Nikon 5900 Digital Camera User Manual


 
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Viewing Pictures on a Computer
Using the UC-E6 USB cable and PictureProject software provided with your
camera, you can transfer photographs and movies to a computer and view
them. Before pictures can be transferred (copied) to your computer, Picture-
Project must be installed. For information on installing PictureProject, see the
Quick Start Guide and the PictureProject Reference Manual (on CD).
Setting the USB Option on the Camera
Before connecting the camera to a computer, set the USB option according
to the method for transfer.
Pictures can be copied from the camera to the computer by:
Pressing the (Transfer ) Button on the camera
Clicking the Transfer button in PictureProject
Which method you will use depends on your computer’s
operating system and the USB option selected in the Set-up
menu of the camera. Set the USB option by referring to the
table
(65) and the procedure (66).
* The camera (Transfer ) Button can not be used when the memory card
write protect switch is in the lock position.
Slide the switch to “write” position when transferring pictures ( 13).
**Pictures stored in the memory cannot be transferred with the camera
(Transfer ) Button. Use the Transfer button in PictureProject, or copy the
pictures in the memory to the memory card ( 113) and then transfer the pic-
tures to the computer.
Operating system
Pictures transferred using:
Camera (Trans-
fer ) Button*
PictureProject
Transfer button
Windows XP Home Edition
Windows XP Professional
Choose Mass storage
or PTP.
Choose Mass storage
or PTP.
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
Choose
Mass storage**.
Choose Mass storage.
Mac OS X (10.1.5 or later) Choose PTP.
Choose Mass storage
or PTP.
(Transfer
) Button