Nikon 25243 MAC User Guide - Page 3

Overview Welcome to Nikon View DX for Macintosh (below, Nikon View), a browser program for the Nikon D1 digital camera. Nikon View allows you to connect your camera to a Macintosh for quick retrieval and browsing of the images stored in your camera. Once Nikon View is installed on your Macintosh, the camera can be used like any other drive, allowing free access to images in the camera via standard Mac OS file operations. Nikon View Browser is also provided, making it possible to display the contents of the camera's memory as thumbnail images. Once you have installed Nikon View and mastered its simple operations, you'll be able to distribute your digital photographs by disk or electronic mail, or include them in your home page and other documents you create for business or personal use. • images can be opened in any application that supports JPEG or TIFF for retouching or to be saved in another format, allowing you to use images as desktop pictures or distribute them by electronic mail • if you have a compact flash-memory reader or a PCMCIA card slot and card adapter, the digital camera's compact flash-memory cards can be browsed even when not inserted in the camera • files containing raw image data from the CCD in Nikon Electronic Image Format (NEF) are displayed as thumbnail images; NEF files can be opened for editing in Nikon Capture (sold separately) simply by double-clicking on the thumbnails Nikon View's features include those listed below. • a driver function that supports connection to your camera and allows you to operate your camera's memory like any other drive • thumbnails viewed in Nikon View Browser can be copied to disk or opened in other applications using drag-and-drop • images in the camera's memory can be handled using standard Mac OS file operations Overview - 3 -