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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F1 User's Manual

1. Undo Undoes the most recent zooming or rotation command Copy Copies the selected image or comment to the clipboard Paste Pastes the comment of the clipboard You cannot use this command if nothing is in the clipboard Select All Selects all the images in the image list window Select None Cancels the selection in the album list or image list window Camera menu File Edit RIN Display Image Window Option Open Camera s Image Save in Album Save as File Save to Camera Open Camera s Image Opens and displays the camera images on the monitor Save in Album Saves all the images or selected images of the camera to the album on the hard disk in the album format without opening them Save as File Saves all the images or selected images of the camera to the desired folder on the hard disk in JPEG or PICT file type without opening them Save to Camera Transfers the images on the hard disk to the camera 88 Capturing an image Display menu File Edit Camera Image Window Option Q X Zoom In Zoom Out 8 Zoom In Enlarges the image display size Zoom Out Reduces the image display size Image menu File Edit Camera Display window Option ame 640 480 Frame 480 x 640 Rotate Clockwise 90 degrees Rotate Counter Clockwise 90 degrees Rotate 180 degrees Display Frame 640 x 480 Displays the frame for trimming an image in landscape Display Frame 480 x 640 Displays the frame for trimming
2. 64 37 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 04 38 Saving the camera images as another file format iassa 40 Opening and saving the camera Images fiend visi a ea Ee e 40 Saving all the camera images without opening them 04 43 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 04 45 Opening an album of the hard disk 47 Opening an image file directly 50 Capturing an image from TWAIN COICO sevessdscdiecctissecocenetussen ete 53 Editing an image Changing the album front cover 54 Changing the caption cccceeees 55 Moving albums or images drag and drop ecccseeeseeeeneees 56 Copying an image to another album 57 Copying with the File menu 59 Deleting images or albumsS 0 60 Searching for images cceeeeeeees 61 Printing images cccsceeeeeeeeeeeeees 62 Changing the image display size 64 Rotating an image 65 Reviewing the image information 66 Transferring an image to the camera ooe eeceescesscesecsseesseesseeeees 67 Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Using the TWAIN data source Transferring camera images to an application which supports the TWAIN protocol 0 69 Others Troubleshooting ccccseeeeeeeeseeees 71 INGEN na a a ANRO 74 For Macintosh from page 77 Before you begin F atunesict so ee hie AeA hehe s HAN ahs 78 System requirements 0 81 Setting up Step
3. The Digital Still Camera is ready for communication via cable Setting up dn puy s 85 86 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility ed To capture images from the Digital Still Camera into your Macintosh start the Sony Digital Still Camera Note Album Utility When using the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug Tip in module to transfer To open as many windows as possible we suggest you camera images into an allocate as much memory as possible to the Sony Digital application which Still Camera Album Utility supports the PhotoShop Plug in protocol the steps 1 Start up Macintosh here are not necessary see page 123 2 Double click the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon Label Special 2 E N File Edit View omnl Macintosh HD DSC F 1 Album Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon The Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility starts up SONY Digital Still fd AlbumTUNI The menu bar of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility appears 0 Ea File Edit Album image Window Quitting the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Select Quit in the File menu Capturing an image About the menus File menu AGN Edit Camera Display Image Window Option D y Open Album Open Selected Image Open Image File 38
4. Add Remove Programs Properties and double click Add Remove 4 Connecting the Digital Still Camera Your PC Digital Still Camera Infrared port O Place the infrared port located on the front panel of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 and that of your PC face to face so that you can transmit image data from the camera to the PC or vice versa Controllable area is about 4 12 inches 10 30 cm in terms of straight line distance and 15 degrees right left up and down each in terms of conical angle C Check the Status tag of the Infrared Monitor in the Control Panel to see if the infrared device is detected O The figure above is an example of connecting the Digital Still Camera with a PC with the built in infrared communications device You can also use a PC equipped with an infrared adapter continued Setting up dn 6buljas 21 Connecting via infrared port Notes e Do not set the POWER Function dial to CAMERA which may occur data transmission error e During the data communication in process do not change the position of the POWER Function dial 22 Setting up To resume data transmission In case the data transmission is interrupted and the Digital Still Camera becomes disabled resume the transmission as follows 1 Close all the windows of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility being displayed on the PC monitor 2 Turn the POWER Function dial of the Digital Sti
5. Close in the File menu or click the close button The selected window is closed Capturing an image 97 98 Saving the camera images in album The order of the images to be saved The images are saved in the alphanumerical order of the file names e When the file name or recorded date is displayed underneath each image the images are automatically named IMAGE001 IMAGE002 and saved in the same order as in the camera e When the comment is displayed the comment of each image becomes its file name and the images are stored in the alphanumerical order of the comments You can change the order of the images later page 114 Notes e You can select all the images of all the pages without regard to the page being displayed e For how to select multiple images see page 96 Capturing an image To quickly handle and process camera images on your PC save the selected camera images in the CAMS file type in album of the hard disk with or without opening them Opening and saving the camera images 1 Follow the steps 1 through 3 of Opening the camera images page 94 to display the image list window of the camera PT Se CMC ec EEE Bes Fl Oe ee 2 Click the thumbnails of the desired images To save all the images select Select All in the Edit menu The frame of the selected image is highlighted in yellow Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to d
6. Select Show Caption in the Option menu The date display is replaced with the caption display You can change the comment of albums or images The procedure below describes how to change the image comment You can change the album comment in the same way 1 Display the image list of a camera or the hard disk See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details 2 Click the caption box underneath the image thumbnail whose caption you want to change The Image Caption dialog box appears Image Caption dialog box Caption box 3 Type the caption in the dialog box and click OK The caption is changed Inputted caption Editing an image afew ue uipa ia 56 Moving albums or images drag and drop Note You cannot move a camera image Exchanging two images In the step 2 drag the image while pressing the Ctrl key The two images the dragged image and the original image of the destination exchange positions moving no other images Note When you select Notify when image is Dropped in the Settings dialog box page 30 the confirmation dialog box appears in the step 3 Click OK to drop the album or the image Editing an image You can change the position of an album in the album list or an image in the image list stored in the hard disk The procedure below describes how to move an image You can move
7. and reduce zoom out an image displayed on the monitor Display the image of a camera or hard disk which you want to change the display size See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details Enlarging an image Select Zoom In in the Image menu or click W in the tool bar The display size of the image is enlarged Diminishing an image Select Zoom Out in the Image menu or click in the tool bar The display size of the image is reduced Rotating an image Note When you rotate an image only the image displayed on the monitor is rotated but the original image does not change To save the original image rotated select Save in the File menu You can rotate an image which is useful to view an image recorded with the camera oriented side ways Display the image of a camera or hard disk which you want to change the angle See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details afew ue uipa Rotating an image in clockwise direction Select Rotate Right in the Image menu or click a in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the image is rotated 90 degrees in the clockwise direction Rotating an image in counterclockwise direction Select Rotate Left in the Image menu or click i in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the image is rota
8. images to be saved All the images between the specified image numbers are saved Save Camera Image All Images Selected Images Image No No of Images 22 Only Last Image Recorded Date O Only Last Image The image recorded most recently is saved SSS save Camera age SSS All Images Selected Images i i Image No Only Last Image Recorded Date O Recorded Date Input the date day month year All the images recorded on the specified date are saved Save Camera Image SSS All Images Selected Images s ge Image No Only Last Image Recorded Date z a e 1997 3 Click OK Saving in a different drive The following window appears Click Desktop to display the available drives in the list from which you can Macintosh HD select the desired drive PE Select Folder to Save Creating a new album folder Click New The dialog to define a new album folder name appears Type the new folder name and click Create New Select San Francisco File Type abew ue Hunnzdez Selecting the file type Click the down arrow The destination folder where the camera button next to File Type i tob d and select the desired file PRAES AE O BERETS type from the pull down When you click New a new folder is created in this list folder 4 Select the destination fold
9. 1 Installing the software 82 Step 2 Connecting the Digital Still Camera e AARE 84 Step 3 Setting up the Digital Still Camerae a rr ARNr 85 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility oo eee About the menus cccccseeseesseesseeees Using the tool bar 05 Setting the Preferences Opening the camera imageS 94 Opening the image from the image list window 06 94 Opening the image directly 97 Saving the camera images in album 98 Opening and saving the camera INA GOS ee e a Eae 98 Saving all the camera images without opening them 4 100 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 4 101 Saving the camera images as another filetype g t eetseistiasstiinsierk cas 103 Opening and saving the camera TIN AP OS ieee a N eaa eraai 103 Saving all the camera images without opening them 5 105 Saving the selected camera images without opening them 106 Opening an album of the hard disk 109 Opening an image file directly 111 Editing an image Changing the comment 0 113 Sorting the images ccceeeeeeees 114 Copying an image to another ADU sean eerie iea 115 Deleting images 0 0 116 Printing images cece 117 Changing the image display size 119 Rotating an image 120 Reviewing the i
10. Camera s Image When this option is checked the dialog box specifying the images to be opened with the Open Camera s Image menu will not appear Select the images to be always opened among the two image options O Customise the menu Save Camera s Image When this option is checked the dialog box specifying the images to be saved with the Save Camera s Image menu will not appear Select the images to be always saved among the two image options 4 Click OK to close the preferences window Capturing an image abew ue Huiinjde gt 93 Opening the camera images Note If there is only one page stored the pull down list does not appear 94 Capturing an image To view images in the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 open the camera s images You can open the image directly by specifying its image number Before you start Make sure you have done the necessary preparations as described in pages 82 through 85 Opening the image from the image list window 1 Select Open Camera s Image in the Camera menu The following window appears Open Camera s Image Image List O mage Image No Page 001 015 No of Pages 2 ie Total number of pages Page number Image numbers 2 Click Image List and click the down arrow g button to select the page to be displayed in the pull down page number list On the right of the page number the image numbers con
11. Panel and looking for Infrared Monitor Note You need the infrared communication device to use this driver software Language install option You can select the language among English French or German Type one of these language options in the directory described as in step 4 For the file name of the installer refer to the files contained in each language folder The file named Setup exe or Install exe is the installer Uninstalling the software When the software becomes unnecessary remove all the software files from your hard disk as follows 1 Follow the steps 1 to 4 on page 18 to display the Sony DSC Setup dialog box 2 Click Uninstall The confirmation window for uninstallation appears dn bun as 3 Click Yes The component files are deleted from your hard disk 4 Click Exit 2 Installing Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver To perform infrared communications with the Digital Still Camera use the installer to install Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver Version 2 0 Install this driver software if it is not installed on the Windows 95 of your PC You can use this driver under Windows 95 only When using Window 3 1 do not install this driver 1 Turn on your PC and start up Windows 95 2 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your PC 3 Click the Start button and then click Run The Run dial
12. Source dialog box appears 2 Select the desired device and click Select Select Acquire in the File menu 4 Follow the users manual of the TWAIN device to acquire an image Capturing an image abew ue Huinyde gt 53 54 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Editing an image Changing the album front cover Editing an image In the image list window the thumbnail with the icon is assigned as the album front cover You can change the album front cover as follows 1 Display the image list stored in the camera or hard disk whose album front cover you want to change See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details Click the thumbnail you want to assign as the album front cover image The selected thumbnail is highlighted Select Set Album Cover in the Option menu The h icon representing the album front cover is attached to the selected image imere see Display the Album list window The selected image in step 2 is displayed as album front cover pr pm fema ma y me ee a eres Changed album front cover Changing the caption Tips e You can input up to 14 characters for a caption e You can also input a caption in the Image Information dialog box To display the dialog box select Information in the Image menu or click on the tool bar When the date is displayed
13. able to select the serial speed from the available options according to your PC Refer to your PC s manual for the available serial speeds e When using the infrared port you do not have to set the Serial Speed Capturing an image Changing system settings Set the program settings according to your PC and monitor 1 Start the Sony Digital Still Camera Album 2 Utility Select Settings in the Option menu The Settings dialog box appears Set the items Settings r Serial Port Serial Speed 7 Automatic detection C 9600bps M C 19200hps 38400bps COM COM3 p Pages per Row COM4 Automatic COMS C Manual b Notify when image is Dropped Cancel Serial Port Select Automatic detection to automatically set the proper serial port You can also select Manual and select the available COM port which the camera is connected When using the infrared port select the same port number as the simulation port specified in the Infrared Device Wizard Serial Speed Set the serial speed as selected in the SERIAL menu of the DSC F1 when connecting via cable Certain setting may be disabled due to limitation inherent to your computer system Images per Select the number of the thumbnail images List displayed per row in the album list and image list Usually select Automatic to display as many images as possible You can also select Manual to select the
14. an album in the same way 1 Display the image list stored in the hard disk See Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details 2 Drag the desired image The drag pointer moves according to the dragging direction According to the pointer move to the position where you want to drop the eee DER oe ga p Ea E E a P peer pL a a eas EGECO 3 Drop the image The image is moved to the position pushing forward or backward the original image and the other images a m Ea E Bi Ea mj mj pmj aa Ej a Moved image Copying an image to another album You can copy an image of an album to another album When copying arrange the two album windows in tile 1 Display the image list of the camera or hard disk which includes the image to be copied and then the image list to which you want to copy the image See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details The two image list windows are displayed in cascade afew ue bunipz a bea el a a Ea ju ee E eae Se ieee ieee ee es Fad a 2 Select Tile in the Window menu The two image list windows are displayed in tile roam m eee ere erm je a a Ea m eee mew jp E E3 EA j p ee i i continued Editing an image 57 58 Copying an image to
