Nikon COOLPIX 2500 manual Making the Connection Connecting to Your Computer

Connections

Making the Connection: Connecting to Your Computer

Once you have installed Nikon View 5, you are ready to transfer photographs and movies to your computer. Pictures can be transferred via a direct USB connection between the camera and computer, or by removing the memory card from the camera and inserting it in a card reader or PC card slot.

Direct Connection: Connecting Your Camera by Cable

If your computer has a built-in USB interface, you can connect it to your cam- era using the UC-E3 cable provided.

1 Slide the mode selector to

The camera will enter playback mode ( 78) with your most recent picture displayed full frame in the monitor.

Select the pictures to be transferred
2 Press the		(	) button to display the pic-
tures on the memory card in “contact sheets”
of four or nine thumbnails (				80). Confirm
that only the pictures you want to copy to the
computer are marked with a				icon. To re-
move the			icon from a picture, or to select
an unmarked picture for transfer, highlight the
image with the multi selector and press the
(	) button.

3 Turn the camera off

Turn the camera off before connecting it to a computer.

Transferring More than 999 Pictures

No more than 999 pictures can be transferred at one time using the () button. To copy more pictures, use Nikon View 5. See the Nikon View 5 Reference Manual (on CD) for details.

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