Nikon 27697, 27706, 27698, 27699, 27696 manual Date Imprint, Date Counter

Date Imprint Date imprint

This option is used to imprint date information on pictures as they are taken. It can not be used to imprint date information on existing pictures.

Option	Description
Off	Time and date do not appear on pictures.
Date	Date is imprinted on pictures taken while this option is in effect.
Date and time	Date and time are imprinted on pictures taken while this option
	is in effect.
Date counter	Time stamp shows number of days between date of shooting
	and selected date.

Date Counter

Pictures taken while this option is in effect are imprinted with the number of days remaining until or the number of days elapsed since a specified date. Days remaining are indicated by ▲. Selecting this item displays the following options:

Option	Description
Store up to three dates between Jan. 1 1910 and
		STORED DATES
Dec. 31 2037. To set date, highlight, press multi		04.20.2005
Stored dates selector to right, and enter date as described in
		----.--.--
“Basic Setup” (	12–13). To select existing date,	----.--.--
highlight and press center of multi selector.		Exit Confirm

Display

Choose date format from Number of days, Years and days, or Yrs,

mnths, days. Press multi selector up or down to highlight option,

options

press center to select.

Date Imprint

Data imprinted at an Image mode setting of TV screen (640) may be difficult to read. Choose a setting of PC screen (1024) or larger when using the date imprint option ( 59).

Regardless of the setting chosen, the date is not imprinted in movie mode ( 36) or when , , or (except for sport composite) is selected in scene mode ( 22), Continuous is selected for Continuous, or On is selected for BSS ( 61, 63).

Imprinted data form a permanent part of the image and will appear whenever the im- age is printed, regardless of whether the date option is chosen in the Print set menu. At settings other than Off, a date imprint icon appears in the shooting display during shooting ( 4–5).

The date is recorded in the order selected in the DATE menu. Date imprint can not be selected if the camera clock has not been set ( 12–13).

The Setup Menu

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