15. an image in portrait Rotate Clockwise 90 degrees Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise Rotate Counter Clockwise 90 degrees Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise Rotate 180 degrees Rotates the image 180 degrees Hew ue Hunnzdez Window menu File Edit Camera Display Image Go to Fif s 50 to Previous Page Go to Next Page Go to Last page v image List in Album TestAlbum Go to First Page Displays the first page of the image list window Go to Previous Page Displays one page before the current page of the image list window Go to Next Page Displays one page after the current page of the image list window Go to Last Page Displays the last page of the image list window continued Capturing an image 89 About the menus Option menu File Edit Camera Display Image Window REM Image Informations 1 Show Filename Show Recorded Date Show Comment Delete Image Select Representative Update to Current Album Preferences Image Information Displays the image information window of the currently displayed image Show Filename Displays the file name for each image of the image list window Show Recorded Date Displays the date recorded by the Digital Still Camera for each image of the image list window Show Comment Displays the comment for each image of the image list window Delete Image Delete the image s selected in the image list window Select Representative Re
16. another album Note When you select Notify when image is Dropped in the Settings dialog box page 30 the confirmation dialog box appears in the step 3 Click OK to drop the album or the image Displaying the windows in cascade again Select Cascade in the Window menu Editing an image 3 Drag the desired image fm fe a 4 Move the dragging pointer to the album to which you want to copy the image then drop the image The image is copied as the last image of the destination album PEETER maraa bon Copied image Copying with the File menu 2 Display the album list or image list and click the thumbnail which you want to copy Select Save To Album in the File menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Copy To Album Drive Folder Album A 00000000 1 PIC00000 00000001 2 PIC00002 D 00000002 3 G New Rename Delete New cn Album cover thumbnail abew ue Hupa Creating a new album folder In the Folder list box album folders contained in the Dscalbum folder of the root directory are listed with the album caption To add anew album folder to the list click New under the list box In the Album Title dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Creating a new album In the Album list box albums contained in the selected album folder are listed Each album folder can store the
17. box Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename You can open the image from the album folder stored from the Digital Still Camera onto the hard disk in the album format 1 Select Open Folder in the File menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Open Folder afew ue Buunyde gt Rename Delete Cancel 2 Click the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click OK The album thumbnails of the selected album folder are displayed Thumbnail of the album contained in the selected album folder continued Capturing an image 47 48 Opening an album of the hard disk Switching the caption and date display of an image Select either Show Caption or Show Date in the Option menu You can change the caption Displaying other thumbnails When hidden pages exist the scroll bar appears To scroll rows on a page click either up or down arrow To scroll page by page click somewhere between the arrow and the handle To display the desired page quickly drag the handle Status bar The status bar shows program information such as the progress of a time consuming task Depending on window content information such as file path name number of images and image size is displayed Capturing an image 3 Double click the desired album thumbnail The ima
18. copied you can capture images from the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 with an application supporting the Adobe Photoshop Plug in Setting up dn 6buljas 83 84 Step 2 Connecting the Digital Still Camera Notes e Turn off the power on your computer and Digital Still Camera before connection Do not turn off the power of the camera nor disconnect the cable during transmitting the data which may cause a transmission failure e Use only the supplied connecting cable Other brands of cables may cause malfunctions e The connecting cable supplied is for the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 only It cannot be used to connect other cameras e Insert the connecting cable carefully into the port making sure that the port goes in straight and is firmly seated When inserting the cable into the Digital I O port of the Digital Still Camera match the A mark of the cable with that of the port Keep metal objects away from the connector pins to avoid short circuits e We suggest you use the Digital Still Camera with the AC power adapter e Also refer to the instructions manual of your Macintosh Setting up Digital Still Camera Connecting cable Your Macintosh supplied to DIGITAL 1 O port Connect the connecting cable to the cable adapter supplied and then to the modem or printer port to the gt modem or printer port Connecting cable Cable adapter Use t
19. file name In addition to a file of an album format you can open a PICT or JPEG file 1 Select Open Image File in the File menu The following dialog box appears amp Macintosh HD ER IMAGEOO1 Eigel E IMAGECO2 E IMAGEOO3 E IMAGeoo4 2 Select the Image file you want to open and click Open The selected image is displayed in full size Closing an image Click Close in the File menu continued Capturing an image Hew ue Buinyde gt 111 112 EEEE EE _ EE E E E __ _ _ _ SZ Opening an image file directly Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in the list from which you can select the desired drive Creating a new album folder Click New The dialog to define a new album folder name appears Type the new folder name and click Create Selecting the file type Click the down arrow button next to File Type and select the desired file type from the pull down list Notes e When the destination album already has image files the order of the image being copied depends on the existing file names In case the file name of an image to be copied is the same as that of an existing image file the dialog box asking to change the file name of the image to be copied appears Capturing an image Saving the opened image in album You can save the image on the hard disk in an alb
20. image is displayed Tool Bar bew ue Buunjdes T ____ reise Lear Re fa Image Information Displays an Image Information dialog box of the image currently displayed or selected in the image list window a Zoom In Zooms in an opened image a Zoom Out Zooms out an opened image D Rotate Clockwise 90 degrees Rotates an image 90 degrees in the clockwise direction G Rotate Counter Clockwise 90 degrees Rotates an image 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction G Rotate 180 degrees Rotates an image 180 degrees Capturing an image 91 Setting the Preferences QuickTime decompresses JPEG images more quickly than the original software does In case colors of the image are not displayed normally use the original software 92 Capturing an image Before you start using the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility set the preferences to comply the software with the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 You can select the software to decompress a JPEG image the way an image is transferred to the camera and customise some menu items In case colors of the image captured are not displayed normally or a communication error occurs frequently check the preferences 1 Select Preferences in the Option menu The Preferences window appears Preferences general others J Use QuickTime for decompressing in
21. power of the printer and select the printer with the Chooser Display the full sized image to be printed See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details Select Print Setup in the File menu The following window appears Set each item according to your printer Sony DPP M55 Ver 1 0 5 Paper Standard Sticker Orientation t Enlarge Reduce The window is an example It differs depending on the printer selected with the Chooser Orientation Select the orientation of the paper when printed Enlarge Reduce When you want to print an image enlarged or reduced input the factor in percentage 4 Click OK continued Editing an image ew ue Gulyipy 117 118 Printing images Editing an image 5 Select Print in the File menu The following window appears Sony DPP M55 Ver 1 0 5 _o Page No 1 To 1 all Print Qty 1 Colorsync Rendering Photo Matching Normal Suetem roris Appis 1S ROS Signggrg Printer Protie sony Mid 8S Sih FE J Fit to Page The window is an example It differs depending on the printer selected with the Chooser 6 set the necessary items for printing Page No Specify the ranges of pages to be printed Input the first and the last pages to be pr
22. selected album folder are listed Each album folder can store the maximum of 30 albums including no more than one empty album Therefore you can add only one new album namely an empty album without album cover thumbnail To create the new album PIC number click New under the list box continued Capturing an image abeu ue Hurinjde gt 37 38 EEEE Saving the camera images in album Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note After saving an image do not change the name of the file or folder nor delete them with the Explore Doing so will prevent displaying an album on the monitor When you should delete an image select Delete in the Edit menu of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save To Album Capturing an image 3 Select the destination album folder and album to which the images are saved and click OK Each image is stored in the specified album with a file name psn number Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select Save To Album in the Camera menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Copy To Album Folder Abum Drive A 00000000 1 Prcooo00 00000001 2 PIC00002 D 00000002131 PI
23. stored in the hard disk page 109 Select the image in the image list or specify the image file to be opened Edit an image Print an image Transfer an image to the Camera page 113 You can edit an image changing image comments moving copying deleting printing an image enlarging and diminishing an image rotating an image You can also transfer an image to the Digital Still Camera Before you begin System requirements Note For stable operation of the software we suggest you use the latest version of the operating system especially in serial communication a remarkable improvement has been achieved Your computer and system software must meet the following minimum requirements to use this product e An Apple Macintosh computer with a 68030 processor or later model PowerPC 601 or later model e OS Apple system software version 7 1 or higher e Extension QuickTime version 1 5 or higher for the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in e RAM 8MB or more for Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 16MB is recommended e Application memory for the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in the application s Suggested size plus 3000KB to the Preferred size of the Memory Requirements e 40MB or more available hard disk space e A color monitor with a video board or video driver to display 640 x 480 pixels and 256 colors or better 16 770 000 full color is recommended e Modem or printer p
24. the destination folder Editing an image 115 Deleting images Note When deleting an image double check that it is the right image Once deleted the image is lost forever Note When you delete images or albums in the finder the protected images are also deleted 116 Editing an image You can delete images in an album 1 Display the image list of a camera or hard disk which includes the image s to be deleted See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Select the image s to be deleted in the image list The frame of the selected image becomes yellow To delete multiple images press and hold down the Shift key as you click the desired images mij elmore alag ea ed aaj LR sa a ia m iim elo ck a ire eC m Fa ES Selected image 3 Select Delete Image in the Option menu The confirmation window appears 4 Click OK The images are deleted Deleting in the finder You can also delete images or albums by dragging them to the trash in the Macintosh finder Printing images Note Before you start printing the proper printer driver should be installed in the hard disk You can print a full sized image The explanations here are based on the case when the Sony Digital Color Printer DPP M55 is used When using a different printer refer to the manual of your printer 1 2 Turn on the
25. ue Buiinjde gt File Type The destination folder where the camera images are to be saved When you click New a new folder is created in this folder 3 Select the destination folder and file type in which the images are to be saved and click Select The selected camera images are saved in the destination album folder as a specified file type witha name IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Press the 4 and _ keys together continued Capturing an image 105 106 Saving the camera images as another file type Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save as File Capturing an image Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type the window to define the image quality compression ratio appears Maximum Quality Large Cancel High Quality Standard Quality Low Quality Small Usually the higher image quality you select the larger file size with the lower compression ratio you get Select the image quality option and click OK Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select Save as File in the Camera menu The Save Camera Image window appears 2 Click Selected Images and select one of the three options to specify the images to be saved O Image No Input the image numbers of the first and last
26. 0 Close ew File S Save in Album Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility consists of the following menus You can also use the tool bar icons to proceed with part of the menu operations page 91 Save as File ie 9 me or i a Open Album Opens an album that is stored in the hard disk or MO disk and v displays images of the album 3 Open Selected Image Opens and displays the selected image s in the image list 3 window at a time e Open Image File Opens and displays an image file from the hard disk or MO e disk The available file types are PICT JPEG and Album CAMS Close Closes the currently active window Save File Saves the image rotation in the album Save As Saves the currently selected image with another file name as a Save in Album Save as File PICT or JPEG file onto the selected folder Saves the image s selected in the image list onto the album in the hard disk Saves the currently selected image in the image list as a PICT or JPEG file onto the desired folder Print Setup Selects the model name of the printer paper and other settings The printer driver needs to be installed prior to printing Print Displays the dialog box to print an image Quit Exits Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility continued Capturing an image 87 About the menus Edit menu File BRR Camera Display Image window Option Undo a2 Select All 3A Select None 38D
27. About the menus Window menu M Eere E CE Shift F5 Shift F4 Cascade Displays windows like cascades Tile Displays windows like tiles Help menu About Album Utility Help Calls up the online Help window Search for Help on Searches for Help on the keywords and topics you enter About Album Utility Displays the version number of this program Keyboard shortcuts The descriptions including Ctrl C Shift F5 and Alt F4 next to the file menu stand for keyboard shortcuts means pressing the two buttons at the same time and F means a function key Capturing an image Using the tool bar The tool bar shortcuts to frequently used menu items fe Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Eile Edit Camera Display Image Option Window Help Bol S 12 aS See Tool Bar Open Camera Opens and displays the camera images on the monitor Copy To Album Saves the camera images to the album on the hard disk in the album format without opening them Export Camera Images Saves the camera images to the desired folder on the hard disk in the BMP TIFF or JPEG format without opening them Copy to Camera Transfers the images to the camera Open Folder Opens and displays the album stored in the hard disk abeu ue Hurinjde gt Open Selected Album Image Opens and displays the multiple images selected in the image list simultaneously Open File Opens and
