Automated Playback Slide Show, Starting a Slide Show

Automated Playback (Slide Show)

Slide show image settings are based on DPOF standards (p. 134).

Starting a Slide Show

All images or a selection of images on a CF card can be displayed one-by-one in an automated slide show.

All Images	Plays all the images on the CF card in order

Slide Show 1 - 3	Plays the images selected for each show in order.

1 In the [ (Replay)] menu, select [Slide

Show] and press the button.

•See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 42).

2 Press the C or D arrow on the omni selector to select [Program]. Press the B or A arrow to select between [All Images] or any one of slide [Show 1]-[Show 3].

3 Press the C or D arrow on the omni selector

to select [Start] and press the button.

•The slide show will start and automatically stop when the show is done.

Pausing and Resuming a Slide Show

•Press the button to pause the show. Press it again to resume.

Fast Forward / Rewinding a Slide Show

•Turn the main dial or use the B or A arrow on the omni selector to move to the previous or next image.

Stopping a Slide Show

•Press the button during a slide show to stop it and display the slide show menu.

4	When the slide show is over, press the	button.
4	• The slide show menu appears again. Press the	button again to close

the menu.

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G3 specifications

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