drive in this example e If the message Please insert the disk labeled Windows XX CD ROM and then click OK appears during installation XX represents a Windows version such as 98 or Me remove the Dimage RD3000 Ver 2 0 CD ROM from the CD ROM drive insert the Windows XxX CD ROM into the CD ROM drive then click OK If another mes Sage appears prompting you to insert a different disk follow the instruction that apperas on the screen Adel Hoa Dl oc Le eel 5 When the installation of the driver software is completed and the dia log box as shown on the left appears click Finish Weis Dea Ai oe ee oe oe lt Continued from page 32 gt Start Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE Ej In Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE select File gt Import gt Select TWAIN 32 Source e A screen for selecting the TWAIN source appears Continued on Next Page 35 STARTING THE SOFTWARE 1 idobe Photeshe Lesi E cele pe ES ee F m bme hie Hai
20. MINSLIA DimageEe RD 3000 E Software Instruction Manual Compatible with Windows Me 2000 Mac 0S 9 0 4 9 1 BlueaWhite G3 G4 Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Manuals The old version of the software using Digita Desktop isn t guaranteed to operate correctly on Windows Me 2000 or on Mac OS 9 9 0 2 9 0 4 9 1 Use the current version of the software 2 0 on these operating systems e This instruction manual may not be copied either in part or in its entirety without the prior permission of Minolta Co Ltd 2001 Minolta Co Ltd e Every precaution has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this material Please contact Minolta if you have any questions find any mistakes or notice missing information e Minolta cannot accept responsibility for any loss damage or other problems caused by use of this software e With the exception of personal home or equivalent use No part of book magazine music or other copyrighted material may be used copied or revised without the prior permission of the author or copyright holder Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Manuals This manual does not provide instructions for the basic operation of personal computers or the basic operation of Windows or Macintosh operating systems Please refer to the manual that came with your computer for information on the above mentioned topics e Microsoft and Windows are registerded trademarks in the United States and
21. SE Me 2000 NT4 0 of the License Agreement click No to exit the setup program e In the procedure below the hard disk drive for system startup is drive C and the CD ROM drive is drive D Fines led kaira pps el z e Make sure the camera isn t connected to the computer when you install the software Pima the Pa a be io ba lel d he reed i Turn on the computer to start Windows PACKAGED SO TwARE OMMING TE PALKADE BEICATES YOUR o CPP aE Oo THE IEHn Hi CORD h La 0 Wl BREE HATH TRE TOU SHOULD PhP Ty RETA THE PAEA EHEDG Insert the Dim ge RD 3000 CD ROM into the CD ROM trel hon er nen Ca A Peco peia T eae T Toe GAS Bagi a re H p ee Poe i De E aea g e Ei pii d z ageing fe Lobe es he gee a ibe k ie d ce of the copy rive fe Soe aed FF ooops Peo Seed by Soe uch She re L LEERSE After a short wait the InstallShield Wizard program starts automatically then 4 Ti pis Ag Al et ber ee p hg Lao Lee Pei i E the choose Setup Lunguage window opens ieee Taraa Deeg DDD eal ace a gern i ad E N Lia Ej Click Yes The window for selecting the folder in which to install the software appears shown below bontril xj Chie hair yaaa ghee birir waters e eel ee ee F i If the InstallShield Wizard program doesn t start automatically select Start gt Sg tll aial Draga NO JEN ir a lrg Vc Run Enter D Driver Setup exe in the Open drop down list and click OK F l
22. THE COMPUTER S 70 QUITTING THE SOFTWARE UTILITY SOFTWARE 00 72 ee BEFORE YOU BEGIN TERNS USED IN THIS MANUAL e This manual assumes that your computer s operating system Windows 95 98 98 Second Edition Me Millennium edition 2000 NT or Mac OS as well as other necessary software such as device drivers have been installed and are operating properly e If you are using a Windows OS click the Start button point to Settings and click Control Panel Double click the System icon then click the Device Manager tab Verify that the name of your SCSI host adapter is displayed in the tree shown under the SCSI Controller icon Drp eee yore ee E tl Geared Deans Maree Masaai Pires Pairan Way dean be yee ee ee Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Maftuals BEFORE YOU BEGIN e In general the descriptions in this manual are illustrated by the displays for the Windows version There are no major differences between the displays for the Windows and Macintosh versions except for some of the button layouts and other cosmetic features e This manual assumes the use of a two button right handed mouse for Windows The terms click and double click refer to a single or double click of the left mouse button The term drag refers to the action of holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse e If you are using Macintosh OS the term Com