28. C00003 G a New Rename Delete New p Selection C All Images Total8 Selected Images Select Day Month Year 6 Bo mm be R Select Range From 344 T 34 Select Last Image Only Specifying the images to be stored Album cover thumbnail 2 Click the option button of Selected Images in the Selection block 3 Select the images to be saved Select Day Click up or down arrow or directly input Month Year the date All the images stored in the date are to be saved Select Range Click up or down arrow or directly input the image numbers of the first From and last To images to be saved All the images between the specified numbers are to be saved If you want to save only one image specify the same image number for both the boxes Select Last The last image stored is to be saved Image Only Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note After saving an image do not change the name of the file or folder nor delete them with the Explore Doing so will prevent displaying an album on the monitor When you should delete an image select Delete in the Edit menu of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Creating a new album fold
29. IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Press the and L keys together Saving the camera images as another file type The order of the images to be saved The images are saved in the alphanumerical order of the file names e When the file name or recorded date is displayed underneath each image the images are automatically named IMAGE001 IMAGE002 and saved in the same order as in the camera e When the comment is displayed the comment of each image becomes its file name and the images are stored in the alphanumerical order of the comments You can change the order of the images later page 114 Notes e You can select all the images of all the pages without regard to the page being displayed e For how to select multiple images see page 96 JPEG Selecting the file type PICT The image format supported generally by To quickly handle and process camera images on your PC save the selected camera images as standard file type PICT or JPEG with or without opening them Macintosh Most of the Macintosh image editing applications support this type Stands for the group named Joint Photographic Experts Group who standardized the compression system of the still image The image is compressed in a small data size but the original image cannot be perfectly reproduced Opening and saving the camera images 1 Follow the st
30. S O NY 3 859 881 23 1 PC Connecting Kit Operating Instructions For the latest information on this product For Windows Refer to the readme txt file on the supplied CD ROM For Macintosh Refer to the ReadMe file on the supplied CD ROM 1997 by Sony Corporation Notice for users Program 1997 Sony Corporation Documentation 1997 Sony Corporation All rights reserved This manual or the software described herein in whole or in part may not be reproduced translated or reduced to any machine readable form without prior written approval from Sony Corporation IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF By breaking the seal of the envelope of the CD ROM package you accept all the terms and conditions of this agreement If you do not accept these terms and conditions please return this disk envelope unopened along with the rest of the package immediately to the dealer where you obtained it Sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice The software described herein may also be governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement User registration To re
31. To move the frame itself drag somewhere on the frame except for corners continued Editing an image 67 68 Transferring an image to the camera Note For the image quality refer to the instruction manual of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Editing an image 4 select Copy in the Edit menu or click on the tool bar to copy the image inside the edit frame to the clipboard Then select Paste in the Edit menu or click on the tool bar to paste the clipboard image to the window The edited image is displayed Select Copy to Camera in the Camera menu or click on the tool bar The dialog box defining the image quality FINE STANDARD and SNAPSHOT appears Select the image quality The confirmation window appears Click OK The image is compressed in the selected image quality and transferred to the camera Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Using the TWAIN data source Transferring camera images to an application which supports the TWAIN protocol What is TWAIN TWAIN is the standards software protocol for communication between an application software and a picture capturing device such as a scanner For access to the camera from the TWAIN application refer to the users manual of the application you are using Note Depending on the application the number of images which can be transferred from the camera via TWAIN differs Checking the system settings Click ise on the tool ba
32. a Saves all the images or selected images of the camera to the desired folder on the hard disk in the BMP TIFF or JPEG file type without opening them Transfers the images from the hard disk to the camera continued Capturing an image abewi ue Buunjde gt 25 About the menus Display menu aor Sias ma elslelelsimE v Status Bar Tool Bar Displays with a check mark or hide without a check mark the tool bar Status Bar Displays with a check mark or hide without a check mark the status bar Image menu When an image is displayed Jigital Still Camera Album Utility File Edit Camera Display Option Window Help PELA APE women o SEER EE Show Edit Frame Best Fit 640x480 Information Displays the information about the opened image or selected image in the image list Rotate Left Rotates the image 90 degrees counterclockwise Rotate Right Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise Flip Rotates the image 180 degrees Zoom In Enlarges the displayed image size Zoom Out Reduces the displayed image size Show Edit Frame Displays the frame for trimming a part of the image Best Fit 640 x 480 Adjusts the size of the image to fit into 640 x 480 pixels The image is enlarged or reduced without changing its aspect ratio 26 Capturing an image Options menu Eeee Pel gn EE Window Help Show Caption Find Images Find Folder Touchup Settings af
33. ages as standard file formats JPEG and PICT Album format When the Digital Still Camera images are copied onto the hard disk or other storage device they are stored in the original filing system shown below which is called the Album format The file type is called CAMS The Album format enables displaying the images as shown below The folder containing the images in this album structure is called a Album Folder Image list A page containing fifteen thumbnails of the album contained in the Digital Still Camera or the hard disk is displayed You can select any image ulbaq noA asojag Image The selected image is displayed in full size Before you begin 79 80 Features Operation flow chart Setting Up page 82 Connect the Digital Still Camera with the PC and install the software Sony Digital Still Camera Album Sony Digital Still Utility Camera Plug in Start the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Start a Plug in page 86 application D page 123 Open the Camera Image Save the Camera Image r page 94 without Opening it Select the Sony N Digital Still Camera all the camera only selected Plug in 7 gt images images L J Select the images to be stored in the hard disk s Transfer camera 4 images to a Plug in g Save D application X A Open the image
34. amed or moved to another directory it cannot be located with Open Folder in the File menu of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility You can locate the folder with Find Folder in the Option menu Image filing system of the Album Utility The Sony Digital Still Camera album Utility handles the images in a unique album filing system Album format You can also handle the images as standard file formats such as BMP TIFF or JPEG Album format When the Digital Still Camera images are copied onto the hard disk or other storage device they are stored in the original filing system shown below which is called the Album format The Album format enables saving an image in a small file size without degrading its picture quality Since the Album format is the original filing system you cannot open an Album format file with other applications Dscalbum folder located on the root directory 7 m ga 2 re The list of files contained in the selected album peter PCCCeLCeLLeLee LI ej En Ji qa L a ica ad ai Albums Each folder can contain up to 200 image files pmp Album folder The folder named with an 8 digit number containing the maximum of 30 PIC folders It is the only folder whose name users can register Before you begin ulbaq noA aiojag 9 10 Features Thumbnail Stands for each image in the a
35. amera images in album Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note After saving an image do not change the name of the file or folder nor delete them with the Explorer Doing so will prevent displaying an album on the monitor When you should delete an image select Delete in the Edit menu of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Copy To Album Drive Folder Abum A oooo0000 1 PIC00000 00000001 2 PIC00002 D 00000002 5 G Album cover thumbnail Creating a new album folder In the Folder list box album folders contained in the Dscalbum folder of the root directory are listed with the album caption To add a new album folder to the list click New under the list box In the Album Title dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Creating a new album In the Album list box albums contained in the selected album folder are listed Each album folder can store the maximum of 30 albums including no more than one empty album Therefore you can add only one new album namely an empty album without album cover thumbnail To create the new album PIC number click New under the list box Select the destination a
36. bnails When hidden pages exist the scroll bar appears To scroll rows on a page click either up or down arrow To scroll page by page click somewhere between the arrow and the handle To display the desired page quickly drag the handle Status bar The status bar shows program information such as the progress of a time consuming task Depending on window content information such as file path name number of images and image size is displayed Capturing an image Image number Caption or date display Status bar Camera icon Communication starts with camera The following icons on an image stand for de Selected as album front cover You can change the album front cover with Set Album Cover in the Option menu see page 54 Protected from accidental erasure and editing see page 66 4 Click the thumbnail s you want to open the selected thumbnail frame becomes yellow and select Open Selected Album Image in the File menu Or double click the image or click on the tool bar The selected images are displayed in full size How to select images in the image list O Selecting an image Click the desired thumbnail of the image the image is selected Click another thumbnail and that image is selected instead of the previous image O Selecting multiple images To select the images each isolated Press and hold down the Ctrl key as you click the left button of the mouse on the desired ima
37. ceive the customer services complete and return the registration card included in your package For the latest information For the latest information on this product refer to the following For Windows readme txt file on the supplied CD ROM using the Windows Notepad program You can open the file by clicking Start Programs Sony and then Supplement For Macintosh ReadMe file on the supplied CD ROM using the Simple Text Trademarks e IBM and PC AT are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation registered in the U S A and other countries Apple Macintosh and Power PC are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S A and other countries e QuickTime is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc Adobe and Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated All other trademarks and registered trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders About this manual This instruction manual is divided into two sections For Windows from page 7 The former section explains how to use the PC Connecting Kit for Windows Before you begin page 8 Explains features of the PC connecting kit Also explains the system requirements for using this product Setting up page 13 Explains how to install the software set the Di
38. comments in the Image Information window To display the window select Image Information in the Option menu or click jon the tool bar e You can copy and paste the comment After inputting the comment select Copy Then click the destination comment box and select Paste in the Edit menu You can change the comment of images 1 Display the image list window of a camera or hard disk See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Click the comment box of the image whose comment you want to change The comment box is a WILE OGS EA me al Pr Gan ca Comment box Ea Ba Ba 3 Type the comment in the comment box 4 Press the enter or return key The comment is aia ioe Ej E mi ye 2 Ea pe Ka ia Changed comment bi Editing an image afew ue Gulp aj 113 Sorting the images How the file name of each image is named When the camera images are copied onto the hard disk each image is named as follows e When the file name or recorded date is displayed underneath each image in the image list the images are automatically named IMAGEO001 IMAGE002 according to the order stored in the camera e When the comment is displayed the comment of each image becomes its file name and the images are stored in the alphanumerical order of the comments T
39. cted image Click OK The albums or images are deleted Searching for images You can search for images using the searching keys of recorded date and edited date 1 Open the image list of the camera or hard disk which includes the image you want to search See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details Select Find Images in the Option menu The Find Images dialog box appears I j Day Monih Year m Recorded On C Before C After 16 ia j997 Date B g bant m Pea On C Before C After a Recorded Date Edited Date Caption il 3 Select the searching key by clicking Recorded Date and or Edited Date Input the recorded or edited date Select the searching option among On the same date Before before the date and After after the date Click Find The searching starts up The images searched are listed in the box with its recorded date edited date and caption Images Day Month Year v Recorded On CBefore C After 16 m 1997 ai m Ea On CBefre C After ai Recorded Date Edited Date Caption Find 6 Click OK to close the dialog box Editing an image ew ue Hupa 61 Printing images You can print an album list an image list or an image 1 Turn on the power of the printer and make it ready f
40. d saving the camera images 35 Operation flow chart 11 P PIC_ CAM 9 Print Setup 62 Printing 62 Protection setting 66 Q Quitting the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 23 R Rotating an image 65 S Saving Opening and saving the camera images 35 40 Saving all the camera images without opening them 37 43 Saving an image as another file format 51 Saving the camera T images as anther file format 40 Thumbnail 10 Saving the camera HER 40 images in album Tile 57 35 Transferring an image to Saving in JPEG file the camera 67 type 42 Transferring an image in Saving the selected an image list 67 camera images without opening them 38 45 Searching for images 61 Transferring camera images to a TWAIN application 69 Troubleshooting 71 Selecting an image 33 TWAIN 53 69 Selecting multiple images 33 U SERIAL menu 17 Serial port 16 30 Serial speed 30 Z Using the tool bar 29 Setting up the Digital Still Camera 17 22 Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 69 Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 23 Status bar 32 Stopping saving midway 36 Zoom In 64 Zoom Out 64 Switching the active window 33 Switching the comment and date display of an image 32 System requirements 12 System settings 30 Others s134 0 75 For Macintosh Operating Instructions Before you begin Features The PC Connecting Kit for Macintosh comprises the connecting cable and
41. der list box folders contained in the currently selected folder are listed To add a new folder to the list click Create New Folder In the Set Folder Name dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Click OK Each image is stored in the specified folder in the specified file type with a file name psn serial number The file is automatically numbered in serial starting from one larger number than the largest number of the files already stored in the currently selected folder Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type and click OK the dialog box to define the image quality compression ratio appears You can select the image quality within the range from 1 to 100 JPEG Quality Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the better image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Click OK to save the image Opening an album of the hard disk Important notice to the users who have used the previous version Version 1 0 of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility The folders created by the previous version of the software cannot be located with the Open Folder command To locate the folders select Find Folder in the Option menu Changing the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box so that the album folders contained in the selected drive are listed in the Folder list
