Pentax OPTIO 550 User manual

Digital Camera

Operating Manual

To ensure the best performance from

your camera, please read the Operating

Manual before using the camera.

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Playback/Erasing

Installing the image processing software

Turn your Macintosh on.

Insert the CD-ROM (S-SW7) into the CD-ROM drive.

Double-click the CD-ROM (S-SW7) icon.

Double-click the [Master Installer] icon.

Double-click the [Master Installer] alias icon.

The PENTAX Software Installer screen will appear.

Click the applicable language.

The screen for selecting the soft-

ware you want to install will be

displayed.

Install ACDSee™

When you have installed ACDSee™, you can edit recorded

images on your Macintosh.

Click [ACDSee™].

The Setup screen will appear.

Follow the on-screen instructions to enter the registration

information and install the software.

When installation is finished, reboot your Macintosh.

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Playback/Erasing

Displaying and copying images using ACDSee™

Turn your Macintosh on

Make sure the camera is turned off and connect it to

your Macintosh with the USB cable.

Make sure that there is an SD Memory Card/MultiMedia

Card in the camera.

Turn your camera on.

Your camera can be found on the

desktop as [untitled]. You can

change the folder name.

Click the [ACDSee™] folder on the hard drive.

Double-click the [ACDSee™] program icon.

Open the camera folder.

Camera images can be found in [untitled (or the name on

the volume label on the SD Memory Card/MultiMedia Card,

if there is one)] →[DCIM] →[XXXPENTX]. (XXX is a 3-digit

number.)

Select the image you want to view from the list.

Double-click the selected image to enlarge it to full-screen

display.

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Playback/Erasing

Copy the image to your Macintosh.

Refer to the operating manual for your Macintosh for instructions

on copying or moving files.

Before editing an image, copy it to your Macintosh first.

If there is a volume label on the SD Memory Card/MultiMedia

Card, the name on the volume label will be displayed instead of

[untitled]. If the card is unformatted, the manufacturer and type

of card may be displayed.

Disconnecting the camera from your Macintosh

Drag the [untitled (or the name on the volume label on

the SD Memory Card/MultiMedia Card, if there is one]

folder on the desktop to Trash.

Unplug the USB cable from your Macintosh and camera.

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Editing/Settings

Changing the Image Size

By changing the size and quality of a selected image, you can

make the file smaller than the original. After changing the size,

the image can be saved as a new image or written over the

original image.

zPress the Menu/Fn button.

xPress the four-way controller ().

The [ Playback] menu will be displayed.

cPress the four-way controller () to select [Resize].

vPress the four-way controller ().

The Resize screen will be displayed.

bUse the four-way controller ( ) to choose the image

you want to resize.

Editing/Settings

Editing Images

Four-way controller

OK button

Menu/Fn button

100-0020100-0020

MENU OK

OkExit OkExit

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nPress the OK button.

mPress the four-way controller () to select [Recorded

pixels].

,Press the four-way controller ().

The frame will move to [Quality Level].

.Press the four-way controller () to select [Quality

Level].

⁄0 Press the OK button.

⁄1 Press the four-way controller () to select [Overwrite]

or [Save as].

⁄2 Press the OK button.

The image will be resized.

• Movie pictures cannot be resized.

• You cannot select a larger size than that of the original

image.

• You cannot select a higher quality level than that of the origi-

nal image.

• TIFF images cannot be resized.

100-0020100-0020

Select resolution

and quality

MENU OK

Quality Level

Recorded Pixels

640×480

OkExit OkExit

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Editing/Settings

Trimming Images

You can trim part of a picture and save it as a separate image.

zPress the Menu/Fn button.

xPress the four-way controller ().

The [ Playback] menu will be displayed.

cPress the four-way controller () to select [Trimming].

vPress the four-way controller ().

The image that can be trimmed.

bChoose the image you want to trim with the four-way

controller ().

nPress the OK button.

The trimming screen will be dis-

played.

mTrim the image.

Operations available on the Trimming

screen.

Zoom/ / button : Changes the size of the

image

Display button : Switches between horizontal

and vertical

Four-way controller

() : Moves the trimming position

up, down, right and left

Menu/Fn button : Returns to the screen for

selecting an image to be

trimmed

,Press the OK button.

.Select the quality level after trim-

ming with the four-way controller

().

⁄0 Press the OK button.

The trimmed image will be saved as

a separate image.

• Movie pictures cannot be trimmed.

• You cannot select a higher quality than that of the original

image.

• TIFF images cannot be trimmed.

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100-0020100-0020

MENU OK

Exit OK

SizeSize

DISP

RotateRotate

Exit OK

Select image quality

100-0020100-0020

MENU OK

Quality Level

OkExit OkExit

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Editing/Settings

Caution

How to recall [ Set-up] menu

Camera Settings

Formatting a SD Memory Card/MultiMediaCard

Formatting will delete all the data on the SD Memory

Card/MultiMediaCard.

• Do not remove the SD Memory Card/MultiMediaCard

while the card is being formatted. The card may be dam-

aged and become unusable.

• SD Memory Cards/MultiMedia Cards formatted on a PC

or device other than the camera cannot be used. Be sure

to format the card with the camera.

• Formatting will delete protected data too.

Select [Format] on the [ Set-up] menu.

Press the four-way controller ().

The Format screen will be displayed.

Select [Format] with the four-way controller ().

Press the OK button.

Formatting will start. When formatting is completed,

the camera is ready to capture or play back images.

Four-way controller

OK button

Menu button

Rec. Mode

Wide

AWB

Auto

2592 1944

Recorded Pixels

Quality Level

White Balance

Focusing Area

AE Metering

Sensitivity

1/3

Exit

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Editing/Settings

Changing the Sound Settings

You can change the volume of the start-up sound, shutter sound

and operation sounds. You can also change the type of each

sound.

Changing the volume

Select [Sound] on the [ Set-up] menu.

Press the four-way controller ().

The Sound screen will be displayed.

Use the four-way controller () to

change the volume.

Press the OK button twice.

The camera is ready to capture or

play back images.

Set-up

Format

Sound

Date Style

mm.dd.yy

1/ 1/2003

Date Adjust

World Time

Language/

English

Off

1/3

Exit

Volume

Start-up Sound

Shutter Sound

Operation Sound 1

Sound

Exit

Twice

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