23. TOSH COMPUTERS EEEE ANIE S A E E E TE A E IA N A A TE 25 CAMERA SETUP INSERTING THE CF CARD sseeeee 27 BASIC OPERA IONS asnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnn nnna aa 28 OVERVIEW MAIN PANEL VIEWER PANEL cccccccseeeeeeeeeeeaees 28 When starting the software from an image processing application using the TWAIN driver plug in MOUIE cccesseeeceeeeceseeeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeas 28 The Viewer Panel lets you ccccccseeeeecceeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeseeeeseaeeeeeeseneeeeeas 28 When starting the RD 3000 Grabber utility Software cccccceeeesseseeeeeees 29 Saved images CAN e eeeeeccccccecceecaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaeeaeseeeeeeeeeeessesaaaaageees 29 OVERVIEW MAIN PANEL PREVIEW PANE L cccccseeceeseeeeeeeees 30 The Main Panel lets you cccccccssseeeeceseeeeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeeseaeeeeensaneeeseaaes 30 The Preview Panel lets YOu cccccccccccsseeececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseseeeessaneeeseaees 31 The saved image can be ccseescececcceeeeeeeccceeeeeceeeecseuseeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeeas 31 Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mafuals TABLE OF CONTENTS STARTING THE SOFTWARE ccccceccceseceseeeeseenseenseenseeseeneennesoass 32 FOR WINDOWS 95 98 98SE Me 2000 NT 4 0 seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeess 33 Starting the software from a TWAIN compatible IMAGE processing application ecccceceseeeeceeeeeeeeceeee
24. can t be performed when using the TWAIN driver plug in module since the Main Panel doesn t appear SYNCHRONIZING THE CAMERA S CLOCK TO THE COMPUTER S Before performing the steps below set your computer s built in clock to the correct date and time For Windows select Start Settings gt Control Panel Date and Time For Macintosh Select Control Panels gt Date amp Time from the Apple menu fi Click Setting in the Main Panel e The Camera Panel appears Dimage AD 3000 a x Lett 8 en 1 y Capture D lt Continued on next page gt Downloaded from ManualsCamera com MafWals USING THE CAMERA PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Setting xj Format Card Format Spnchonize camera s clock with this PC System Clock gt Hov 22 2000 12 03 Camera Clock Nowe 2000 14 02 Click Set Clock e The date and time data from the computer s built in clock is transferred to the camera synchronizing the two clocks k Click Close to return to the Main Panel or 4 lee QUITTING THE SOFTWARE UTILITY SOFTWARE MEMO fi Click the close button in the Main Panel e The RD 3000Grabber utility software ends If the software was started as a TWAIN driver plug in module from an image processing application clicking the close button in the Viewer Panel ends the driver plug in module and returns to the image processing application
25. ctions that appear on the screen e If you press Cancel instead you can still install the plug in module later see pages 18 19 e If Adobe Photoshop LE hasn t been installed or if only one version has been installed the screen above doesn t appear and installation finishes e When installation has finished the screen below appears inna laa eat Ge eI on ee Pied Click Gert to leasa Ge inhaler ipyre wae fe peor andiena iImoallatians tia Cnn tantione Lon 7 Click Quit Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mah als INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Items installed If you selected Easy Install all the files folders below were installed If you selected Custom Install only the selected checked file folder was installed Items installed in the selected created folder RD 3000 Grabber the application itself Put into Plug in Folder contains plug in for Adobe Photoshop RD3000 Plug in Installer Log File text file listing each file the installer program installed and where it was installed Item installed in the Import Export folder in the Plug ins folder in the version of Photoshop selected in Step 11 RD 3000 Plug in plug in module gt 17 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Installing the Adobe Photoshop plug in module Macintosh only By installing the plug in module in the specified folder you can open RD3000 Plug in from
26. d SCSI device Attach the other end of the SCSI cable to the computer s SCSI host adapter When the camera is the final device on a SCSI chain Remove the terminator of the current terminal SCSI device or disable it if built in and attach the other end of the SCSI cable to the device s SCSI host adapter Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Maf dls 2 BASIC OPERATIONS ASIC OPERATIONS _ _ OVERVIEW MAIN PANEL VIEWER PANEL E When starting the RD 3000 Grabber utility software To display and save thumbnail images saved in the camera in the CompactFlash card CF Card on the computer Start the utility software see pages 37 39 E When starting the software from an image processing vy application using the TWAIN driver plug in module The Main Panel appears Start the image processing application Adobe Photoshop WV For Windows Select RD3000 as TWAIN 32 Source then select TWAIN 32 Click the Camera button in the Main Panel VW The Viewer Panel appears displaying the images saved in the camera For Macintosh Select File Import RD3000 Plug in CF Card as thumbnail images see page 50 v v ens Select the thumbnail images you want to save by clicking on them The Viewer Panel appears displaying thumbnail images of the files saved in the camera in the CF Card see page 39 The Viewer Pane
