(PC Connection Manual)Viewing Your DigitalCamera Images
On Your PC

Introduction
This booklet explains how to view the images you took with thePENTAX Optio 33L on your PC. Keep this manual in a safe place.
Regarding copyrights
Images taken using the Optio 33L that are for anything other than personalenjoyment cannot be used without permission according to the rights as
specified in the Copyright Act. Please take care, as there are even cases wherelimitations are placed on taking pictures even for personal enjoyment during
demonstrations, industrial enterprise or as items for display. Images taken withthe purpose of obtaining copyrights also cannot be used outside the scope ofuse of the copyright as laid out in the Copyright Act, and care should be taken
here also.
Regarding trademarks• CompactFlash and CF are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation.
• PENTAX is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• Optio is a trademark of PENTAX Corporation.
• All other brands or product names are trademarks of registered trademarks of
their respective companies.
• The USB driver uses software developed by inSilicon Corporation.
Copyright © 2002 inSilicon Corporation. All rights reserved.
• This product supports PRINT Image Matching II.
When used in combination, PRINT Image Matching II enabled digital stillcameras, printers and software help photographers to produce images morefaithful to their intentions.
Copyright 2001 Seiko Epson Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
PRINT Image Matching is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.
The PC screenshots in this booklet may differ from your PC, depending on yourmodel.

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Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................2

Contents ..................................................................................... 3

Viewing Images on a Windows PC

4Software Provided ..................................................................... 4System Requirements ............................................................... 4
Installing the Software............................................................... 5
Installing the USB Driver ..................................................................5
Installing ACDSee™.........................................................................7
Installing ACD photostitcher .............................................................7

Displaying and Copying Images Using ACDSee™ ................. 8
Panorama Image Stitching with ACD photostitcher............... 9
Disconnecting your Camera from your PC............................ 12Windows 2000/Me ..........................................................................12Windows XP ................................................................................... 13
Windows 98/98 SE .........................................................................13

Viewing Images on a Macintosh

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Software Provided ................................................................... 14
System Requirements ............................................................. 14
Installing the Software............................................................. 14
Installing the USB Driver (Mac OS 8.6 only) ..................................15
Installing ACDSee™....................................................................... 15

Displaying and Copying Images Using ACDSee™ ............... 16
Disconnecting your Camera from your Macintosh............... 173

Viewing Images on a Windows PC
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB2) or a card reader totransfer your images to the PC, and you can edit and print your images
using the image viewing software. Here, the method for viewing images
with the provided software (S-SW8) is explained.
WINDOWS

Software Provided
The following software is included in the CD-ROM (S-SW8) provided.
• USB driver• Image viewing software (ACDSee™)• Panorama software (ACD photostitcher)
ACD photostitcher is only for the English version and theJapanese version.

System Requirements• OS:

Windows 98/98 SE/Me/2000
Windows XP Home Edition/Professional• CPU: Pentium or higher recommended• Memory: 64MB minimum• Hard Disk space: 15MB minimum• USB port must be standard equipment
To play movie pictures, you need DirectX 8.0 or higher and Media
Player (standard equipment with your OS), or QuickTime 3.0 or higher.
(Media Player alone is sufficient on Windows Me/XP)
You can download DirectX and QuickTime from the following websites.
www.microsoft.com/japan/directx
www.apple.co.jp/quicktime• The software cannot be used on Windows 95/NT.
• We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 when connecting yourcamera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if yourbatteries run out during image transfer.

4Installing the Software

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Install the required software as follows.
On Windows 2000 or Windows XP, login as an administrator before
installing the software. See your PC user's manual for login instructions.

Turn on your PC.
Place the provided CD-ROM (S-SW8) in your PC
CD-ROM drive.
The [PENTAX Software Installer] screen is displayed.

WINDOWS

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When the [PENTAX Software Installer] screen is not displayed
Display the [PENTAX Software Installer] screen as follows:
1) Double-click [My Computer] on the Desktop screen.
2) Double-click the CD-ROM drive (S-SW8) icon.
3) Double-click the [Setup.exe] icon.

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Click your applicable language.
The software installation selection
screen is displayed.
You can choose a languages from thefollowing: English, French, German,Spanish, Italian and Japanese.

