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               Canon Utilities File Viewer Utility  
                         ReadMe File

                          Version 1.2.0
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                  Copyright (c) 2003 Canon Inc.
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Congratulations on your purchase of a Canon camera!
This ReadMe file presents the latest information about 
Canon Utilities File Viewer Utility.
Be sure to read it before using File Viewer Utility. 

Additionally, you can use the URL provided below to view the latest
information.

   http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/readme/index-e.html
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CONTENTS
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1. Communicating with a Canon camera
2. About Windows 98SE
3. Rotated RAW+JPEG images
4. Connecting to an EOS digital camera
5. Saving TIFF (16-bits/channel) files
6. Using an EOS-1D camera 



1. Communicating with a Canon camera
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(1) Do not put your computer in Standby mode while a Canon camera is 
connected to the USB or IEEE1394 port. 
If you accidentally put your computer in Standby mode while a Canon camera 
is connected to the USB or IEEE1394 port, leave the camera connected to the 
computer and bring the computer out of Standby mode. 
Unplugging the cable from the computer while in Standby mode may cause some 
computers to fail to come out of Standby mode correctly. See the user manual
for your computer for more information about Standby mode. 

(2) File Viewer Utility cannot connect to a camera that is currently in 
communication with another application. 
If the camera is communicating with other software, exit the application 
that is communicating with the camera, and restart File Viewer Utility. 

(3) When connected to a camera with File Viewer Utility running, 
File Viewer Utility regularly communicates with the camera. 
Do not use the camera controls, remove the memory card or battery,
or unplug the communications cable while the software and the camera are 
in communication. 
These actions may cause misoperation on some PCs. 
Exit File Viewer Utility before performing these actions.

(4) If the icon for the connected camera does not display in the folder 
tree area, check that the camera is on and the cable connected and click 
the [Refresh] button.


2. About Windows 98SE
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(1) For more stable operations, we recommend that users connecting a camera 
with an IEEE1394 interface to a computer running Windows 98SE download and 
install the following update program from the Microsoft web site. 

    "Windows 98 Second Edition 1394 Storage Supplement"

(2) If you connect a camera to a computer running Windows 98SE, set 
the Auto Power Off setting to [Off].  


3. Rotated RAW+JPEG images
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Software applications other than File Viewer Utility handle RAW+JPEG images 
as two independent images. 
As a result, if you rotate the RAW image and the JPEG image at different 
angles in other software, you may not be able to display the rotation angles
correctly in File Viewer Utility. 
If this happens, using the software originally used to set the image 
rotation, change the rotation angles for the RAW image and the JPEG image to
the same angle to display the images correctly in File Viewer Utility. 


4. Connecting to an EOS digital camera
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1) You cannot communicate with a camera when the camera LCD monitor is on. 
If the LCD monitor is on, turn it off by pressing the shutter button 
halfway, and then connect the camera. 

2) When you connect a camera, set the camera Auto Power Off setting to 2 or 
more minutes or [Off]. 


5. Saving TIFF (16-bits/channel) files
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Images saved in TIFF (16 bits/channel) format do not display correctly in 
Thumbnails view in Windows Explorer. 


6. Using an EOS-1D camera 
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1) Displaying image information
  The shutter speed time information added to an image is not recorded 
accurately for extended exposures of 100 or more minutes. 

2) 8-bit linear images
  If you retouch RAW images shot with an EOS-1D after transferring and 
saving them as 8-bit linear images, there may be noticeable noise in the 
shadow areas when you correct the images. 
We recommend using 16-bit mode if you want to transfer and save linear 
images. 


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