27. dapter with your computer e For the Windows 2000 Users When the TWAIN 32 driver is started from Adobe Photoshop LE or Adobe Photoshop the image transfer operation may stop halfway In this case check the memory allocation to Photoshop if more than 20 of the memory is allocated to Photoshop change the allocation to 20 or less SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MACINTOSH SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MACINTOSH The system requirements for the operation of this software are as shown below Notes e Minolta doesn t recommend connecting the camera to the Ultra2 Wide SCSI host adapter which ee Apple Macintosh Series computers is a standard feature of some Blue amp White Power Macintosh G3 Series models This SCSI host Computer Maci h t t Macintosh Mac OS adapter has a limited connectable length and other problems that prevent the computer from acintos computer no a NOTE NIACIN ac g realizing its full performance potential To use the camera with models that come with a standard compatible computer with PowerPC CPU and Ultra2 Wide SCSI host adapter mount any of the SCSI host adapters listed on page 10 in the standard built in SCSI port or PCI bus slot empty slot and connect the camera to the host adapter s SCSI connector Don t remove the Power Macintosh Power Macintosh G3 Blue amp White Wide Ra dies scene sae Seana Power Macintosh G3 Series computer Power Mac G4 e he guarantee doesnt cover the camera s performance when Its connected t
28. de Turn the camera on set it to PC connection mode then turn the computer on e Is there a CF Card in the camera Follow the steps on page 27 to insert a CF Card in the camera Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mads 53 USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE DISPLAYING IMAGES SAVED ON THE HARD DISK El Click the Disk button in the Main Panel e The screen for selecting a folder directory appears Lett 9 Taken 1 a Capture Setting Select Folder x Directory Fl Desktop Bey My Documents ef My Music fa hy Pictures My Computer HBE My Network Places sed Online Services Cancel Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mamals USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Select a folder directory in which image data has been saved then click OK e The Viewer Panel opens displaying the images saved in the selected folder na C VMly Documeeds Mp Picharee mokes Laght pg 112000 Yoremis ify 10 6 3000 The Viewer Panel displays image files in TIFF JPEG BMP Windows only or PICT Macintosh only format Files saved in other image formats such as PNG PSD or GIF can t be displayed When the software was started using the TWAIN driver plug in the Main Panel doesn t appear so you can t display images saved on the computer s hard disk in the Viewer Panel The file formats of images displayed by the Viewer Panel can be changed to one
29. eecseceeeessaaees 33 Starting the RD 3000 Grabber utility software AS a Standalone AMpliCation ccecccccseecececessececceeeeeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeas 37 FOR I CIN OS iri cnsiesnccencsancceceoceetnceenortana eeensaanatenasseaceasous deur ciwanaaeceanacnetacuenese 38 Starting the software as an Adobe Photoshop plug in 00008 38 Starting the RD 3000 Grabber utility software AS a Standalone AMpliCation cccccccccesscccecessececeeeeeceeseeeeeesseneeeeeas 39 USING THE VIEWER PANEL TWAIN DRIVER PLUG IN MODULE AEA EAE E EE A E E E E E A EE E E 41 READING IMAGES SAVED IN THE CAMERA CF CARD AND TRANSFERRING THEM TO AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATION VIN O a EE E E 41 DELETING IMAGES SAVED IN THE CAMERA CF CARD 43 USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE eccceeeeeeeeeeeees 44 DISPLAYING CAMERA CF CARD IMAGES 50 DISPLAYING IMAGES SAVED ON THE HARD DISK ees 54 SAVING IMAGES ON THE HARD DISK eee etre teenie 56 DELETING IMAGES DISPLAYED IN THE VIEWER PANEL 61 REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY UTILITY SOFTWARE cccccccceeeeeeeeees 62 USING THE PREVIEW PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE 66 SAVING AN IMAGE TAKEN BY REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY ccc 66 DELETING AN IMAGE TAKEN BY REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY 67 USING THE CAMERA PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE 0 68 FORMATTING THE CAMERA S CF CARD ssessssssssesrrrrrssererrrneseerrrrrnesen 68 SYNCHRONIZING THE CAMERA S CLOCK TO
30. er doe Select or create the folder in which to install the software EJ Check the folder in which the software will be installed To change it select Select folder from the Install location pop up menu then select an existing folder or create a new one p Select the installation method from the pop up menu at the top left Normally you don t need to change the installation method from Easy Install e If you select Custom Install the window below appears fam age A lestacier He Tasini betel mi Honbre iaa an Click T to the right of a file to display its information Check the check box of the n file you want to install Continued on Next Page INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE ff Click Install e Installation starts Follow the instructions that appear on the screen If Adobe Photoshop LE has been installed the plug in module RD3000 Plug in is automatically installed in the Import Export folder in Photoshop s Plug ins folder e If multiple versions of Adobe Photoshop LE have been installed the screen shown below appears letting you select the version of Photoshop in which to install the plug in module RD3000 Plug in abect Folder Adehe Photoshepe 5 0 E Adahes Phretotheps SOLE Se Tle ki Ej Adee ah 30 LE ii Select the desired version of Photoshop then click OK e Installation continues Follow the instru
