How to take and store your photograph


To take your photographs please use the Kodak DC50 Digital Still Camera. You will store the photographs in the Macintosh located in McB 110.

  1. Turn on the camera by sliding the front cover outside.
  2. picture of the back of the Kodak cameraBefore taking the photographs, do not set the image quality in the camera to higher than medium quality (see picture on the right). You can check the settings on the display located in the back of the camera.
  3. Take the photographs. The shutter is the violet button on top. Please note that you cannot take a new photograph until the light green on the back is off.
  4. Turn off the camera and then connect it to the computer with the black cable that comes from the Mac printer port.
  5. To download the pictures, open the Kodak Photo Enhancer program. The program icon is located in the Mac desktop.
  6. Download the photographs by choosing View slides in Camera from the Camera menu in Kodak Photo Enhancer.
  7. Cut the area of the photograph you are interested in. Since McB 110 has fluorescent tubes, you may also wish to apply the Fluorescent color correction filter, located in the SmartPix menu.
  8. Resize the photograph to about 144 pixels a side (2 inches at 72 pixels per inch). No side of the photograph should be greater than 144 pixels.
  9. Save the photograph in the folder named CS4624 in the hard disk named "Attic" in JPEG format. Name the photograph with the first letter of your first name followed by your lastname WITH NO SPACES in between, and add the .jpg extension to the name. For example, if your name is Fernando Das Neves, then photograph name will be fdasneves.jpg.

For more information about the camera and the software, check the DC50 Camera Documentation Page.

Note: It may save time for you to take photos in class, have the GTA load the photos in raw form to the Mac, and then for you to do the rest in the lab, since we keep the camera locked up. Be sure to write your name as above on the sheet handed around with the camera, noting the order of the photos. Be sure to use good photographic methods, watching especially for a good background (e.g., do not shoot into the sun).

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