42. dex image J Use QuickTime for decompressing full size image K Fit in size on saving small image 2 Click the general tab to set the following UO Use QuickTime for decompressing index image Check the check box when you use QuickTime to decompress JPEG images and to display the thumbnail on the image list window Do not check when you use the original software LUse QuickTime for decompressing full size image Check the check box when you use QuickTime to decompress a JPEG image and to display the image in full size on the monitor Do not check when you use the original software O Fit in size on saving small image Check the check box when you fit a small image to 640 x 480 pixels to transfer it to the camera Customizing the menu Assigning a special operational purpose to a menu is called Customizing In the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility you can customize the two menu items Open Camera s Image and Save Camera s Image by specializing the images to be opened and saved 3 Click the others tab to set the following Preferences general others O Customize the menu Open Camera s Image Always last age in play rr O Always last page in play mode O Customize the menu Saye Camera s Image Always from last one in play mode to lase one Always last ir O Customise the menu Open
43. displays the image file of the PMP album BMP TIFF or JPEG file type stored in the hard disk Save To Album Saves the selected image to the album on the hard disk Ui Export Images Saves the selected image in the desired folder on the hard disk in the BMP TIFF or JPEG file type Print Displays the dialog box to print an image image list or album list M Copy Copies the selected image to the clipboard Paste Pastes an image of the clipboard You cannot use this command if no image is in the clipboard Information Displays the information about the opened image or selected image in the image list Rotate Left Rotates an image 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction Rotate Right Rotates an image 90 degrees in the clockwise direction Flip Rotate an image 180 degrees Zoom In Enlarges the displayed image size el elelela le ke Zoom Out Reduces the displayed image size Show Edit Frame Displays the frame for trimming a part of the image Best Fit 640 X 480 Adjusts the size of the image to fit into 640 x 480 pixels The image is magnified or reduced without changing its aspect ratio To save the image rotated select Save in the File menu You can change the display size only you cannot save an image zoomed in or out Capturing an image 29 30 Notes e The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable e You may not be
44. e camera Displays the folders of one level upper the currently selected folder in the list box 2 Click the option button of Selected Images in the Selection block 3 Select the images to be saved Select Day Click up or down arrow or directly input Month Year the date All the images stored in the date are to be saved Select Range Click up or down arrow or directly input the image numbers of the first From and last To images to be saved All the images between the specified numbers are to be saved If you want to save only one image specify the same image number for both the boxes Select Last The last image stored is to be saved Image Only continued Capturing an image abeu ue Hurinjde gt 45 46 HEEE Saving the camera images as another file format Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note If you select TIFF the file is created in Class R Capturing an image 4 Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file type To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box To select the folder Double click the desired folder in the Folder list box so that the folder is displayed as currently selected folder above the list box To select the file type Click the file type in the Save as type drop down list box Creating a new folder In the Fol
45. e image information print and transfer an image and other editing features Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in Using the Plug in page 123 Explains how to transfer a camera image into the application which supports Adobe Photoshop Plug in Others page 125 Gives additional information Note Explanations in this manual assume that you are familiar with basic Windows and Macintosh operations For how to use your computer and operating systems please refer to the respective manuals Table of contents About this manual cccccccceseeseeeees 3 Getting started cccseeeeeeereeseeees 6 For Windows from page 7 Before you begin Features 65 cnt k Oe eS 8 System requirements ceceeeees 12 Setting up Determining how to connect the Digital Still Camera cccccscesecesscseeseees Connecting via cable Connecting via infrared port 18 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility oe About the menus ccccccccseeseeseeeees Using the tool bar ccc Changing system settings Opening the camera imageS 31 Opening the image from the image list window 000 31 Opening the image directly 34 Saving the camera images in album 35 Opening and saving the camera UMN AGES adane ea E E E RE iaei 35 Saving all the camera images without opening them
46. e in the image list or specify the image file to be opened Edit an image Print an image Transfer an image to the Camera page 54 You can edit an image changing album front cover moving copying deleting printing an image enlarging and diminishing an image rotating an image You can also transfer an image to the Digital Still Camera Before you begin ui6 q noA a1ojag 11 12 System requirements Note Depending on the PC the selectable serial speeds bps are limited Before you begin Your PC and system software must meet the following minimum requirements to use this product e IBM PC AT or compatible CPU 80386SX 66MHz and above RAM 16MB or more e OS Microsoft Windows 3 1 or Windows 95 e Hard disk space 40MB or more depending on the size and number of images you store e A color monitor with a video board or video driver to display 640 x 480 pixels and 256 colors or better A video board with 16 770 000 colors is recommended e CD ROM drive e RS 232C port serial speed selectable among 9600bps 19200bps 38400bps or infrared port Setting up Determining how to connect the Digital Still Camera Operation flow in connecting via cable 1 Installing the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 57 Connecting the Digital Still Camera Setting up the Digital Still Camera setting the menu and making the camera ready fo
47. ed Caption You can input a caption in the text box Protected Check to set the protection Do not check to release the protection to edit or delete the image You cannot change from the PC 4 Click OK to close the window Transferring an image to the camera Note When transferring a smaller image select Best Fit 640 x 480 in the Image menu Transferring an image in the image list In the image list window select the image s to be transferred Then select Copy to Camera in the Camera menu The selected image is or images are added to the camera with landscape position Rotate the image if necessary Note When you change the frame size select Best Fit 640 x 480 in the Image menu You can transfer a BMP TIFF JPEG or PMP image file to the camera Since the image being stored in the camera is limited to 640 x 480 pixels a larger image should be diminished or trimmed 1 Display the image to be transfer to the camera abeu ue uipa 2 eTo adjust the image to fit 640 x 480 pixels Select Best Fit 640 x 480 in the Image menu or click in the tool bar The image is resized to 640 x 480 pixels Skip the steps 3 and 4 e To trim the image to 640 x 480 pixels or smaller Select Show Edit Frame or click in the tool bar The edit frame appears Edit frame 3 Move the edit frame to assign the area to be transferred To adjust the frame size drag its corner
48. ed date or input comments 1 Display the full sized image whose information you want to review See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Select Image Information in the Option menu or click in the tool bar The following window appears 3 Review or revise the settings Protect Check to set the protection Do not check to release the protection to edit or delete the image Image Quality The image quality mode compression ratio when the image is recorded FINE STANDARD SNAPSHOT Recorded date The date when the image is recorded Edited date You can manually input the date when the image is transferred or edited Shutter speed The shutter speed when the image is recorded Flash The flash is used ON or not used OFF when the image is recorded Comment You can input a comment in the text box You cannot change from your Macintosh 4 Click OK to close the window Editing an image ew ue bulyipy 121 122 Transferring an image to the camera Note For the image quality refer to the instruction manual of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Editing an image You can transfer a PICT JPEG or an album type CAMS image file to the camera 1 Display the full sized image to be transfer to the camera 2 Select Save to Camera in the Camera menu The window defining the image qual
49. eps 1 through 3 of Opening the camera images page 94 to display the image list window of the camera Click the thumbnails of the desired images To save all the images select Select All in the Edit menu The frame of the selected image is highlighted in yellow continued Capturing an image Hew ue Hulnyde gt 103 104 Saving the camera images as another file type Saving in a different 3 Select Save as File in the File menu drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in the The following window appears list from which you can Select Folder to Save select the desired drive Macintosh HD Creating a new album i Elect folder Desktop Click New The dialog to define a new album folder name appears Type the new folder name and click Create New S lect San Francisco File Typle Selecting the file type Click the down arrow button next to File Type and select the desired file The destination folder where the camera type from the pull down images are to be saved list When you click New a new folder is created in this folder 4 Select the destination folder and file type in which the images are to be saved and click Select The selected camera images are saved in the destination album folder as a specified file type witha name IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Press the and k
50. er In the Folder list box album folders contained in the Dscalbum folder of the root directory are listed with the albums folder caption To add anew albums folder to the list click New under the list box In the Album Title dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Creating a new album In the Album list box albums contained in the selected album folder are listed Each album folder can store the maximum of 30 albums including no more than one empty album Therefore you can add only one new album namely an empty album without album cover thumbnail To create the new album PIC number click New under the list box Select the destination album folder and album to which the images are saved and click OK Each image is stored in the specified album with a file name psn number Capturing an image abeu ue Hurinjde gt 39 40 Saving the camera images as another file format To quickly handle and process camera images on your PC save the selected camera images as standard file format including BMP TIFF or JPEG with or without opening them Note Selecting the file type When saving an image as BMP The bitmap format supported generally by Windows standard file format part The file extension is bmp of the image information may not be saved TIFF Stands for Tagged Image File Format which is widely used to store a bitmap image of various resolu
51. er and file type in which the images are to be saved and click Select The selected camera images are saved in the destination album folder as a specified file type with a name IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Press the L and keys together continued Capturing an image 107 108 Saving the camera images as another file type Capturing an image Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type the window to define the image quality compression ratio appears Maximum Quality Large High Quality Standard Quality Low Quality Small Usually the higher image quality you select the larger file size with the lower compression ratio you get Select the image quality option and click OK Opening an album of the hard disk Changing the drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in the list from which you can select the desired drive Switching the file name recorded date and comment display of an image Select either Show Filename Show Recorded date or Show Comment in the Option menu Or click the corresponding icon on the tool bar You can change the comments Displaying other thumbnails When hidden pages exist select Go to First Pagel Go to Previous Pagel Go to Next Page or Go to Last Page in the Window menu Or click the corresponding icon on the tool bar Y
52. era Image O All Images Selected Images J Image No No of Images 22 Only Last Image Recorded Date O Only Last Image The image recorded most recently is saved Save Camera Image Hew ue Huinyde gt All Images Selected Images s i Image No Only Last Image Recorded Date O Recorded Date Input the date day month year All the images recorded on the specified date are saved SSS Lave Caner Irae SSS All Images Selected Images 8 Image No Only Last Image Recorded Date E le continued Capturing an image 101 102 Saving the camera images in album 3 Click OK Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in the list from which you can select the desired drive Creating a new album folder Click New The dialog to define a new album folder name appears Type the new folder name and click Create Capturing an image The following window appears Select Album Folder S Hawaii v Select Hawaii amp Macintosh HD Desktop New The destination folder where the camera images are to be saved When you click New a new folder is created under this folder 4 Select the destination album folder and click Select The selected camera images are saved in the destination album folder with a file name T
53. ers who have Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 installed the previous version Version 1 0 TWAIN 1 5 of Sony Digital Still To handle Digital Still Camera images on your PC use Camera Album Utility the installer to install Sony Digital Still Camera Before installing the Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Version 1 5 of the software make sure to 1 Tum on your PC and start up Windows 95 uninstall the Version 1 0 of the software with the CD ROM supplied 2 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM with the Version 1 0 dtiveon your PC 3 For Windows 95 click the Start button and then click Run For Windows 3 1 open the Program Manager or File Manager and choose Run in the File menu The Run dialog box appears Language install 4 in the command line entry box type the drive option letter for your CD ROM drive followed by a colon You can select the menu and a backslash and then type the characters and dialog language DSCAlbum Setup exe among English French or For example if your CD ROM is on drive D and German Type one of a mates these language options in your language install option is English type the directory described as d DSCAlbum English Setup exe rrr in step 4 The destination drive and directory The drive and directory are by default set to C SONYDSC Usually use the default ones If you want to install the softwa
54. es of Type All Files The selected folder 2 Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file name To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drives drop down list box To select the folder Click the desired folder in the Directories list box continued Capturing an image 51 52 HEERE Opening an image file directly Capturing an image To select the file type Click the desired file type in the List Files of Type drop down list box To select the file name Click the desired file name in the File Name list box or input the file name directly in the text box Click OK The image is saved in the selected destination folder in the file format Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type and click OK the dialog box to define the image quality compression ratio appears You can select the image quality within the range from 1 to 100 JPEG Quality Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the better image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Capturing an image from TWAIN device What is TWAIN TWAIN is the standards software protocol for communication between an application software and a picture capturing device such as a scanner You can capture an image from a device that supports TWAIN protocol 1 Select Select Source in the File menu The Select
55. et up the Digital Still Camera as follows For the details refer to the instruction manuals of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 MENU EXECUTE jog dial POWER Function Digital Still Camera DSC F1 1 Set the POWER Function dial to PLAY 2 To activate the data transmission via the connecting cable set the menu as follows Menu Select WIRELESS OFF SERIAL The same serial speed as selected in the Settings dialog box of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility SERIAL SPEED WIRELESS OFF 9600 ON 19200 38400 The Digital Still Camera is ready for communication via cable Setting up dn 6bulas 17 18 Connecting via infrared port Important notice to the users who have installed the previous version Version 1 0 of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Before installing the Version 1 5 of the software make sure to uninstall the Version 1 0 of the software with the CD ROM supplied with the Version 1 0 Language install option You can select the menu and dialog language among English French or German Type one of these language options in the directory described as e in step 4 Note In case you want to move the software to another drive or directory after it is installed make sure to uninstall the software and then install it again Do not use the Explorer or File Manager to move the software files Setting u