31. ider Flash compensation slider USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Display button Meaning of display function of button Meaning of display function of button Indicates that flash compensation is set When flash compensation isn t set value is 0 this display disappears in the Windows version of the software and appears gray is grayed out in the Macintosh version Displays or hides the lower part of the window which is used for setting exposure flash correction Dragging the slider knob sets the exposure compensation value The value can be set between 3 0 and 3 0 in 0 5 increments During 63 remote photography this setting is sent to the camera and applied to the result This slider is disabled when the camera isn t connected Dragging the slider knob sets the flash compensation value The value can be set between 3 0 and 3 0 in 0 5 increments During remote photography this setting is sent to the camera and applied to the result This slider is disabled when the camera isn t connected Continued on Next Page 47 USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Displays the currently set exposure compensation value The displayed value changes as you operate the exposure compensation slider You can click on this field to enter an exposure compensation value between 3 0 and 3 0 directly from the keyboard This operation is disabled when the camera isn t connected Exposure com
32. in Ver 2 0 e The software starts and the Viewer Panel see page 41 appears in an Adobe Photoshop 5 0 LE window File Edit Image Layer Select Filter View Window NeW a6 N Open 0 close W Save 5 Save As TES Save a Copy 35 import Anti aliased PICT Dimage 2300 Import DS Multi Plug in ver 2 0 Fal rege Setup as PICT Resource RD3000 Plug in Ver 2 0 Twain Acquire Adobe Online Online Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Maztidls STARTING THE SOFTWARE Starting the RD 3000 Grabber utility software as a standalone application If you don t have Adobe Photoshop use the RD 3000 Grabber utility software as a standalone application lt Continued from page 32 gt fq Turn on the computer and start Mac OS Open the folder in which the application was installed the folder selected or created during installation fF Double click the RD3000Grabber application icon e The RD 3000 Grabber utility software starts and the Main Panel see page 44 appears after a short wait Minolta RD3000 Installer Log File Put into Plug in Folder Double click the RD3000Grabber application icon 30 lt USING THE VIEWER PANEL TWAIN DRIVER PLUG IN MODULE The screens displayed by the software the screen order and the READING IMAGES SAVED IN THE CAMERA CF CARD AND functions available differ depending on whether the software was TRANSFERRING
33. ize the camera s built in clock to the computer s clock These operations can only be performed when using the RD 3000Grabber utility software They can t be performed when using the TWAIN driver plug in module since the Main Panel doesn t appear FORMATTING THE CAMERA S CF CARD Formatting initializing a CF Card erases all the image data it contains Take care when formatting CF Cards since once a CF Card has been formatted there is no way to retrieve the data it previously contained fi Click Setting in the Main Panel e The Camera Panel appears Dimage RD 3000 f X Left Disk Taken 1 z Capture ee D y lt Continued on next page gt Downloaded from ManualsCamera com M als USING THE CAMERA PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Format Card Synchonze camera s clock with this PE System Clock gt Nove 2000 12 03 Camera Clock Nowe 2000 14 02 Set Clock Click Format e A confirmation message appears x Are You ture you want to format this card Click Yes e Formatting starts When finished the Main Panel returns 69 USING THE CAMERA PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Using operations from the computer you can format initialize the CF Card in the camera and synchronize the camera s built in clock to the computer s clock These operations can only be performed when using the RD 3000Grabber utility software They
34. l connected devices Connecting the camera to your computer when the power is on could damage the computer camera and other connected devices e To turn off the camera turn the Main Switch Mode Selector dial to OFF SCSI CONNECTOR CABLES For PC AT compatible computers When the camera is the only SCSI device connected If the SCSI host adapter has a Use a SCSI cable with male 50 pin 50 pin Wide connector Wide connectors at both ends Use a SCSI cable with a connector that matches the connector of your If the SCSI host adapter has another type of connector host adapter at one end and has a male 50 pin Wide connector at the other end When the camera is the final device on a SCSI chain ee a Use a SCSI cable with male 50 pin p Wide connectors at both ends connector Use a SCSI cable with a connector If the current terminal SCSI that matches the connector of the device has another type of gt current terminal SCSI device at one connector end and has a male 50 pin Wide connector at the other end Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mafftidls CAMERA SETUP CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO YOUR COMPUTER SCSI CONNECTOR CABLES For Apple Macintosh computers When the camera is the only SCSI device connected For desktop and mini tower Power Macintosh and Power Macintosh G3 computers For Blue amp White Power Macintosh G3 Series computers and Power Mac G4 Series computers For PowerBook and Powe
