Panasonic DMC-FS42 Software Guide

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Acquiring and displaying pictures  Acquiring pictures to PC

™ Set the memory card of acquisition source.

1 Select the drive of acquisition source.

2 Put a mark on the picture to be acquired.

• Right-click the thumbnail of any picture and select 

[Properties], and you can see the picture information.

3 Check the acquisition destination folder.

• When you change the folder to save the acquired 

pictures, click [Change] to select the desired folder.

4 Select the distribution condition.

Pictures are divided and saved in subfolder depending 

on the selected condition.

A Pictures will be saved in the subfolder of the picture 

acquisition date (today’s date).

B Pictures will be divided and saved depending on the 

picture recording month.

C Pictures will be divided and saved depending on the 

picture recording date.

D Pictures will be saved in the subfolder of entered 

name.

Picture will be acquired according to the setting.
• The following message will be displayed after the 

acquisition from memory card is completed.

The picture file saved to the PC is deleted from the memory 
card, if [Yes] is clicked.
Pictures will remain in memory card, if [No] is clicked.

™ If the message [Insert a memory card containing pictures taken 

by a digital still camera.] appears, check the following:

- Whether the device at acquisition source is firmly connected.
- Whether the power supply of the device is switched ON.
- When acquiring from digital camera, whether the setting is 

done for connection with PC. (For details, refer to the 
operating instructions for the digital camera.)

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