Download Free How To Hack Your Nikon Camera
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- How to Download Pictures From a Nikon Camera. Directly into your computer with the supplied USB cord in order to download pictures from your camera to your hard.
- Open the connector door on the side of your Nikon camera. This will typically be located on the left side of the camera. The door will be marked with the USB icon, which resembles a three-pointed arrow.
Once you've taken the perfect picture with your Nikon camera, the image isn't very useful until you download it to your computer. From there, you can manipulate the photo, post it to your social networking sites or print it to keep in your photo albums. Nikon includes transfer software with many of its cameras to help make the exchange simple and as automated as possible. The View NX 2 software allows you to preview photos in any format, including JPG and RAW.
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Place the View NX 2 installation CD into your computer's CD drive. Click 'Install,' 'Next' and 'OK' to continue and finalize the installation.
Download firmware from Nikon's web site Use Nikon Patch to patch the firmware Put the patched firmware on you memory card Update your camera's firmware in the usual way.
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Download Free How To Hack Your Nikon Cameras
Charge the camera's battery. It doesn't need a full charge, but it must have enough of a charge to remain on while you download photos; shoot for at least a half charge on the camera's battery to ensure it doesn't run out while you're downloading photos.
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Turn on the computer. Connect the camera to the computer using the USB cable. Many Nikon cameras have a mini-USB port, while the computer has a standard USB port. The camera likely came with the appropriate cable.
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Turn on the camera. The computer should automatically launch the Nikon View NX 2 software.
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Click 'Start Transfer' in the View NX 2 window. This will load the photos into the software, where they will be stored unless you move them. Click on the 'Primary Destination' tab to change the folder where you want the photos imported.
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Save the photos to different folders on your computer by clicking on the photos. Press 'Shift' as you click to select multiple photos at once. Click 'File' and 'Save As,' then browse for the appropriate folder. Click 'Save.'
Tips
- If your computer has a card reader, you can eject your memory card from the Nikon camera and insert it into the computer's card port. If it doesn't manually launch View NX 2, go to the Start button, select 'All Programs' and 'View NX 2' to open the software.
- You can view photos in View NX 2 by going to 'File' and 'Open' and browsing for the correct folder.
- View NX 2 automatically downloads all new photos from your camera; you don't have the option to download select photos. However, you can quickly delete unwanted photos by clicking on them in the thumbnail window and hitting 'Delete.'
- To use other photo programs such as Adobe Photoshop or Lightroom, open the software and click 'File' and 'Import.' Choose your camera, which should appear under the device list.
Warning
- Don't disconnect or turn off your Nikon camera while photos are downloading to your computer. You can lose photos that are in the process of being downloaded.
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Whatever photo software you choose to use with the photos you take on your Nikon D3100, D5100, or D7000, you can take the following approaches to downloading images to your computer:
Connect the camera to the computer via a USB cable. The USB cable you need is supplied in the camera box.
Use a memory card reader. With a card reader, you simply pop the memory card out of your camera and into the card reader instead of hooking the camera to the computer. Many computers and printers now have card readers, and you also can buy standalone readers.
Invest in Eye-Fi memory cards and transfer images via a wireless network. You can find out more about these special memory cards and how to set up the card to connect with your computer, at the manufacturer’s website. Your computer must be connected to a wireless network for the transfer technology to work.
Connecting a Nikon DSLR to your computer for picture download
With the USB cable that shipped with your camera, you can connect the camera to your computer and then transfer images directly to the computer’s hard drive.
You need to follow a specific set of steps when connecting the camera to your computer. Otherwise, you can damage the camera or the memory card.
Also note that for your D3100, D5100, or D7000 to communicate with the computer, Nikon suggests that your computer runs one of the following operating systems:
Windows 7, Vista with Service Pack 2, or XP with Service Pack 3 (Home or Professional edition). The program runs as a 32-bit application in 64-bit installations of Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
Mac OS X 10.4.11, 10.5.8, or 10.6.6
With that preamble out of the way, here are the steps to link your computer and camera:
Check the level of the camera battery.
If the battery is low, charge it before continuing. Running out of battery power during the transfer process can cause problems, including lost picture data. Alternatively, if you purchased the optional AC adapter, use that to power the camera during picture transfers.
Turn on the computer and give it time to finish its normal startup routine.
Turn off the camera.
Insert the smaller of the two plugs on the USB cable into the USB port on the side of the camera.
Plug the other end of the cable into the computer’s USB port.
Turn on the camera.
What happens now depends on your computer operating system and what photo software you have installed on that system.
When the download is complete, turn off the camera and then disconnect it from the computer.
Turn off the camera before severing its ties with the computer. Otherwise, you can damage the camera.
Transferring photos from your Nikon D3100, D5100, or D7000 to your computer
After you connect the camera to the computer or insert a memory card into your card reader, your next step depends, again, on the software installed on your computer and the computer operating system.
Here are the most common possibilities and how to move forward:
On a Windows-based computer, a Windows message box appears. The dialog box suggests different programs that you can use to download your picture files.
An installed photo program automatically displays a photo-download wizard. Usually, the downloader that appears is associated with the software that you most recently installed.
Nothing happens. Don’t panic; assuming that your card reader or camera is properly connected, all is probably well. Someone simply may have disabled all the automatic downloaders on your system. Just launch your photo software and then transfer your pictures using whatever command starts that process.
As another option, you can use Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder to drag and drop files from your memory card to your computer’s hard drive.