35. l lets you Click Save in the Viewer Panel see page 57 e Display all the images saved in the camera CF Card as thumbnail images e Transfer some or all of the images saved in the camera CF Card to an image WV processing application for display in a window of that application when using the TWAIN driver or plug in module l l l l l e Save some or all of the images saved in the camera CF Card on the connected Select the folder and image file format in which to save the images Enter the computer s hard disk or a similar memory storage device in various image file desired file name then click Save see pages 57 60 formats when using the RD 3000 Grabber utility software e Display as thumbnail images images saved on the computer s hard disk or T similar memory storage device when using the RD 3000 Grabber utility e Delete some or all of the images displayed as thumbnail images in the Viewer Panes Saved images can be For information on each operation see pages 41 to 43 and 50 to 61 in this e Displayed in the Viewer Panel manual e Loaded into other application software Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mids 29 BASIC OPERATIONS ASIC OPERATIONS _ _ OVERVIEW MAIN PANEL PREVIEW PANEL The Preview Panel lets you e Display an image taken by remote photography which has been read from the To operate the camera from the computer camera e Save the image from the Preview Panel to the computer
36. lecting the Program Folder shown on the next page Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mahfidls INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE bento a T xj aeri Mipan ai ie Hamr ener a peers fede F Il 2 ea all mold pe od E e Map le bd ee Vii a ee ea bk ee ue Scar ihe aig bode fio Cet i oe neers ie Fima The name of the default Program Folder is displayed in reverse To add the software icons to this folder click Next gt To add the software icons to another existing folder select it from the folders listed in the box below Existing Folders then click Next gt Installation starts when you click Next gt When it has finished the InstallShield Wizard Complete window appears shown below ee re ie T m Iraia hed Winged Compete the tani ed ee coche nade irea Fl eh Pfc Bee Caer ee Se eee ee ee eee ce e i e i F an i vami to aia Fp Compe res E Hii eal ei my wda i Fiaa y ji i h a ira a e i Faia in Ege l o p ee E Check that Yes want to restart my computer now is selected then click Finish Setup ends and the computer restarts 136 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE FOR MACINTOSH Before you begin Virus protection tools and control panel documentation can cause problems during installation so remove or temporarily disable these programs during installation They can be restored afterwards e Make sure the camera isn t connected to the computer when
37. mand Key refers to the key located next to the Space Bar e Command names shown in this manual which are common both to the Windows and Macintosh systems do not indicate any of the shortcut keys found in Windows command names Example No 1 The File command appears as File on Windows and File on Macintosh menus but in this manual it is shown as merely as File Example No 2 The Save command appears as Save on Windows and Save on Macintosh menus but in this manual it is shown merely as Save SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWS The system requirements for the operation of this software are as shown below a IBM PC AT and their compatible computers CPU Intel Pentium Processor 90MHz or higher Windows 95 including OSR2 Windows 98 Windows 98 Second Edition Windows Me Millennium edition Windows 2000 Professional Windows NT 4 0 A minimum of 32MB of RAM on Windows 95 98 98 Second Edition Me or NT4 0 A minimum of 128MB of RAM on Windows 2000 laa 32MB or more of free hard disk space foe use as workspace VGA 640 x 480 dots or higher High Color 16 bit CD ROM Drive Required for software installation Adaptec AVA 2902E AHA 1510B AHA 1520B AHA 1540CP AHA 2910B AHA 2920C AHA 2930C AHA 2930CU AHA 2930U2 AHA 2940 AHA 2940U AHA 2940W Recommended AHA 2940AU AHA 2940UW AHA 2940U2W SCSI host SCSI Card 19160 ASC 19160 adapters SCSI Card 29160N ASC 29160N SCSI
38. mat images can be displayed by Microsoft Paint and other applications that come with the Windows OS PICT The standard image format for the Macintosh Mac OS PIC T format images can be displayed by Simple Text and other applications that come with Mac OS TIFF Tagged Image File Format A high resolution bit mapped file format Since the TIFF format is platform independent it is compatible with IBM PC ATs and compatible computers Macintosh computers and a variety of other models TIFF is a standard format among commercial printing companies and others using DTP DeskTop Publishing and other high resolution image data Click Save e The selected images are saved in the selected folder directory under the entered file name and in the selected image format A meter window appears while the images are being saved indicating how far the process has advanced Processing x Loading image EEREEEE Cancel e When saving has finished the screen returns to the Viewer Panel Downloaded from ManualsCamera com M Wals USING THE VIEWER PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE DELETING IMAGES DISPLAYED IN THE VIEWER PANEL You can delete some or all of the images displayed as thumbnail images by the Viewer Panel ff Select the Viewer Panel images you want to delete by clicking on them e Selected images are displayed in reverse e A selected image can be deselected by clicking on it again with the Ctrl key Command key on
