USING THE CAMERA WITH A COMPUTER

What you can do

Connecting the camera to a computer with the bundled USB cable provides you with the capabilities described below.

View and

You can use your computer to view camera

store

images and for long-term storage of images.

images*

 

 

You can manage, edit, and print images stored

Manage,

on your computer.

edit, and

• Refer to the explanations later in this section

print images

and install the required software on your

 

computers.

 

On a Windows computer (only), you can

 

transfer images from your computer to camera

Transfer

memory.

• You can even transfer images that were not

images to

originally recorded with the camera. You can

the camera

capture (cut) a portion of the image (web

 

 

page, map, etc.) currently on your computer

 

screen and transfer it to camera memory.

 

 

*You can also transfer images to a computer for viewing and storage without connecting the camera, by removing the memory card from the camera and reading the contents of the card with your computer (page 261).

The procedures you need to perform when using the camera with your computer and when using the bundled software are different for Windows and the Macintosh.

•Windows users should refer to “Using the Camera with a Windows Computer” on page 230.

•Macintosh users should refer to “Using the Camera with a Macintosh” on page 253.

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