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Changing the Save Location and Other Preferences

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95 Changing the Save Location and Other Preferences You can change where and how image files are saved. 1. In the Save-RemoteCapture window or Shooting-RemoteCapture window, click the [File] menu and select [Preferences]. The Preferences dialog will display. 2. Select the way images are saved and the folder to which they are saved and click [OK]. • Preferences Dialog Click an option to determine whether images are saved to the camera's CF card as well as the computer. If you select [Computer only], you can do without a CF card in the camera or continue to record images after the CF card is full. Input a root name here. If you input "Capture", for example, the first image will be named [Capture_00001.jpg] and successive images will automatically be assigned a name one digit higher than the last. Select a folder for saving images. How to Display the Subject in the Camera's LCD Monitor (Not supported by some camera models) You can view the subject you are shooting in the camera's LCD monitor. 1. In the Shooting-RemoteCapture window, click the [File] menu and select [Camera Display Settings]. The Camera Settings dialog will display. 2. Select [Camera's LCD monitor] and click [OK]. 3. In the Shooting window, click the [Viewfinder On] button. If you select [Video Out Terminal] instead, you can view the subject on a TV monitor. Please see the Camera User Guide to learn how to connect to a TV. Printing an Index of the Thumbnail Images If you select images in the Thumbnail View area of Save-RemoteCapture window, you can print them in an index like a contact sheet. 1. Select the images, click the [File] menu and select [Print Index]. The file name and shooting date are printed along with each image in the index, providing a convenient record and means of checking your images. Macintosh

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Changing the Save Location and Other Preferences
You can change where and how image files are saved.
1.
In the Save-RemoteCapture window or Shooting-RemoteCapture
window, click the [File] menu and select [Preferences].
The Preferences dialog will display.
2.
Select the way images are saved and the folder to which they are saved
and click [OK].
• Preferences Dialog
How to Display the Subject in the Camera’s LCD Monitor
(Not supported by some camera models)
You can view the subject you are shooting in the camera’s LCD monitor.
1.
In the Shooting-RemoteCapture window, click the [File] menu and select
[Camera Display Settings].
The Camera Settings dialog will display.
2.
Select [Camera’s LCD monitor] and click [OK].
3.
In the Shooting window, click the [Viewfinder On] button.
If you select [Video Out Terminal] instead, you can view the subject on a TV monitor.
Please see the
Camera User Guide
to learn how to connect to a TV.
Printing an Index of the Thumbnail Images
If you select images in the Thumbnail View area of Save-RemoteCapture window,
you can print them in an index like a contact sheet.
1.
Select the images, click the [File] menu and select [Print Index].
The file name and shooting date are printed along with each image in the index,
providing a convenient record and means of checking your images.
Click an option to determine whether
images are saved to the camera’s CF
card as well as the computer. If you
select [Computer only], you can do
without a CF card in the camera or
continue to record images after the
CF card is full.
Input a root name here. If you input
“Capture”, for example, the first
image will be named
[Capture_00001.jpg] and successive
images will automatically be assigned
a name one digit higher than the last.
Select a folder for saving images.