39. n computers with Windows 95 OSR2 pre installed at the time of purchase Click Next gt in the first screen and Finish in the next screen In Windows 98 click Next gt until Finish appears then press Finish When connecting the RD3000 camera to the computer Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box may appear as shown in the figure Install the driver software by following the indication of the dialog box refer to the procedure described on the following pages eg a oss eee ders E ia a o oma Ca bees gw n I ee ee ee eee Ba a kea Bs om om Continued on Next Page STARTING THE SOFTWARE 1 When Add New Hardware Wizard dia log box appears click Ade Hoa ll go Le el CEE ey on ot Te EEROLA DHELE PO A da d ks lt abla Next gt coe Add Hee Hia Wiel 2 When the dialog box aS kiai A pena cee ces Ea shown on the left appears select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended and click Next gt m iiai fan Bee ted Revie fe paa ieee C Diskai a es EES 3 When the dialog box as shown on the left appears insert the Dimage RD3000 Ver 2 0 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive and put the check mark on CD ROM drive and click Next gt iain ee ee ne nd am ee ee iep mrj ee eg eed w Dic See a ee Leh lac aliri does ie D pirri men ree T penip eee Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mat als STARTIN
40. n with the Ctrl key Command key on Macintosh held down e To select more than one image hold down the Ctrl key Command key on the Macintosh when clicking on the second and subsequent images e To select the succeeding images click the first image then click the last image while pressing down the shift key e To select all the images click Select All in the Viewer Panel or press Ctrl A Command 8 Aon Macintosh on the keyboard Click Transfer in the Viewer Panel e A meter window appears while the images are being transferred indicating how far the process has advanced Loading mage e When transfer has finished the images are loaded into the image processing application and displayed in a window of that application You can now use the image processing application to manipulate the images as desired See the manual of the image processing application Unable to access to Dimage AO 3000 Follow the steps on pages 52 to 53 if the message above is displayed and Viewer Panel doesn t open Downloaded from ManualsCamera com M tfidls USING THE VIEWER PANEL TWAIN DRIVER PLUG IN MODULE DELETING IMAGES SAVED IN THE CAMERA CF CARD Some or all of the images displayed by the Viewer Panel as thumbnail images can be deleted from the CF Card The thumbnail images in the Viewer Panel let you check the images to delete fj Select the Viewer Panel images you want to delete by clicking on them e
41. o a os l i adapter not shown on page 8 nor does it cover the SCSI host adapter or problems caused by it Series computer except Power Mac G4 Cube i a Minolta doesn t guarantee or provide customer support for the operation of the SCSI host Mac OS 7 6 1 to 9 1 QuickTime 3 0 or a later version must be installed raw 6B ono otteomenoy Mentor 100d orig 58000205 no Recommended SCSI host adapters Applications confirmed as compatible with the operation of the plug in module For Power Macintosh Power Macintosh G3 PowerBook PowerBook G3 Standard built in SCSI host adapter Types that connect to an expansion board or PC card inserted in the PCI bus NuBus or PC card slot can t be used For Blue amp White Power Macintosh G3 Series computers Power Mac G4 Series computers Adaptec PowerDomain 29160N PowerDomain 2940U2W PowerDomain 2940U2W PowerDomain 2930U SCSI Card 2906 Adobe Photoshop Ver 3 0 5 4 0 1 5 0 2 5 5 6 0 Adobe Photoshop 4 0 LE 5 0 LE Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mafuals 9 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Follow one of the procedures below to install the Dimage RD 3000 software on your Windows or Macintosh computer INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Select the language for the installation and click on OK The License Agreement window appears shown below Read the entire r agreement carefully before continuing the setup If you don t agree to the terms FOR WINDOWS 95 98 98
