Canon 550D Installing and Removing the SD Card, Installing the Card Open the cover

Installing and Removing the SD Card

The captured images are recorded onto the card (sold separately).

Make sure the card’s write protect switch is set upward to enable writing/erasing.

Installing the Card

1 Open the cover.

Slide the cover as shown by the arrow to open it.

Write protect switch 2

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Insert the card.

As shown by the illustration, face the card’s label side toward you and insert it until it clicks in place.

Close the cover.

Close the cover and slide it in the direction shown by the arrow until it snaps shut.

When you set the power switch to

<1>, the number of possible shots will be displayed on the LCD monitor.

Possible shots

The number of possible shots depends on the remaining capacity of the card, image-recording quality, ISO speed, etc.

Setting the [1Release shutter without card] menu option to [Disable] will prevent you from forgetting to install a card (p.138).

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