Installing the USB Driver4

Click [USB Driver].
The Setup screen is displayed.
Follow the instructions on the screen
to install the software.

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Click [Finish].
After the setup screen closes, reboot
your computer.

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6With the camera turned off, connect the camera to thePC using the USB cable.
Confirm that the CF card is inserted in the camera.

WINDOWS

7Turn on the camera.
The desktop screen will display [Found new hardware] (Windows XP)
or [New Hardware Found] (Windows 98/98SE/2000), and the USB
driver will be installed.

8Double-click [My Computer] on the Desktop screen.
When the installation is complete, the camera is recognized as a[Removable disk]. Open [My Computer] and confirm that [RemovableDisk] is displayed.
In Windows XP, if the CF card has a volume label, the volume label
name will be displayed instead of [Removable disk]. A new CF card
unformatted on the camera may show the manufacturer name or modelnumber.

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Installing ACDSee™
Once ACDSee™ is installed, you can edit and manage your pictures on
your PC.
Follow steps 1 through 3 on page 5 to display the [PENTAX Software
Installer] screen.

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Click [ACDSee™].

Installing ACD photostitcher

WINDOWS

The Setup screen is displayed. Follow the instructions on the screen to
input registration information and install the software. When installationis complete, reboot your computer.

ACD photostitcher is only for the English version and the Japaneseversion.
Once ACD photostitcher is installed, you can view the pictures you tookin Panorama Assist mode as panorama pictures on your PC.
Follow steps 1 through 3 on page 5 to display the [PENTAX Software
Installer] screen.
Confirm that ACDSee™ is installed before installing ACD photostitcher.

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Click on [ACD photostitcher].
The Setup screen is displayed. Follow the instructions on the screen
to input registration information and install the software.
When installation is complete, the [PENTAX Software Installer]
screen is displayed again. Click [Exit] to exit the program.

7Displaying and Copying Images UsingACDSee™

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Turn on your PC.
With the camera turned off, connect the camera to thePC using the USB cable.
Confirm that the CF card is inserted in the camera.

WINDOWS

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Turn on your camera.
ACDSee™ will start automatically, and display an image list. Proceedto step 5.

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If ACDSee™ does not start
automatically, double-click
the ACDSee™ icon on theDesktop screen.
The camera is recognized as a[Removable Disk] in [My Computer].
The camera images are in the [MyComputer] → [Removable Disk] (orvolume label name if the CF card has one) → [DCIM] → [XXXPENTX](XXX is a three-digit number) folder.
An image list is displayed.

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Select an image to view from the image list.
Double-click the image you selected. A full-size image is displayed.

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6Copy images to your PC.
Select an image to copy from the image list, and copy it to thedestination folder. For details on copying procedures, see the user’s
manual for your PC.
You can copy images on Explorer as well, which is bundled withWindows.

ACD photostitcher is only for the English version and the Japaneseversion.
With ACDSee™ and ACD photostitcher installed, you can panorama
stitch the images you took in Panorama Assist mode.
The folder and image names displayed on the explanatory screenshots
will differ according to the setup of your PC.

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Panorama Image Stitching with ACD
photostitcher

Run ACDSee™.
Select the images for panorama stitching from theimage list.
Press the [Ctrl] key on the keyboard while clicking on pictures toselect multiple images.
After selecting the images, click the [ACD photostitcher] button on thetoolbar.
The [ACD photostitcher] button is not enabled if two or more images
are selected.
2 [ACD photostitcher] button
1 Select images

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Correct the image positioning.
ACD photostitcher starts, and the selected images are displayed in
panorama format.
Move the mouse pointer onto the image. It changes into a e symbol.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag the images to adjust thestitching position.
When the position is adjusted, click the [STITCH] button.

WINDOWS

2 Click the[STITCH] button.

1 Click and drag toadjust position

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Select the stitching method.
You can choose the stitching method from [Big Plane] and [Cylinder].
Here, you will create a flat panorama. Click the [Big Plane] button.
A confirmation message is displayed. Click OK.
Click [Big Plane].

105Trim the image.
Move the mouse pointer onto an image. It changes into a  symbol.
Hold down the left mouse button and drag the dotted lines to adjust
the image trimming position.
When the position is adjusted, click the [Trimming] button.

