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Thank you for purchasing the PENTAX Digital Camera.
This is the manual for “PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3” and “PENTAX PHOTO
Laboratory 3” software for your Windows PC or Macintosh for enjoying images
created with your camera. Please read the separate camera operating manual
and this manual before using your camera, “PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3”, or
“PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3”, in order to get the most out of all the features
and functions.
Keep the camera operating manual and this manual safe, as they can be
valuable tools in clarifying and helping you to understand all the camera’s
capabilities.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using this camera that are for anything other than personal enjoyment
cannot be used without permission according to the rights as specified in the Copyright
Act. Please take care, as there are even cases where limitations are placed on taking
pictures even for personal enjoyment during demonstrations, performances or of items
on display. Images taken with the purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used
outside the scope of use of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care
should be taken here also.
Regarding trademarks
• PENTAX and smc PENTAX are trademarks of PENTAX Corporation.
• PENTAX PHOTO Browser, PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory, PENTAX REMOTE
Assistant are trademarks of PENTAX Corporation.
• The SD logo
is a trademark.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
Regarding PictBridge
PictBridge allows the user to connect the printer and digital camera directly, using the
unified standard for the direct printout of images. You can print images directly from the
camera through a few simple operations.
Disclaimer
• PENTAX is not responsible for any damages resulting from the direct or indirect use
of this software or repercussive damages, damage to data, programs or other
intangible property, loss of profit or anticipated profit, or dispute with a third party
resulting from the use of this software.
• The specifications of this software are subject to change without notice.
Symbols used in this manual have the following meanings:
The screen pictures shown in this manual may differ depending on the
type of computer or camera used.
Gives information that is useful to know.
Gives cautions and notes about the operation.
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Enjoying Your Digital Camera Pictures.............................2
Provided Software...............................................................4
Software Provided....................................................................................4
System Requirements..............................................................................5
Installing the Software.........................................................7
When Using Windows..............................................................................7
When Using Macintosh............................................................................9
Saving Images on Your Computer...................................11
Saving Images by Connecting Your Camera and PC (For Windows)....11
Saving Images by Connecting Your Camera and PC
(For Macintosh)......................................................................................16
Other Methods for Saving Images.........................................................18
PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3..............................................19
Opening PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3...................................................19
About the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 Window....................................20
Viewing Images......................................................................................31
Main Image View Window......................................................................35
Managing Image Files and Folders........................................................46
Saving a List of Image Data...................................................................53
Continuous Image Playback in a Slideshow..........................................55
Printing an Image...................................................................................58
Changing the PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 Settings.............................65
PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3..........................................71
Opening PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3...............................................71
About the PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 Window................................73
Selecting a RAW File to Process...........................................................80
Easily Modifying RAW Files...................................................................83
Setting RAW File Processing Conditions...............................................84
Saving Image Files.................................................................................89
Saving Image File Adjustment...............................................................90
Recalling Image File Adjustment............................................................91
Printing...................................................................................................92
Changing the PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 Settings.........................98
Glossary............................................................................102
Contents
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Enjoying Your Digital Camera Pictures
You can use a computer to organize and edit the pictures captured with
your digital camera.
You can transfer your
images using a built-in
card slot + PC card
adapter or a card reader.
•Remove the card from
the camera. When
transferring images on
the card to a computer
with another device,
make sure to review the
user manual
accompanying that
device.
Connect your camera directly to a
PictBridge-compatible printer using the
USB cable. (Not available on w
.)
Direct Print
Connect your camera to a TV,
DVD recorder or other audiovisual
equipment using an AV cable to
view and/or record images.
View and record images on
AV equipment
You can have prints made from
images recorded on your card
at a photo shop.
•Set DPOF settings on your
camera, and get prints from
your photo shop.
•Select the images for prints.
Use your photo shop
Connect your camera
to a computer using
the USB cable to copy
the camera images to
a computer.
Your computer is...
•equipped with a standard USB
interface.
•using Windows 2000/XP or Mac
OS X Ver. 10.2 or later.
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You can use your e-mail software to attach and send images
by e-mail, or post the images on your website.
Use your image data
•See the operating manual of your e-mail
software for details on how to make
attachments to e-mails.
•See the operating manual of the software
you are using for details on how to use
images on your website.
Use your printer
You can use your printer to
print images transferred to
your computer.
Some printers can print
directly from SD Memory
Cards.
•For details, see the
operating manual of the
printer you are using.
Images transferred to the computer can
be saved onto a CD-R or other media.
Save your image data
PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 (p.19 - p.70)
PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 (p.71 - p.101)
•View images •Organize and save images
•Print images •Rename all
•Save all image data
•PENTAX-specification RAW file processing
Use a commercially-available image editing
software to perform image editing operations.
