Saving Images to a Computer using Windows (Windows 7) (Interchangeable-lens Digital Cameras)

You can connect the camera to a computer via a USB cable, and save images to a computer running Windows OS without installing any additional software applications.

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Connect the Camera to the Computer

1. Connect the camera to the computer.

With the camera turned off, open the cover ( ).

With the smaller plug of the cable in the orientation shown, insert the plug fully into the camera terminal ( ).

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Insert the larger plug of the cable in the computer’s USB port.

For details about USB connections on the computer, refer to the computer user manual.

2. Turn on the camera.

Press the ⋖ ⋗ button.

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3. Click the () icon displayed in the [taskbar].

4. The following screen appears.

Double-click [Import pictures and videos] ().

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5. The following screen appears.

6. The following screen appears.

If you want to check the destination where the images will be saved, or the folder name that will be created, click [Import settings]. If you don't need to check these things, proceed to Step 9. (The images are saved in [Pictures] or [My Pictures] by default. The folder name indicates the date the images were imported, such as [2007-10-15])

7. The following screen appears.

Specify the destination where you want to save the images and video.

If you want to change the destination, click [Browse] to change the destination for saving images.

Specify the way you want the folder to be named.

Specify the way you want the file to be named.

For the steps above, make each setting if necessary.

When you have completed and confirmed the settings, click [OK].

If you want to create folders in [Pictures] by the dates that the images are imported, leave the default settings as they are, or make the setting like the ones shown on this screen.

8. The following screen appears when you change the settings.

Click [OK].

9. Now you are back to the following screen.

In the [Tag these pictures] field, you can enter a tag for the images. You can also leave the field blank when importing the image.

Click [Import], and the computer will start importing images from the camera.

If you create tags in advance, you can have the computer to pick out and list images that have the same tag even if the images are saved in different folders. For example, if you create a "holiday" tag, even if images with that tag are saved in different folders, you can list all of those images by selecting that tag. By using this option, you can speed up your image searches. For details, please refer to Windows Help.

10. The following screen appears, and the computer starts to import images from the camera.

11. The following screen appears after images are imported, and the imported images are displayed.

This completes the process of importing images to a PC.