1 Trim the image.

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2 Click the [Trimming]button.

Save the image.
After confirming your trimming, click the [Save] button to save theimage. To cancel the trimming, click the [Cancel Trimming] button.
When you are done, close ACD photostitcher and ACDSee™.
Click the [Save] button.

[Cancel Trimming] button

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Disconnecting your Camera from your PC
Windows 2000/Me

1

Double-click the [Unplug oreject hardware icon] in thetask bar recognized area.

WINDOWS

The [Remove Hardware] screen willappear.

2

Confirm that [Pentax USB
Disk Device] is selected andclick [Stop].
The [Stop Hardware Device] screen
will appear.

3

Confirm that [Pentax USB
Disk Device] is selected andclick [OK].
A message will appear.

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512Click [OK].
Turn off the camera anddisconnect the USB cablefrom your camera and your PC.

Windows XP

Double-click the [Safely
Remove Hardware] icon in thetask bar recognized area.

2

Click [PENTAX USB DISK
Device] and click [Stop].

3

Click [PENTAX USB DISK
Device Drive] and click [OK].

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When a message is displayed
permitting removal, turn thecamera off and disconnect theUSB cable from your cameraand PC.

WINDOWS

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Windows 98/98 SE
There is no hot plug icon in Windows 98/98 SE. To disconnect thecamera, simply turn off the camera and disconnect the USB cable.

13Viewing Images on a Macintosh
You can use the provided USB cable (I-USB2) or a card reader to send
your images to the PC, and you can edit and print your images using
the image viewing software. Here, the method for viewing images withthe provided software (S-SW8) is explained.

Software Provided
The following software is included in the CD-ROM provided.
• USB driver• Image viewing software (ACDSee™)

System Requirements• OS: Mac OS 8.6 or higher (requires QuickTime 4.0 or higher)• CPU: PowerPC 266MHz or higher• Memory: 8MB minimum• Hard Disk space: 6MB minimum• USB port must be standard equipment
We recommend using the AC Adapter D-AC5 when connecting yourcamera to your PC. Your image data could be corrupted if yourbatteries run out during image transfer.

MACINTOSH

Installing the Software
Install the required software as follows.

12Turn on your Macintosh.

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Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW8) icon.

Place the provided CD-ROM (S-SW8) in your Macintosh
CD-ROM drive.
Double-click the [Install ACDSee™] icon.
Double-click the [Master Installer] alias icon.
The [PENTAX Software Installer] screen will appear.

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Click your applicablelanguage.
The software installation selection
screen will appear.

Installing the USB Driver (Mac OS 8.6 only)

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Click [USB Driver].
The USB driver is installed.
When installation is complete, reboot
your Macintosh.

The provided USB driver does not need to be installed on Mac OS 9.0
or higher.

Installing ACDSee™

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Click [ACDSee™].
The Setup screen is displayed. Follow the instructions on the screen
to input registration information and install the software.
When installation is complete, reboot your Macintosh.

MACINTOSH

Once ACDSee™ is installed, you can edit and organize your pictures
on your PC.

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Displaying and Copying Images UsingACDSee™

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Turn on your Macintosh.
With the camera turned off, connect the camera to theMacintosh using the USB cable.
Confirm that the CF card is inserted in the camera.

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Turn on your camera.
The camera is recognized as an [untitled] on thedesktop. The folder name can be changed.

MACINTOSH

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Click the [ACDSee™] on the hard drive.
Double-click the [ACDSee™] program icon.
Open the camera folder with ACDSee™.
The camera images are in the [My Computer] → [Removable Disk](or volume label name if the CF card has one) → [DCIM] →[XXXPENTX] (XXX is a three-digit number) folder.

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Select the image to view from the image list.
Double-click the image you selected. A full-size image is displayed.

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8Copy images to your Macintosh.
See your Macintosh user’s manual for how to copy or move files.
Please copy images to your Macintosh before editing them.
If the CF memory card has a volume label, the volume label name will
be displayed instead of “untitled”. A new CF card unformatted on thecamera may show the manufacturer name or model number.

Disconnecting your Camera from yourMacintosh

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Drag [untitled] (or the volume label name on the CFcard) to your trash.

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Disconnect the USB cable from your camera and yourMacintosh.

MACINTOSH
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