56. ettings dialog box is not properly assigned gt Assign the Serial Port to which the connecting cable is inserted page 30 e The Serial Port selected in the Settings dialog box may be used by another communication software gt Check which serial port the communication software is used and assign another serial port for either the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility or the communication software continued Others S19U10 71 72 Troubleshooting Notes e You can check the simulation port number and the port which the infrared device is installed Double click the Infrared Monitor icon in the Control Panel and click the Option tag The hardware port number and simulation port number differ Set each port number correctly Others An error occurs during infrared data transmission e The WIRELESS setting of the Digital Still Camera is not proper gt Select ON in the WIRELESS menu of the Digital Still Camera page 22 e The power of the Digital Still Camera is not turned on or set to CAMERA gt Set the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to PLAY page 22 e The infrared device or driver is not properly installed gt Check to see if the infrared hardware is built in your PC or an infrared adapter is properly connected to the proper hardware port number gt Check to see if the infrared driver is installed in the hard disk You can check the driver by o
57. ew ue Guunjde gt Set Album Cover Sets the selected image in the image list as the album s front cover You can only select a single image for the cover Show Date Displays the recorded date for each image when the image list is displayed in the window Show Caption Displays the caption for each image in an album when the image list is displayed in the window Find Images Searches for images from your image list by entering the search keys Find Folder Searches for album folders created using older version of this software Touchup Adjusts the colors and contrast of the monitor to eliminate the color differences between the image data and the monitor Settings Sets the application preferences such as the serial port and speed Adjusting the colors and the contrast of the monitor Usually no adjustment is necessary Only when the color balance degrades under the conditions of use such as climate and time adjust the color and contrast as follows Colors Move the scroll bar to the point where you can find that the colors of the right and left sides match as much as possible for red green and blue Contrast rate of gamma Usually set to 1 0 When you adjust the color of the monitor the rate of gamma that is specifically for the monitor can be adjusted to a certain rate Adjust the contrast to achieve the same contrast in the case of displaying the data in a different system Capturing an image 27 28
58. eys together Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type the window to define the image quality compression ratio appears Maximum Quality Large Cancel O High Quality Standard Quality Low Quality Small Usually the higher image quality you select the larger file size with the lower compression ratio you get Select the image quality option and click OK Capturing an image Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save as File Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in the list from which you can select the desired drive Creating a new album folder Click New The dialog to define a new album folder name appears Type the new folder name and click Create Selecting the file type Click the down arrow button next to File Type and select the desired file type from the pull down list Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Save as File in the Camera menu The following window appears Save Camera Image All Images Selected Images eat i ag Only Last Image O Recorded Date 2 Select All Images and click OK The following window appears Select Folder to Save Sy San Francisco Y amp Macintosh HD Desktop New Select San Francisco abew
59. ge list of the selected album appears j i mm ya 1 mma aag oa EA i T E Ei a Status bar Caption or date display Image number Serial number of the images store in the hard disk The following icons on an image stand for hir Selected as album front cover You can change the album front cover with Set Album Cover in the Option menu see page 54 Protected from accidental erasure and editing see page 66 4 Click the image s you want to open the selected image frame becomes yellow and select Open Selected Album Image in the File menu Or double click the image or click on the tool bar For various ways to select images in the image list refer to page 33 The selected images are displayed in full size Closing an album list image list or images Click Close in the File menu Saving the image You can save the images in album or other file types Refer to Saving the camera images in album to save them in album format or Saving the camera images as another file format to save them in standard file type including BMP TIF and JPEG Capturing an image afew ue Buunjde gt 49 50 Opening an image file directly Capturing an image You can open an image stored in the hard disk by designating its file name In addition to a PMP album format file you can open a BMP TIF or JPEG file 1 Select Open File in the Fi
60. ges To select the images in succession Press and hold down the Shift key as you click the left button of the mouse on the desired images To select all the images in the image list Select Select All in the Edit menu To cancel the selection Click the right button of the mouse on the selected image Select Select None in the Edit menu to cancel the selection of all the images To open the multiple selected images Double click the left button of the mouse on one of the selected images as you hold down the Shift or Ctrl key Or select Open Selected Album Image in the File menu all the selected images are opened Closing an album list image list or image Select Close in the File menu or click the close button The selected window is closed Switching the active window An album list window an image list window and an image window are displayed in cascade You can switch the active window the window selected and displayed front using the following e Click the desired window listed in the Window pull down menu e Click a part of the desired window You can easily select the window by selecting Tile in the Window menu to display all the windows in tile e Point to in the album list and image list windows or in an image window in the title bar and click Next Window until the desired window displays active continued Capturing an image abeu ue Burinjde gt 33 34 Opening
61. gister the representative image of an album Update to Current Album Displays the updated image list Select this command after you turn off the Digital Still Camera record the images and then turn it on Preferences Displays the window to set the software to decompress the camera images select the image transfer method and customize some menu items Keyboard shortcuts The key descriptions next to the file menu stand for keyboard shortcuts 90 Capturing an image Using the tool bar You can change the display size only you cannot save an image zoomed in or out To undo the zooming select Undo in the Edit menu To save the image rotated select Save in the File menu To undo the rotation select Undo in the Edit menu The tool bar shortcuts to frequently used menu items When an image list is displayed Tool Bar mage List in Camera PICOO000 o gt ast oo PET 01702 eae care convent Es FIRST Go to First Page Displays the first page apes Go to Previous Page Displays the previous page Go to Next Page Displays the next page Last Go to Last Page Displays the last page FILENAME Show Filename Displays the file name for each image of the image list window DATE Go to Recorded Date Displays the recorded date for each image of the image list window COMMENT Show Comment Displays the comment for each image of the image list window When an
62. gital Still Camera and connect the Camera to your PC Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image page 23 Explains how to save the camera images onto hard disk in album or another file format and then display the images on the hard disk Also explains how to acquire an image from the devices which support TWAIN protocol into your PC Editing an image page 54 Explains how to change album thumbnail and comments copy and delete an image print and transfer an image and other editing features Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Using the TWAIN data source page 69 Explains how to transfer a camera image to an application which supports TWAIN protocol Others page 71 Gives additional information For Macintosh from page 77 The later section explains how to use the PC Connecting Kit for Macintosh Before you begin page 78 Explains features of the PC connecting kit Also explains the system requirements for using this product Setting up page 82 Explains how to connect the software to your Macintosh Also explains how to set the Digital Still Camera and connect the Camera to your Macintosh Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image page 86 Explains how to save the camera images onto hard disk in album or another file format and then display the images on the hard disk Editing an image page 113 Explains how to sort the images change a comment zoom and rotate an image review th
63. he Icon menu Quitting the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Select Exit in the File menu Capturing an image abewi ue Guunjde gt 23 File menu About the menus The Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility consists of the following menus For frequently used menu items you can use the tool bar buttons page 29 Open Folder Open Selected Album Image Open Fila Close Save CtritS Save s Save To Album Export Images Acquire Select Source Print Setup Print Ctrl P Exit Alt F4 Open Folder Di Edit Camera Display Image Option Window Help Opens an album folder that is stored in the hard disk or MO disk and displays images of the album Open Selected Album Image Opens and displays the selected album s or image s at a time Open File Opens and displays an image file from the hard disk or MO disk The available file types are BMP TIFF JPEG and PMP Album Close Closes the currently active window Save Saves the image rotated in the album Save As Saves the currently selected image with another file name onto the selected folder The available file types are BMP TIFF and JPEG Save To Album Saves the image s selected in the image list or a BMP TIFF or JPEG file onto the album in the hard disk Export Images Acquire Saves the image s selected in the image list onto the desired folder The ava
64. he supplied connecting cable to the modem printer port via the cable adapter to the DIGITAL I O port on the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 For a Macintosh with the built in modem use the printer port To resume data transmission In case the data transmission is interrupted and the Digital Still Camera becomes disabled resume the transmission as follows 1 Close all the windows of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility being displayed on the Macintosh monitor 2 Turn the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to OFF Turn the POWER Function dial to PLAY Transmit the data again A Step 3 Setting up the Digital Still Camera The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable 38400 means 38 400 bps Note During the data communication in process do not change the position of the POWER Function dial Before you start data communications between the PC and the Digital Still Camera set up the Digital Still Camera as follows For the details refer to the instruction manuals of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 MENU EXECUTE POWER Function jog dial Digital Still Camera DSC F1 1 Set the POWER Function dial to PLAY 2 To activate the data transmission via the connecting cable set the menu as follows Menu Select WIRELESS OFF SERIAL 38400 SERIAL SPEED WIRELESS OFF 9600 ON 19200 38400
65. ilable file types are BMP TIFF and JPEG Acquires an image file from the TWAIN source Select Source Selects a TWAIN source such as a digital scanner Print Setup Selects the model name of the printer paper and other settings The printer driver needs to be installed prior to printing Print Displays the dialog box to print an album list image list and image Exit Exits Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Edit menu s Sibum Utility Eile Ig Camera Display Image Copy Ctr Paste Ctr Delete Ctr D Select All CtrltA Select None Ctri N Option Window Help Copy Copies the selected image to the clipboard Paste Pastes an image of the clipboard You cannot use this command if no image is in the clipboard Delete Deletes the selected albums or images of an album Select All Selects all the albums in the album list or all the images in the image list Select None Camera menu 9E Display Image aca Open Camera Copy To Album Export Camera Images Cancels the selection in the album list or image list Option Window Help Kes FF RE FE Fs Copy To Camera Open Camera Opens and displays the camera image list or the image on the monitor Copy To Album Saves all the images or selected images of the camera to the album on the hard disk in the album format without opening them Export Camera Images Copy to Camer
66. ile type 103 l Image filing system 79 Image information 121 Installing the software 82 J K L JPEG 103 M N Making a new album folder 99 Menus 87 Camera menu 88 Display menu 89 Edit menu 88 File menu 87 Image menu 89 Option menu 90 Window menu 89 O Opening an album of the hard disk 109 an image file directly 111 the camera image directly 97 the camera image list 94 Operation flow chart 80 P PICT 103 Plug in 78 123 Preferences 92 Printing images 117 Protect setting 121 Q QuickTime 92 R Reducing an image 119 Rotating an image 120 S Saving Opening and saving the camera images 98 103 Saving the camera images without opening them 100 105 Saving the camera images as another file type 103 Saving the camera images in album 98 Saving the opened image as another file format 112 Selecting images 96 SERIAL menu 85 Setting up the Digital Still Camera 84 85 Sorting the images 114 Starting the software 86 System requirements 81 T The order of the images to be saved 98 103 Thumbnail 79 Transferring an image to the camera 122 a camera images to Plug in application 123 U V Using the tool bar 91 124 W X Y Z WIRELESS 85 Others 127 Sony Corporation Printed in Japan
67. in the specified file type with a file name psn serial number The file is automatically numbered in serial starting from one larger number than the largest number of the files already stored in the currently selected folder Stopping saving Saving in JPEG file type midway F When you select JPEG file type and click OK Press th Esc key You the dialog box to define the image quality cannot stop saving in the compression ratio appears You can select the infrared data A kd communication image quality within the range from 1 to 100 JPEG Quality Note If you select TIFF the file is created in Class R Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the better image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Click OK to save the image 44 Capturing an image Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select Export Camera Images in the Camera menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Drive Folder C ATEMPME _5_2 NEWDLG Up One Level D G Create New Folder C All Images Total8 Selected Images Select DayMonthYeat 6 2 EE Eh Let C Select Range Fom sH T 8 Select Last Image Only Save as type BITMAP BMP X _ Cancel Currently selected folder The total number of images stored in th
68. inted To print all the pages select All Print Qty Specify the number of copies to be printed Fit to page Check this option when you want to print an image to best fit in the paper size selected in the Print Setup window Preview Check this option to display the thumbnail of the images to be printed Option Check this option when you want to set in more details for the printer s specifications T Click OK Printing starts up Changing the image display size Note When you zoom in or out an image only the image displayed on the monitor is changed You cannot save the image zoomed in or out Undoing the zooming Select Undo in the Edit menu You can enlarge zoom in and reduce zoom out an image displayed on the monitor Display the full sized image of a camera or hard disk which you want to change the display size See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details Enlarging an image Select Zoom In in the Display menu or click i in the tool bar The display size of the image is enlarged Reducing an image Select Zoom Out in the Display menu or click gin the tool bar The display size of the image is reduced Editing an image afew ue Gulp 119 Rotating an image You can rotate an image which is useful to view an image recorded with the camera oriented side ways Display the fu
