Minolta DiMAGE S414 Instruction Manual Download

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TRANSFER MODE

Once the camera is connected to the computer, image and audio
files can be accessed by double clicking on icons. Image folders are
located in the DCIM folder. To copying images and audio
recordings, simply drag and drop the file icon into a location in the
computer.

Files and folders on the memory card can
be deleted using the computer. Never
format the memory card from the
computer; always use the camera to
format the card. Only files recorded by the
camera should be stored on the memory
card.

Image and audio file names begin with “PICT” followed by a four-digit file number and a
tif, jpg, mov, or thm extension. Voice-memo audio files have a wav extension and the file
name corresponds to its image file. The thumbnail images (thm) are produced with TIFF
images and movie clips and are only used in camera and DiMAGE Viewer operation.

Copy images (p. 82) are placed in a folder with a name ending in “CP.” When a new folder
is created, the first three digits in the folder name will be one greater than the largest
folder number on the card. When the index number in the image file name exceeds
9,999, a new folder will be created with a number one greater than the greatest folder
number on the memory card: e.g. from 100MLT24 to 101MLT24.

The number in the image file name may not correspond to the frame number of the
image. As images are deleted in the camera, the frame counter will adjust itself to show
the number of images on the card and reassign the frame numbers accordingly. The
serial numbers used with image files will not change when an image is deleted. When a
new image is recorded, it will be assigned a number one greater than the largest serial
number in the folder. File serial numbers can be controlled with the file-number-memory
function in the custom 1 section of the setup menu (p. 84).

COMPACTFLASH CARD FOLDER ORGANIZATION

Image files contain exif tag data. This data includes the time and date the image was recorded

as well as the camera settings used. This data can be viewed with the camera or the DiMAGE
Viewer software. If a camera image is opened in a photo-retouching application that does not sup-
port exif tags, such as Adobe Photoshop, and then the image is saved overwriting the original
data, the exif tag information is erased. When using software other than the DiMAGE Viewer,
always make a backup copy of the image files to protect the exif tag data.

To view images correctly on your computer, the monitor’s color space may need to be adjusted.
Refer to your computer manual on how to calibrate the display to the following requirements:
sRGB, with a color temperature of 6500K, and a gamma of 2.2. Changes made to the captured
image with the camera’s contrast and color-saturation controls will affect any color-matching soft-

ware in use.

Camera Notes

PICT0001.THM

Drive Icon

Dcim

PICT0001.TIF

PICT0002.JPG

PICT0003.MOV

Fine, standard,

or economy

image

Movie clip