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43. other countries of Microsoft Corporation e The official name of Windows is Microsoft Windows Operating System e Pentium is registered trademark of Intel Corporation e Apple the Apple logo Macintosh Power Macintosh Mac OS and the Mac OS logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc e Other company and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners TABLE OF CONTENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN biscsnacceiateienttsievictnnis ensinneeeeceennncssnceevmcueuadsGwasamesnneatiuns 4 TERNS USED IN THIS MANUAL cecccsseeeseeeeeeeeeseaeeteneeseeeeeaeeees 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS WINDOWSS ccccccsseeeesseeneeeseneees 6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MACINTOSH c cssessesseeeeseeeenees 8 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE cccsecceseccesccenseenseneneeseneeonsesenes 10 FOR WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME 2000 N1T4 0 cccccccesseeceeeeseeeeeeeeeees 10 OO IAIN OO Piee A ceanes pneu 14 INSTALLING THE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP PLUG IN MODULE MACINTOSH ONLY ccccceecccceeeeecesceceeeeeeeeeceseeeceseeaeesseeeeseneeeseaes 18 CAMERA SETUP SETTING THE CAMERA S SCSI ID 20 CAMERA SETUP SETTING THE TERMINATOR S POWER SUPPLY 22 CAMERA SETUP CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO YOUR COMPUTER 24 SCSI CONNECTOR CABLES FOR PC AT COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS E TEE E EE E EAEE E A conte A E E E E E E E A E E 24 SCSI CONNECTOR CABLES FOR APPLE MACIN
44. pensation value display input field Displays the currently set flash compensation value The displayed value changes as you operate the flash compensation slider You can click on this field to enter a flash compensation value between 3 0 and 3 0 directly from the keyboard This operation is disabled when the camera isn t connected Flash compensation value display input field Close button Quits the driver software Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mas USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE 49 USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE DISPLAYING CAMERA CF CARD IMAGES fi Click the Camera button in the Main Panel e The Viewer Panel opens and the images stored in the camera on the CF Card are displayed Dimage AD 3000 q Lett ther 1 Capture Setting ae Cee oe KIEN Eo a Pal be Fura be Downloaded from ManualsCamera com MaWals USING THE MAIN PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE e The images displayed by the Viewer Panel can be saved on the connected computer in any location folder in any of four image formats See page 56 in this manual for more information e The Camera button is disabled when the camera isn t connected when there is no CF Card in the camera or when Taken is 0 e The Viewer Panel screen shot shown on page 50 is the screen displayed when using the RD 3000 Grabber utility software When using the TWAIN driver plug in
45. rBook G3 computers with PowerPC CPUs gt Use a SCSI cable with a standard Macintosh SCSI port connector at one end male D Sub 25 pin connector and a male 50 pin Wide connector at the other end Use a SCSI cable with a connector that matches the connector of your host adapter at one end and has a male 50 pin Wide connector at the other end Use a SCSI cable that has a connector that matches the PowerBook SCSI host adapter HDI 30 at one end and has a male 50 pin Wide connector at the other end When the camera is the final device on a SCSI chain If the current terminal SCSI device has a 50 pin Wide connector If the current terminal SCSI device has another type of connector gt gt 95 Use a SCSI cable with male 50 pin Wide connectors at both ends Use a SCSI cable with a connector that matches the connector of the current terminal SCSI device at one end and has a male 50 pin Wide connector at the other end Continued on Next Page CAMERA SE TUP CONNECTING THE CAMERA TO YOUR COMPUTER CAMERA SETUP INSERTING THE CF CARD fj Open the camera s connector How to insert the CompactFlash Card CF Card into the cover camera s card slot is described on pages 32 and 33 in the Dimage RD 3000 manual HAlign the 50 pin Wide SCSI cable connector to the camera s SCSI connector and press it in firmly until it clicks into place ky When the camera is the only connecte
46. t il cs tcl lok ght Td cles sa cele Aceh el ccs coal aaa mihe be TE ee regen Per eee AD Fpa Continued on Next Page Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Mah lals 41 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE To install the software in the default folder C Program Files MINOLTA Dimage RD 3000 press Next gt To install the software in another folder click Browse to display the window for selecting a folder Specify the directory to install the software in then click OK Click Next gt to display the window for selecting the setup type shown below baitai fica E E xj Toh lee en Takeri bar ai lie eria p Ciki fs tge d Leip pepe a ches H S fym Pa el ilad i de i co ope Mad fo a Parr LETI ae Picea eel cb cd alld i ees a pra M Caa Ta me heem be mee my agii pra A eerie ia ee 4 Select the setup type then press Next gt Normally select Typical The rest of the descriptions in this manual assume the Typical setup has been selected Compact Installs the software with the minimum number of required options The software may not run normally with this selection on some system environments Custom Installs only the selected option Select Custom to install just the TWAIN module or just the RD 3000 Grabber utility software This setup type is intended for users with a thorough knowledge of the software Click Next gt to display the window for se