69. ips for inputting a comment as a file name You can input up to 14 numbers and letters in a comment To manage the image files we suggest you mix the letters and numbers For example use letters to divide the images into groups and use numbers to sort them within each group as follows Children001 Children002 Children003 Sea001 Sea002 Sea003 Sky001 Sky002 Sky003 Editing an image The images in album of the hard disk are positioned according to the alphanumeric order of their file names You can rename and sort them using the following two methods Sorting the images by renaming and copying to a new album 1 Display the image list on the hard disk See Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details 2 Select Show Comment in the Option menu or click awe on the tool bar 3 Input comments page 113 The comment for each image will become its file name when it is copied to an album Input a comment so that the image will be placed in the desired position when sorted first in the numerical order and then in the alphabetical order 4 Select Select All in the Edit menu All the images are selected 5 Select Save in Album in the File menu The Select Album Folder window appears 6 Click New define a folder name and then click Create A new album folder is created T Click Select All the images are copied to the new album and are sorted according to the file
70. is is not a malfunction and the screen will return to normal after the transfer Others s134 0 73 Index A Adjusting the colors and the contrast of the monitor 27 Adjusting the image to fit 640 x 480 pixels 67 Album format 9 Album list 10 B BMP 40 C Caption 55 66 Capturing an image from TWAIN device 53 Cascade 57 Changing the album front cover 54 Changing the caption 55 Changing the system settings 30 Connecting via cable 14 via infrared port 18 Copying an image 57 Copying with the File menu 59 Others D Deleting and renaming an album folder 36 Deleting images or albums 60 DIGITALI O port 16 Diminishing an image 64 Drag and drop 56 Drag pointer 56 E Edit frame 67 Enlarging an image 64 F G H Features 8 File type 40 Image 10 Image filing system 9 Image information 66 Image list 10 Infrared Device Wizard 20 Infrared Monitor 19 71 Installer 8 Installing 14 Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver 19 Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility 14 J JPEG 40 M N Making a new album 36 Making a new album folder 36 Making a new folder 41 Menu Camera menu 25 Display menu 26 Edit menu 25 File menu 24 Help menu 28 Image menu 26 Options menu 27 Window menu 28 Moving albums or images 56 O Opening the camera images 31 Opening an image file directly 50 Opening an image list of the hard disk 47 Opening an
71. isplay the available drives in the list from which you can select the desired drive Creating a new album folder Click New The dialog to define a new album folder name appears Type the new folder name and click Create Note When the comment is displayed in the image list the comment of each image becomes the file name and the images are copied and placed in the hard disk according to the alphanumerical order of their file names 3 Select Save in Album in the File menu The following window appears Select Album Folder S Hawaii 7j Select Hawaii amp Macintosh HD Desktop When you click New a new folder is created under this folder 4 Select the destination album folder and click The destination folder where the camera images are to be saved Select The selected camera images are saved in the destination album folder Stopping saving midway Press the and keys together continued Capturing an image abew ue Hunnzdez 99 100 Saving the camera images in album Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save in Album Saving in a different drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in the list from which you can select the desired drive Creating a new album folder Click New The dialog to define a new album f
72. ist box Creating a new folder In the Folder list box folders contained in the currently selected folder are listed To add a new folder to the list click Create New Folder In the Set Folder Name dialog box input the new folder name and click OK continued Capturing an image abeu ue Hunnzdez 41 42 EEEE Saving the camera images as another file format Stopping saving midway Press the Esc key You cannot stop saving in the infrared data communication Note If you select TIFF the file is created in Class R Capturing an image 5 Click OK Each image is stored in the specified folder in the specified file type with a file name psn serial number The file is automatically numbered in serial starting from one larger number than the largest number of the files already stored in the currently selected folder Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type and click OK the dialog box to define the image quality compression ratio appears You can select the image quality within the range from 1 to 100 JPEG Quality Usually the larger number you select the lower compression ratio with the better image quality you get The file size however becomes larger Click OK to save the image Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Export Camera Images in the Camera menu or click g on the tool bar The following dial
73. ital Still Camera DSC F1 and edits them e Captures Digital Still Camera images with or without opening them and copies them onto the hard disk in the desired file format e Offers a variety of album and image editing functions moves the position of an image in an album copies images to another album deletes images searches for images zooms and rotates images prints an image and transfers an image from a hard disk You can also capture an image from a TWAIN device such as a digital image scanner O TWAIN data source driver Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Enables direct capturing of images from the Digital Still Camera into an application which supports the TWAIN protocol E Installer Infrared Setup exe Installs the following O Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver Version 2 0 Enables infrared data communication between the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 and your PC which is equipped with the infrared communication hardware or adapter Please install this driver if it is not installed on the Windows 95 operating system of your PC For information using the driver software see the release notes or Help online document Notes e Do not delete nor change the names of folders or files under the PIC_CAM directory Doing so will prevent the control file inside the directory from activating and the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility from displaying the image e Incase the Dscalbum folder is ren
74. ity FINE STANDARD and SNAPSHOT appears 3 Select the image quality and click OK The image is compressed in the selected image quality and transferred to the camera Transferring a large image Since the image being stored in the camera is limited to 640 x 480 pixels a larger image is reduced automatically and transferred to the camera To cut out part of the image without reducing select Display Frame 640 x 480 in landscape or Display Frame 480 x 640 in portrait in the Image menu Move the edit frame to crop the area to be transferred and the follow the steps 2 and 3 a Tasha mini oo Edit frame Transferring a small image When the option Fit in size on saving small image is checked in the Preferences window a small image will be enlarged to 640 x 480 pixels and transferred to the camera When the option is not checked a small image will be transferred as it is Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in Using the Plug in Transferring camera images to your application You can transfer Digital Still Camera images directly to an applications which support the Adobe PhotoShop Plug in Before you start e Make sure you have done the necessary preparations as described in pages 82 through 85 e Set the application memory as large as possible The minimum Memory Requirements the Suggested size plus 3000KB to the Preferred size 1 Start up an application 2 Select Acquire and then Sony Digital S
75. lbum folder and album to which the images are to be saved and click OK Each image is stored in the specified album with a file name psn number Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save To Album Deleting and renaming an album folder Select the desired album folder in the Folder list box and click Delete or Rename Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Save To Album in the Camera menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Drive Folder Album A 00000000 1 PIcooo00 00000001 2 PIC00002 D 00000002131 G New Rename Delete New Selection All Images Selected Images Sekct Day Month Year 6 E RE rE Select Range From s To sE Select Last Image Only The total number of the images stored in the camera Album cover thumbnail 2 Click the option button of All Images in the Selection block and click OK Creating a new album folder In the Folder list box album folders contained in the Dscalbum folder of the root directory are listed with the albums folder caption To add anew albums folder to the list click New under the list box In the Album Title dialog box input the new folder name and click OK Creating a new album In the Album list box albums contained in the
76. lbum list or image list Before you begin The Album is displayed as follows Thumbnail Album list Album icon Album icons contained in i the album folder oon MM Hl Hm are listed with the F thumbnail Each album in Eja tal kai the list stands for the r p PIC folder bs A i 5 g Image list The thumbnails of images contained in the selected album PIC are listed Each image in the list stands for a PMP file You can select and open any image Image The selected image is displayed in full size Other file formats You can also save or display the images in standards file formats BMP bitmap TIFF and JPEG formats Operation flow chart Setting Up page 13 Connect the Digital Still Camera with the PC via cable or infrared port and install the software Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 Start a TWAIN application page 69 Select the Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 VY Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Start the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility page 23 Open the Camera Image Save the Camera Image page 31 without Opening it S 4 all the camera only selected s images images Select the images to be stored in the hard disk Save y Transfer camera images to a TWAIN application Open the image stored in the hard disk page 47 Select the imag
77. le menu or click A in the tool bar The following dialog box appears Open File Name Directories d prg sony csalbum F Cansel Edy Network i Pre EJ sony EJ osalbdm c 00 L bmp List Files of Type Drives All Files ad F x The selected folder 2 Select the image file you want to open To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drives drop down list box To open the folder Double click the desired folder in the Directories list box To select the file type Click the desired file type in the List Files of Type drop down list box The files of the selected file type are listed in the File name list box Select All Files to display the files of all the types To select the file name Click the desired file name in the File Name list box or input the file name directly in the text box 3 Click OK The selected image is displayed in full size Closing an image Select Close in the File menu or click the close button The selected window is closed afew ue Buunyde gt Saving the image in album You can save the image on the hard disk in an album in the same way as the camera images Opening and saving the camera images of the Saving the camera images in album on page 35 Saving the image as another file format 1 Select Save As in the File menu The following dialog box appears Sav ite fee d prg sony csafbum List Fil
78. ll gt Allocate a larger memory space to the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility continued Others 125 Troubleshooting The Plug in does not work properly e The memory space allocated to the Plug in is too small gt Allocate a larger memory space to the application e The Plug in may be incompatible with some of the extensions gt Start up your Macintosh holding down the Shift key to disable all extensions Check that the application works properly with System only Then restart your Macintosh holding down the Space bar to display the Extensions Manager control panel Turn off or on conflicted extensions in the panel to verify which is incompatible with the Plug in Cannot open the camera images e You cannot access the Digital Still Camera from two or more applications at a time gt Quit the other applications once and start the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Then try to access the camera Cannot select multiple images in an image list e The caps lock key is depressed gt Release the caps lock key Cannot display part of thumbnail gt Click part of the thumbnail 126 Others Index A B Album format 79 C Comment 113 121 Connecting the Digital Still Camera 84 Copying an image 115 Customizing the menu 92 D Deleting images 116 DIGITAL I O port 84 Displaying other thumbnails 95 E Edit frame 122 Enlarging an image 119 FG H Features 78 F
79. ll Camera to OFF Turn the POWER Function dial to PLAY A Transmit the data again 5 Setting up the Digital Still Camera Before you start data communications between the PC and the Digital Still Camera set up the Digital Still Camera as follows For the details refer to the instruction manuals of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 MENU EXECUTE POWER Function jog dial Digital Still Camera DSC F1 1 Set the POWER Function dial to PLAY 2 To activate the data transmission via the infrared port set the WIRELESS menu to ON Setting with the SERIAL menu is not necessary WIRELESS OFF ON The Digital Still Camera is ready for communication via cable Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Capturing an image Starting Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Using Windows 95 1 Start up Windows 95 on your PC 2 Click the Start button on the taskbar 3 Point to Programs and to Sony and then click Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility The Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility starts up SONY Digital Stil Yel Albumi The main window appears Quitting the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Select Exit in the File menu Using Windows 3 1 T Start Windows 3 1 and run the Program Manager and double click Sony group 2 Double click Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon and select Open in t
80. ll sized image of a camera or hard disk which you want to change the angle See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details Note When you rotate an Rotating an image in clockwise direction image only the image Select Rotate Clockwise 90 displayed on the monitor degrees in the Image menu is rotated but the original or click in the tool bar image doesnot change Each time you select the To save the original image rotated select Save File menu or tool the image is in the File menu rotated 90 degrees in the clockwise direction Undoing the rotation Select Undo in the Edit g 5 F meni Rotating an image in counterclockwise direction Select Rotate Counter Clockwise 90 degrees in the Image menu or click 4 in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the image is rotated 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction Rotation an image 180 degrees Select Rotate 180 degrees in the Image menu or click in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the image is rotated 180 degrees 120 Editing an image Reviewing the image information Note You can display the image information for an album image only For a PICT or JPEG image file you cannot display the information You can review settings when the image is recorded in the Image Information window You can also set the protection revise the edit
81. mage information 121 Transferring an image to the camera oo eeccceeseeseeeseeeeeeseees 122 Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in Using the Plug in Transferring camera images to your application ccceseseeeeeeeeseeeees 123 Others Troubleshooting ccceeseeseseeeeeiees 125 ING OX rerni i eiccciss 127 Getting started The items used in this product are supplied in the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 package together with the other supplied accessories Unpack the package and pick up the following items Hybrid CD ROM for IBM PC AT compatible PC and Macintosh 1 Operating instructions for PC Connecting Kit 1 Registration card 1 For Windows Operating Instructions 8 Before you begin Features Language install option You can select the menu and dialog language for each software you install The directory described as a in each installer stands for a language install option English French or German For the file name of the installer refer to the files contained in each language folder The file named Setup exe or TInstall exe is the installer Before you begin The PC Connecting Kit for Windows comprises the connecting cable and the CD ROM which includes the following E Installer DSCAlbum Setup exe Installs the following Application software Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Version 1 5 Captures images from the Sony Dig
82. maximum of 30 albums including no more than one empty album Therefore you can add only one new album namely an empty album without album cover thumbnail To create the new album PIC number click New under the list box Select the destination album folder and album to which the images are to be saved and click OK Each image is stored in the specified album with a file name psn number Editing an image 59 60 Notes e When deleting an image double check that it is the right image Once deleted the image is lost forever e You cannot delete protected images To delete them first cancel the protect setting in the Image Information dialog box page 66 Editing an image Deleting images or albums You can delete albums or images in an album 1 Open the album list or image list of the camera or hard disk which includes the album s or the image s to be deleted See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details To delete an album click the desired album thumbnail in the album list to delete an image click the desired image thumbnail in the image list You can select multiple thumbnails at a time The selected albums or images are highlighted Select Delete in the Edit menu The confirmation dialog box appears Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Eg 1 Is it OK to delete the sele
