Nikon 5000ED user manual Preview, MA-21 Slide-Mount Adapter

Step 6—Preview

The SA-21 strip film adapter can be used to perform a “batch scan” on multiple images. Se- lect the frame or frames to be scanned from the thumbnail drawer.

The MA-21 Slide-Mount Adapter

Because the MA-21 scans slides one at a time, there is no need to select the frame to be scanned. Users of the MA-21 can skip ahead to Step 6-4 ( 33).

1 Open the thumbnail drawer Click the thumbnail drawer tab.

Thumbnail drawer tab

Display thumbnails
2 To view the frames in the thumbnail
drawer as small “thumbnail” previews,
click the	button. The scanner will

scan the film to generate thumbnails and display them in the thumbnail drawer.

Thumbnail drawer

Click here to display/hide thumbnails

3 Select frames

Select the frame to be scanned by click- ing the associated thumbnail or frame number (selected frames are indicated by a green border). To select multiple frames, hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or command (Macintosh) key while click- ing each frame in turn, or hold down the shift key and click to select two images and all frames between them. To view frames not currently visible in the thumbnail drawer, use the scroll bar or enlarge the drawer by dragging the handle at its lower right corner.

The Thumbnail Display

Scroll bar

Handle

Selected frame

If the wrong film type is chosen when thumbnails are generated, the thumbnail display will not reflect the contents of the film. Click the button in the thumbnail drawer to hide thumbnails, and then select the correct film type from the film type menu. Click the button to view the new thumbnails.

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