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Provided Software
The provided CD-ROM (S-SW53) contains the following software:
• PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3
• PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3
PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3
PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 is software for viewing, printing and
managing images taken on your digital camera and saved on your
computer.
Files with extensions .bmp (BMP), .jpg (JPEG), .pef (PENTAX RAW), .pct
(PICT), .png (PNG) and .tif (TIFF) are supported.
PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 can perform the following tasks:
• Save image files under the same or a new name, change file names and
file types, copy, cut, paste, rotate and delete.
• Create new folders, change folder names, copy, cut, delete and paste.
• Save image data list.
• Check image data.
• View RAW files easily.
• Print images.
You can also start PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 and PENTAX REMOTE
Assistant
*1
from within PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3.
*1: PENTAX REMOTE Assistant can only be used together with w
.
This manual describes PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 and PENTAX PHOTO
Laboratory 3 with screen images from Windows XP.
The operation of these software applications is nearly the same on Macintosh
with the exception of some keys. For information on Macintosh-specific
instructions, see the sections labeled “For Macintosh” or the online help.
Software Provided
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PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3
This application supports a number of image processing functions for use
with image files recorded in PENTAX’s exclusive digital-camera CCD
RAW (“RAW”) format, including data conversion, color adjustment, and
image compensation, and further allows you to save these images in
formats compatible with other commercial image browsing and editing
software. You can also print RAW files.
PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 can also be run as a standalone
application.
We recommend the following system requirements to transfer images
from your camera to a computer and to install and use PENTAX PHOTO
Browser 3 and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3.
USB Connection
• Computer with Windows 2000/XP (Home Edition/Professional)
preinstalled.
• USB port must be standard equipment.
Application Software
< PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 >
(9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian,
Chinese [traditional and simplified], Korean, Japanese)
• Operating System:Windows 2000/XP (Home Edition/Professional)
• CPU
:Pentium 4 or higher
(Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or higher recommended)
• RAM
:512 MB or more (1.0 GB or more recommended)
• Monitor
:1024×768 pixels or more (1280×1024 pixels or more
recommended) with 24-bit full color (approximately
16.77 million colors)
• Free Disk Space :250 MB or more (500 MB or more recommended)
System Requirements
Windows System Requirements
We recommend using AC adapter when the camera is connected to the
computer. If the batteries become depleted during image transfer, the image
data or SD Memory Card may be damaged.
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USB Connection
• Macintosh with Mac OS X 10.2 or later preinstalled.
• USB port must be standard equipment.
* Installation of the USB driver is not necessary.
Application Software
PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3
(9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian,
Chinese [traditional and simplified], Korean, Japanese)
• Operating System:Mac OS X 10.2 or later
• CPU
:PowerPC G4 or higher
(PowerPC G5 recommended; can be used on Intel
Core processor-based Macintosh computers with
Rosetta architecture)
• RAM
:512 MB or more (1.0 GB or more recommended)
• Monitor
:1024×768 pixels or more (1280×1024 pixels or more
recommended) with 24-bit full color (approximately
16.77 million colors)
• Free Disk Space :250 MB or more (500 MB or more recommended)
Macintosh System Requirements
We recommend using AC adapter (sold separately) when the camera is
connected to the computer. If the batteries become depleted during image
transfer, the image data or SD Memory Card may be damaged.
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Installing the Software
Here is the procedure for installing PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 and
PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3.
PENTAX PHOTO Browser and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory can overwrite
earlier versions of this software supplied with w
, J
,
L
, U
and F
.
Make sure to install PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 and PENTAX PHOTO
Laboratory 3 on the provided CD-ROM (S-SW53) in order to use RAW
files shot with the q
or r
.
When multiple accounts have been setup in Windows 2000/XP or Mac
OSX, log on with an account that has administrative rights before
installing the software.
1
Turn your PC on.
Close any other software that is open.
2
Place the provided CD-ROM (S-SW53) into the CD-ROM
drive on your computer.
The PENTAX Software Installer screen appears.
3
You can choose the languages
from the displayed screen.
The software selection screen
appears.
When Using Windows
• If the PENTAX Software Installer screen does not appear
Display the PENTAX Software Installer screen following the steps below.
1) Double-click [My Computer] from the start menu.
2) Double-click the [CD-ROM drive (S-SW53)] icon.
3) Double-click [Setup.exe].
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4
Click [PENTAX Digital Camera
Utility].
5
Select the desired language in
the Select Language screen
and click [OK].
6
The installer starts. Click
[Next].
Follow the instructions on the screen
and continue with the installation.
Some operating environments select the language automatically. Continue
with the installation in step 6. The installer starts.
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