83. name Renaming the files in the finder You can also change names of the image files in the Macintosh finder Click the file name and type a new file name so that the file is placed in the desired position in the album Copying an image to another album Tip You can use the File menu to copy the selected image s In step 3 select Save in Album or Save as File in the File menu For the details refer to Saving the camera images in album page 98 or Saving the camera images as another file type page 103 Note The position where the image is copied depends on its file name You can copy an image of an album to another album 1 Display the image list of the camera or hard disk which includes the image to be copied and then the image list to which you want to copy the image See Opening the camera images page 94 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 109 for details Select the image to be copied To copy multiple images press and hold down the Shift key as you click the desired images Drag the selected image Sacre ons es Ce ES pew ue Hunipy Dragging pointer Move the dragging pointer to the album to which you want to copy the image then drop the image The image is copied to the destination album Copying in the finder You can also copy images or albums in the Macintosh finder Press and hold down the option key and drag them to
84. nsfer button T 5 Click the images which you want to transfer to the application then click The selected images are transferred to the application and the application window appears again To transfer another image Repeat steps 3 through 5 or step 5 Others Troubleshooting Note The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable After trying the following remedies if the problem persists please consult Sony Customer Technical Support Also refer to the operating instructions of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 An error occurs during data transmission via cable e The connecting cable between the PC and the Digital Still Camera is not fitted properly gt Connect the cable properly page 16 e The power of the Digital Still Camera is not turned on gt Set the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to PLAY page 17 The WIRELESS setting of the Digital Still Camera is not proper gt Select OFF in the WIRELESS menu of the Digital Still Camera page 17 e The serial speed of your computer does not match that of the Digital Still Camera gt Select the same serial speed in the Settings dialog box as set in the SERIAL menu of the Digital Still Camera page 17 gt Check that the serial speed selected in the Settings dialog box matches that of your PC Some PC does not support all of the serial speed options page 30 e The Serial Port in the S
85. number Notify when Check the check box to display the image is confirmation message when you Dropped drag and drop an image Click OK The settings are changed Opening the camera images To view images in the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 open the camera images Before you start Make sure you have done the necessary preparations as described in pages 13 through 22 Opening the image from the image list window 1 Select Open Camera in the Camera menu or click P on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Sn Toul 8 Start with image number if C Open Single image pen image r be sj a gt H Cancel The image to be displayed at the beginning The total number of the images stored in the camera 2 Click Open Image List and input the image number which you want to start the image list with in the Start with image number box Use the numeric keys to specify the image number or click up arrow to increase or down arrow to decrease the number 3 Click Open The selected thumbnail images are transferred from the camera the camera icon is displayed in red and the image list of the camera is displayed continued Capturing an image abeu ue Hunnzdez 31 32 Opening the camera images Switching the caption and date display of an image Select either Show Caption or Show Date in the Options menu You can change the caption Displaying other thum
86. o refer to the operating instructions of the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 An error message appears or an error occurs The connecting cable between your Macintosh and the Digital Still Camera is not fitted properly gt Connect the cable properly page 84 The power of the Digital Still Camera is not turned on gt Set the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to PLAY page 85 The WIRELESS and SERIAL menu settings of the Digital Still Camera is not proper gt Select OFF in the WIRELESS menu and 38400 in the SERIAL menu of the Digital Still Camera page 85 The same modem or printer port may be used by another communication software gt Check which port the communication software uses and assign another port for either the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility or the communication software The Apple Talk is set to ON gt Turn off the Apple Talk to use the printer port Another communication software quits without releasing the model or printer port and the port becomes disabled gt Restart the Macintosh There may be some problem with the application Macintosh or Digital Still Camera gt Quit the application and turn off your Macintosh and the Digital Still Camera And turn on the Macintosh and the Camera Then start the application to see if the application works properly The memory space allocated to the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility is too sma
87. og box appears 4 in the command line entry box type the drive letter for your CD ROM drive followed by a colon and a backslash and then type the characters infrared setup exe For example if your CD ROM is on drive D and your language install option is English type d infrared English setup exe continued Setting up 19 Connecting via infrared port 5 Click OK The Infrared Device Wizard starts up Follow the instructions on your screen referring to the Setting the infrared device wizard on the following to continue the setup process Setting the Infrared Device Wizard O Hardware manufacturer and the model name When using a lap top or desktop PC with the built in infrared communications device select Lap top Desktop built in infrared port e When using a PC with an infrared adapter connected to the RS 232C port select the manufacturer and model names of the adapter e When you cannot find your adapter in the list select Disk In case no disk is attached contact the manufacturer of the adapter O Port to which the infrared driver is installed Select the port to which the infrared device is physically connected e When using a lap top or desktop PC with the built in infrared communications device select the port number allocated to the infrared communications device e When using a PC with an infrared adapter Note connected to the RS 232C port selec
88. og box appears rt Camera Images Drive Folder C A TEMPM El _5_2 NEWDLG Up One Level e L oenm r Selection AN Images Totals C Selected Images Select DayiMonihYeat 6 F 2 e Select Range From sE T LE Select Last Image Only Save as type BITMAP BMP x Cox ancer Currently selected folder The total number of images stored in the camera Displays the folders of one level upper the currently selected folder in the list box 2 Click the option button of All Images in the Selection block 3 Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file type To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box To select the folder Double click the desired folder in the Folder list box so that the folder is displayed as currently selected folder above the list box To select the file type Click the file type in the Save as type drop down list box continued Capturing an image abeu ue Hurinjde gt 43 HEEE Saving the camera images as another file format Creating a new folder In the Folder list box folders contained in the currently selected folder are listed To add a new folder to the list click Create New Folder In the Set Folder Name dialog box input the new folder name and click OK 4 Click OK Each image is stored in the specified folder
89. older name appears Type the new folder name and click Create Capturing an image Saving all the camera images without opening them 1 Select Save in Album in the Camera menu The following window appears Save Camera Image All Images Selected Images 2 Select All Images and click OK The following window appears Select Album Folder S Hawaii 7 _ A amp Macintosh HD Desktop Select Hawaii The destination folder where the camera images are to be saved When you click New a new folder is created in this folder 3 Select the destination album folder and click Select The selected camera images are saved in the destination album folder with a file name IMAGE serial number Stopping saving midway Press the and keys together Note When the image list or images of the camera are displayed close them before selecting Save in Album Saving the selected camera images without opening them 1 Select Save in Album in the Camera menu The Save Camera Image window appears 2 Click Selected Images and select one of the three options to specify the images to be saved O Image No Input the image numbers of the first and last images to be saved All the images between the specified image numbers are saved Save Cam
90. or printing 2 Display the window you want to print To print Do this or click in the tool bar an image list Select Open Camera in the Camera menu or click L in the tool bar Double click the desired album in the album list an album list Select aii Folder in the File menu an image Double click the desired image in the image list or select Open File in the File menu or click in the tool bar to designate the image file to be opened Note Before you start printing 3 Select Print Setup in the File menu the printer driver should Pe installed in your hard The Print Setup dialog box appears Set each disk item according to your printer Setting more details Tia ok Detaul Default printer cence i i i Cancel Click Options to display curently Sony DPP M55 Copy 2 on LPT1 the Printer Properties cae apie window where you can peneem set more details of the sony DPP M55 Copy 2 on LPT1 printer s specifications Orientation q Paper 5 f Portrait Size AB Landscape Source J Printer The printer whose driver is selected is displayed as the Default printer Usually select Default printer To select another printer click Specific printer and select the one from the drop down list box Orientation Select the orientation of the paper when printed between Portrait and Landscape Paper Select the paper size in Size the paper feeder cas
91. ort e CD ROM drive Before you begin ulbaq noA alojag 81 82 Setting up Step 1 Installing the software Language install option You can select the menu and dialog language among English French or German To transfer Digital Still Camera images onto your PC install the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility or and Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in onto your hard disk 1 2 Start up your Macintosh Insert the CD ROM supplied into the CD ROM drive Open your language folder Double click your language folder among English French and German Install the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Drag the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon onto your hard disk DSC F1 Album Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility icon File Edit View Label Special DSC F1 Album Sony Digital Stil Camera Setting up Note The folder name to which the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in is copied differs depending on the application you use For example when you use Adobe PhotoShop 3 0 the plug in should be copied onto the Acquire Import folder of the Plug ins folder For the details refer to the user s manual of the application 5 Install the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in Drag the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in icon _ onto the plug in folder With the Sony Digital Still Camera Plug in
92. ou can open the image from the album folder stored from the Digital Still Camera onto the hard disk in the album format 1 Select Open Album in the File menu The following dialog box appears Select Album Folder Macintosh HD E IMAGEOO1 Ejot ee IMAGEOO2 a IMAGEOOS 2 IMAGEOO4 IMAGEOOS a IMAGEOO6 2 IMAGEOO7 Select Hawaii The selected album holder 2 Click the desired album folder and click Select The image list of the selected album appears Tl bal a ee Salai ata reir aa ago ar m j e etal BAO E imimein a ed Comment file name or recorded date Image number Serial number of the images store in the hard disk 3 Select the image s you want to open The frame of the selected image becomes yellow For various ways to select images in the image list refer to page 96 continued Capturing an image l Hew ue Hunnzdez 109 Opening an album of the hard disk 4 Select Open Selected Image in the File menu or double click the image The selected images are displayed in full size MEARAN Closing an image Click Close in the File menu 110 Capturing an image Opening an image file directly Changing the drive Click Desktop to display the available drives in the list from which you can select the desired drive You can open an image stored in the hard disk by designating its
93. p 1 Installing Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 To handle Digital Still Camera images on your PC use the installer to install Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 1 2 3 Turn on your PC and start up Windows 95 Insert the supplied CD ROM into the CD ROM drive on your PC For Windows 95 click the Start button and then click Run For Windows 3 1 open the Program Manager or File Manager and choose Run in the File menu The Run dialog box appears In the command line entry box type the drive letter for your CD ROM drive followed by a colon and a backslash and then type the characters DSCAlbum Setup exe For example if your CD ROM is on drive D and your language install option is English type d DSCAlbum English Setup exe The destination drive and directory The drive and directory are by default set to C SONYDSC Usually use the default ones If you want to install the software to another drive or directory type the drive or directory name in the text box Click Install The confirmation window for installation appears Click Yes Installation starts up When all the files and programs are copied the dialog box appears Click OK The installation is completed Tip You can check to see if this driver software is installed by opening the Control
94. pening the Option tag of the Infrared Monitor in the Control Panel e The Serial Port in the Settings dialog box is not properly assigned gt Assign the proper simulation port in the Infrared Device Wizard page 20 gt Check to see that the Serial Port in the Settings dialog box of the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility is properly assigned page 30 e The infrared ports of the Digital Still Camera and the PC are not properly oriented gt Place the two ports within the controllable area Remove an obstacle which may interrupt the infrared communications if any Also check the Status tag of the Infrared Monitor in the Control Panel to see if the infrared device is detected page 21 The application does not work properly gt Turn of the Digital Still Camera and quit the application Then turn on the Camera and restart the application to see if the software and the Camera work properly Cannot open the camera s images e You cannot access the Digital Still Camera from two or more applications at a time gt Quit the other applications once and start Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Then try to access the camera The Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 does not work properly when the screen saver is working gt Do not use the screen saver when you use Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 If the screen saver is working the screen will not be updated while transferring camera images However th
95. r The Settings window appears where you can check to see that the items are set according to the system settings you use See Changing system settings on page 30 By switching the data source driver to Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 you can transfer a camera image directly to an application which supports the TWAIN protocol Before you begin e Do the necessary preparations as described in pages 13 through 22 e Start the application and display its main menu window e Quit the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility if it has been started You cannot start the Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 while the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility is accessing the camera 1 Select Select Source in the File menu The file menu name differs depending on the application The Select Source dialog box appears 2 Select Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 and click Select 3 Select Acquire in the File menu The file menu name differs depending on the application The Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 5 main menu window appears continued Using the TWAIN data source 921NOS ezep NIVML 24 Buisn 69 70 Transferring a camera image to an application which supports the TWAIN protocol Note Depending on the application the window closes after the images are transferred If this occurs repeat steps 3 through 5 Using the TWAIN data source 4 click The image list appears immediately Tra
