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PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 Update (for Windows / Macintosh)

Thank you for using PENTAX digital SLR camera.
PENTAX wishes to announce the release of the Updater for update the PENTAX PHOTO Browser and PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory for version 3.
This Updater will support the *istD series users to be able to use the current software that attached with K100D camera, and even improved some function of current software.
For correct update, you are required to be installed previous version of PENTAX PHOTO Browser2, PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory2 before hand on your PC. Please download the Updater file on your PC first, and update it.

Name PENTAX PHOTO Browser3, PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory3 ( for Windows) Updater
Registered name Windows: PBLV0302.EXE (36,297 Kbyte), Macintosh: PBLV0302.dmg (58,419 Kbyte)
System requirement OS : Windows 2000 Windows XP Home Edition/Professional / OS Mac OSX 10.2 or later
CPU : Pentium 4 or later
Memory : 512MB or more
Free disk space : 250MB or more
Applied product *ist D, *ist DS,*istDS2, *istDL, *istDL2
Release date 2006/08/08
Copy right PENTAX RICOH IMAGING CO., LTD.
*Only *istD series users are allowed to download this software.
How to Update
  1. Please download and save the file into appropriate folder on your Hard disk
  2. Double click the downloaded file
  3. The Installer will start, following to the installation display
  4. When the installation will be completed and the massage is displayed, click [Finish].

The following points has been added to the version 3
 
PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3 :
* Improved the browser function

Protect ON/OFF setting by one click

* Improved the Slideshow function.
* Addition of Check images pane

All images with check marks in the Thumbnail pane are displayed.

* Addition of [Easy Image Transfer] function

Automatically searches for DCF images in the camera or removable disk drive
connected to the computer and copies the images to the computer.

* Addition of [Extract JPEG] function

Extracts the JPEG data from a selected PENTAX RAW file and saves it as a separate file.

* Addition of conversion function to DNG format

Converts a selected PENTAX RAW file into a DNG RAW file.

* Trimming function of Image in the Main image display
 
PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3 :
* [Noise reduction] function

Removes and reduces random noise and spurious color signals peculiar to digital Cameras (color moire)

* Addition of [Lens aberration correction] function

[Marginal lumination compensation] -- Adjusts marginal lumination of the image.
[Distortion Correction] --- Corrects distortions (lens aberration that photographs straight lines as curved lines).
[Lateral Chromatic Aberration Correction] --- Corrects lateral chromatic aberration in which there is a difference in the image magnification and image size due to different color wavelengths at the image margins.

* Fine adjustment function for Rotate/Shift
* Display Bright Portions / Dark Portions function
* Trimming function of Image
* Addition of print function (Print function from Laboratory)

For detail of instruction, please download the Operating Manual for PENTAX PHOTO Browser 3.0, PENTAX PHOTO Laboratory 3.0 (Software manual for K100D) , Click Here

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