47. taken and an error message appears In this case click OK to close the error message window The Main Panel remains as it was before you clicked Capture When the camera is set to manual focus the shutter is immediately released when you click Capture even if the image is out of focus Manual focus is handy when the distance to the subject is constant Such as when taking a series of close ups or making photographic reproductions of printed materials Downloaded from ManualsCamera com M rdls 65 USING THE PREVIEW PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE SAVING AN IMAGE TAKEN BY REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY il Click Save in the Preview Panel e A screen for selecting the folder directory in which to save the image appears The subsequent steps are the same as Steps amp and after on page 57 in this manual Using the Viewer Panel Downloaded from ManualsCamera com M Adls USING THE PREVIEW PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE DELETING AN IMAGE TAKEN BY REMOTE PHOTOGRAPHY fl Click Delete in the Viewer Panel e A confirmation dialog appears xi Do you want to delete files FATo delete the images click Yes e The Preview Panel closes and the image written to the CF Card during remote photography is deleted lt 67 USING THE CAMERA PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Using operations from the computer you can format initialize the CF Card in the camera and synchron
48. ters Users of desktop mini tower Power Macintosh Power Macintosh G3 models and of Blue amp White Power Macintosh G3 Series Power Mac G4 Series models don t need to perform the steps below Users of PowerBook and PowerBook G3 models with PowerPC CPUs need to follow the steps below to enable the camera to supply power to the terminator fj Turn the camera s Main Switch Mode Selector dial to PLAY then press the MENU button on the back of the camera e The Top Menu appears on the LCD screen Press A or V to move the cursor to SCSI then press the SET button e The SCSI menu appears CARD INFO DATE Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Maffidls CAMERA SETUP SETTING THE TERMINATOR S POWER SUPPLY EiPress A or V to move the PSCSI lt cursor to TERMPWR then CONNECT press the SET button oer e A screen for selecting ON or OFF appears CANCEL Press A or V to move the cursor to ON then press the SET button e The camera is set to supply power OFF and screen returns to the SCSI menu e The setting is retained even after the camera is turned off gt TERM PWR lt fqPress A or V to move the cursor to CANCEL then press the SET button Alternately press the MENU button twice gt SCSI lt CONNECT I D 4 TERMPWR ON OFAN KIC S 299 CAMERA SETUP ONNECTING THE CAMERA TO YOUR COMPUTER Before connecting the camera to your computer be sure to turn off the camera computer and al
49. ve the images Use the drop down list pop up menu on Macintosh to select the image format in which to save the images Select the folder directory in which to save the images and the name of the file in which to save them Continued on Next Page 57 USING THE VIEWER PANEL UTILITY SOFTWARE Ej Use the drop down list pop up menu on Macintosh to select the image format in which to save the images e In Windows you can select Original Format or the JPEG Bitmap or TIFF format e In Macintosh you can select Original Format or the JPEG PICT or TIFF format e If you select Original Format the images are saved in the same file format they were recorded in on the CF Card shown below The format in which the camera records image files on the CF Card is determined by the image quality setting see page 40 in the Dimage RD 3000 manual Image quality setting Format S FINE TIFF uncompressed FINE JPEG approx 1 5 compression STD JPEG approx 1 10 compression ECON JPEG approx 1 15 compression Note When the camera s image quality setting is FINE STD or ECON image data is recorded on the CF Card as JPEG format image files with a different compression ratio for each setting If you use the software to read these image data files and save them on the hard disk in JPEG image format image data originally compressed by the camera may be further compressed by the software
50. you install the software fy Turn on the computer to start Mac OS When the desktop appears insert the Dimage RD 3000 CD ROM into the CD ROM drive Double click the CD ROM drive on the desktop to open it Ej Double click the Driver folder to open it then double click the English folder e The Dimage RD 3000 Installer icon appears Double click the Dimage RD 3000 Installer icon e The installer program starts and the initial window appears fq Click Continue in the Installer s initial window e The Software License Agreement appears Read the entire agreement carefully before continuing e You can click Save As to save the Software License Agreement as a text file or Print to print it out e If you don t agree to the terms of the Software License Agreement click Decline to exit the installer Downloaded from ManualsCamera com Matfidls INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE Click Accept e A window appears for selecting the installation method Easy Install is selected initially and the installation location The names of the volume disk name and folder in which the software will be installed appear at the bottom left of the window amag ANEN bastacler EJE Easy imitat Er Select the installation method to use r WENA NNa ee Te rF ee Le Be EEEL Name of the volume disk and folder in which the software will be installed f

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