96. r communication Operation flow in connecting via infrared port 1 Installing the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility and Sony DSC F1 TWAIN 1 52 Installing Microsoft Windows 95 Infrared Communications Driver Connecting the Digital Still Camera Setting up the Digital Still Camera setting the menu and making the camera ready for communication Before using this software to capture the Digital Still Camera Images onto your PC the Camera and your PC should be properly connected and the necessary software modules should be correctly installed in your PC As illustrated below there are two options for connecting the Digital Still Camera with your PC Determine which option you use and follow the necessary steps Connecting via cable Use the connecting cable supplied to connect the Digital I O port of the Digital Still Camera with the serial port of your PC Digital Still Your PC Connecting cable supplied to DIGITAL 1 O port to serial port Follow the steps explained in Connecting via cable page 14 Connecting via infrared port Use the infrared ports to transfer the images between the Digital Still Camera and the PC Digital Still Camera DSC F1 Follow the steps explained in Connecting via infrared port page 18 Setting up dn 6buljas 13 Connecting via cable Important notice to 1 Installing Sony Digital Still Camera the us
97. re to another drive or directory type the drive or directory name in the text box 5 Click Install The confirmation window for installation appears 6 Click Yes Installation starts up When all the files and programs are copied the dialog box appears 14 Setting up Note In case you want to move the software to another drive or directory after it is installed make sure to uninstall the software and then install it again Do not use the Explorer or File Manager to move the software files T Click OK The installation is completed Uninstalling the software When the software becomes unnecessary remove all the software files from your hard disk as follows 1 Follow the steps 1 to 4 on page 14 to display the Sony DSC Setup dialog box 2 Click Uninstall The confirmation window for uninstallation appears 3 Click Yes The component files are deleted from your hard disk 4 Click Exit continued Setting up dn uy s 15 16 Connecting via cable Notes Turn off the power on your PC and Digital Still Camera before connection Do not turn off the power of the camera nor disconnect the cable during transmitting the data which may cause a transmission failure Use only the supplied connecting cable Other brands of cables may cause malfunctions The supplied connecting cable is for the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 only It cannot be used to connect o
98. s Press and hold down the Shift key as you click the desired images To select all the images in the image list window Select Select All in the Edit menu To cancel the selection Press and hold down the Shift key as you click the selected images The selection is canceled To cancel the selection of all the images select Select None in the Edit menu To open all the selected images While pressing the Shift key double click one of the selected images Or select Open Selected Image in the File menu Closing an album list image list window or image Select Close in the File menu or click the close button The selected window is closed Switching the active window You can switch the active window using the following methods e Click a part of the desired window e Click the desired file listed in the Window menu The image files currently opened 96 Capturing an image Opening the image directly 1 Select Open Camera s Image in the Camera menu The following dialog box appears open Camera s Image SSS Image List Image Image No No of Images 1 The total number of images The image currently displayed on the camera 2 Click Image and input the image number which 8 P g you want to open in the Image No box 3 Click Open The selected images are displayed in full size Hew ue Hunnzdez Closing an album list image list or image Select
99. sette type or manual feeder in Source 62 Editing an image 4 Click OK 5 Select Print in the File menu or click in the tool bar The Print dialog box appears Print ab C Actual Size Brightness H E To l Initialize Cancel Thumbnail image Set the following abew ue Hupa Size Select the output size between Fit to Page printing as large as the print paper allows and Actual Size printing as shown in the thumbnail image Copies Select the print quantity by clicking the up arrow button to increase the number and the down arrow button to decrease the number Brightness Usually use the default level 0 When the image is too dark click the right arrow button or drag the handle to the right to increase brightness To decrease brightness click the left arrow button or drag the handle to the left Initialize Set the Brightness to the default level 0 6 Click OK Printing starts up Editing an image 63 64 Notes e The zoom in factor can be either 200 400 800 or 1600 The zoom out factor is either 50 or 25 However if you select high rate of percentage some images may not be properly displayed due to the display driver s limit e When you zoom in and out an image only the image displayed on the monitor is changed but the original image does not change Editing an image Changing the image display size You can enlarge zoom in
100. t the RS 232C If the built in infrared port number communications device is set to OFF you cannot set the port number on Select the port number supported by the infrared the screen Refer to the communications driver Usually use the default PC manual to set it to port number In the Settings dialog box of an ON infrared communications application such as the Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility the same port number as set here should be specified O Simulation virtual port 20 Setting up Notes Place the infrared ports of the camera and PC within the controllable area Do not place them too far nor too close which may interrupt transferring or cause noises Do not cover the infrared ports with your hand or any other objects Infrared rays cannot pass through a wall opaque glass etc If they pass through glass etc the controllable distance becomes short Do not turn off the power of the camera or interfere with communication during transmitting the data which may cause a transmission failure We suggest you use the Digital Still Camera with the AC power adapter Also refer to the online manual of the Infrared Data Communications Driver Uninstalling the software When the software becomes unnecessary remove all the software files from your hard disk as follows 1 Select Add Remove Programs in the Control Panel 2 Select Infrared Support for Windows 95 Version 2 0 in the
101. tained in the page are displayed 3 Click Open The images on the selected page are transferred from the camera and displayed Switching the file name recorded date and comment display of an image Select either Show Filename Show Recorded date or Show Comment in the Option menu Or click the corresponding icon on the tool bar You can change the comments Displaying other thumbnails When hidden pages exist select Go to First Page Go to Previous Pagel Go to Next Page or Go to Last Page in the Window menu Or click the corresponding icon on the tool bar Comment file name or date display If image is protected from accidental erasure and edition the protect icon is attached here 4 Click the image s you want to open the selected image frame becomes yellow and select Open Selected Image in the File menu Or double click the image The selected images are displayed in full size H delge aa continued Capturing an image Hew ue Hunnzdez 95 Opening the camera images How to select and cancel images in the image list window O Selecting an image Click the desired thumbnail of the image list window the image is selected Click another thumbnail and that image is selected instead of the previous image To cancel the selection click somewhere in the background without an thumbnail O Selecting multiple images To select multiple image
102. ted 90 degrees in the counterclockwise direction Rotating an image 180 degrees Select Flip in the Image menu or click E in the tool bar Each time you select the menu or tool the image is rotated 180 degrees Editing an image 65 66 Reviewing the image information Note The contents of the dialog box of the image of a standard file format differ Editing an image You can view the image information and revise some of the items 1 Display the image or select the image in the image list whose information you want to review See Opening the camera images page 31 or Opening an album of the hard disk page 47 for details 2 Select Information in the Image menu or click in the tool bar The following dialog box appears Image Information Image Quality standard Shutter Speed Flash OFF Recorded Date 06 02 1997 10 31 Edited Date Ta 02 1997 10 31 Caption I Protected cue 3 Review the settings when the image is recorded Image Quality The image quality mode compression ratio when the image is recorded FINE STANDARD SNAPSHOT Shutter Speed The shutter speed when the image is recorded Flash The flash is used ON or not used OFF when the image is recorded Recorded Date The date when the image is recorded Edited Date You can manually input the date when the image is transferred or edit
103. the CD ROM which includes the following J Application software Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility DSC F1 Album Captures images from the Sony Digital Still Camera DSC F1 and edits them e Captures Digital Still Camera images with or without opening them and copies them onto the hard disk in the desired file type PICT JPEG or the software original album CAMS file type e The software offers a variety of album and image editing functions moves the position of images in an album copies images to a different album deletes images and zooms and rotates images What is Plug in The Plug in is an interface which allows image data transfer from an input i x device such as a digital Enables direct capturing of images from the scanner and digital still Digital Still Camera into PhotoStudio or another camera to an application application which supports Photoshop Plug in To capture an image of a particular device into a particular application you need to install the Plug in module compatible with both the device and the application Plug in module Sony Digital Still Sony Digital Sti Camera Camera Plug in 78 Before you begin Thumbnail Stands for each image in the album list or image list Image filing system of the Album Utility The Sony Digital Still Camera album Utility handles the images in a unique album filing system Album format You can also handle the im
104. the camera images Capturing an image Opening the image directly 1 Select Open Camera in the Camera menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Start with image number CE Open Singls nag Open image number 8 z Cannel In the initial status the image number currently displayed on the camera 2 Click Open Single Image and input the image number which you want to open in the Open image number box Use the numeric keys to specify the image number or click up arrow to increase or down arrow to decrease the number 3 Click Open The selected images are displayed in full size Saving the camera images in album To quickly handle and process camera images on your PC save the selected camera images in album of the hard disk with or without opening them The album is stored in the album folder of the Dscalbum folder in the each drive s root directory 1 Follow the steps 1 through 3 of Opening the camera images page 31 to display the image list of the camera 2 Click the thumbnails of the desired images To save all the images select Select All in the Edit menu The frame of the selected image is highlighted in yellow 3 Select Save To Album in the File menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears continued Capturing an image Opening and saving the camera images afew ue Buunyde gt 35 36 Saving the c
105. ther cameras Insert the connecting cable carefully into the port making sure that the port goes in straight and is firmly seated When inserting the cable into the Digital I O port of the Digital Still Camera match the A mark of the cable with that of the port Keep metal objects away from the connector pins to avoid short circuits We suggest you use the Digital Still Camera with the AC power adapter Setting up 2 Connecting the Digital Still Camera Digital Still Camera Connecting cable supplied to serial port to DIGITAL I O port Use the supplied connecting cable to connect the serial port on your PC and the DIGITAL I O port on the Digital Still Camera DSC F1 To resume data transmission In case the data transmission is interrupted and the Digital Still Camera becomes disabled resume the transmission as follows 1 Close all the windows of Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility being displayed on the PC monitor 2 Turn the POWER Function dial of the Digital Still Camera to OFF Turn the POWER Function dial to PLAY Transmit the data again A The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable Note During the data communication in process do not change the position of the POWER Function dial 3 Setting up the Digital Still Camera Before you start data communications between the PC and the Digital Still Camera s
106. till Camera in the File menu Menu names differ depending on the application After your Macintosh accesses the Digital Still Camera the image list window appears Tool bar Date or title display continued Using the Plug in ul B6njg ay Buisn 123 Transferring camera images to your application Using the tool bar First Displays the first page 1 Displays the previous page pa Displays the next page ast Displays the last page Lime Displays the title of the image _oare Displays the recorded or imported date Transfer Transfers the selected image s to an application Close Closes the window 3 Select the image to be transferred Depending on the application you can transfer multiple images at a time When you transfer multiple images press and hold down the shift key as you click the desired images 4 Click or double click one of the selected images The selected image is or images are transferred to the application Note Depending on the application the number of images which can be transferred from the camera via Plug in differs To transfer other images Repeat steps 2 and 4 124 Using the Plug in Others Troubleshooting Note The SERIAL menu defines the serial speed via the connecting cable After trying the following remedies if the problem persists please consult Sony Customer Technical Support Als
107. tions The file extension is tif JPEG Stands for the group named Joint Photographic Experts Group who standardized the compression system of the still image The image is compressed in a small data size but the original image cannot be perfectly reproduced The file extension is jpg Opening and saving the camera images 1 Follow the steps 1 through 3 of Opening the camera images page 31 to display the image list of the camera Capturing an image 2 Click the thumbnails of the desired images To save all the images select Select All in the Edit menu The frame of the selected image is highlighted in yellow Select Export Images in the File menu or click on the tool bar The following dialog box appears Drive Folder C ATEMPN E _5_2 NEWDLG A O ee D G Create New Folder Save as type BITMAP BMP fa Cancel Currently selected folder Displays the folders of one level upper the currently selected folder in the list box Select the destination drive and folder in which the images are to be saved and file type To select the drive Click the desired drive in the Drive list box To select the folder Double click the desired folder in the Folder list box so that the folder is displayed as currently selected folder above the list box To select the file type Click the file type in the Save as type drop down l
108. um in the same way as the camera images Refer to Opening and saving the camera images of the Saving the camera images in album on page 98 Saving the opened image as another file format Select Save As in the File menu The following dialog box appears amp Macintosh HD amp San Francisco The destination folder Clicking the down arrow displays pull down list of folders list of other folders The images stored in the destination folder 2 Select the destination folder in which the images are to be saved and file name Click OK The image is saved in the destination folder in the selected file format Saving in JPEG file type When you select JPEG file type the window to define the image quality compression ratio appears Maximum Quality Large O High Quality Standard Quality Low Quality Small Usually the higher image quality you select the larger file size with the lower compression ratio you get Select the image quality option and click OK Sony Digital Still Camera Album Utility Editing an image Changing the comment When the date or file name is displayed Select Show Comment in the Album menu or click on the tool bar The display is replaced with the comment Tips e You can input up to 14 letters and or numbers ina comment e When a full size image is displayed you can also input

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