Installing and Removing the CF Card

Removing the Card

1 Open the cover.

¡ Set the Power switch to <2>. ¡ Check that the “buSY” message is

not displayed on the LCD panel. ¡ Make sure the access lamp is off,

Access lamp

then open the cover.

2 Remove the CF card. ¡ Press the Eject button.

s The CF card will be ejected. ¡ Close the cover.

¡ A blinking access lamp indicates that data is being transferred or read, written, or erased on the CF card. Never do the following while the access lamp is lit or blinking. Such actions may destroy the image data. It may also damage the CF card or camera.

•Shaking or banging the camera around.

•Opening the CF card slot cover.

•Removing the battery.

¡If you use a CF card already containing recorded images, the images recorded thereafter by the camera might be appended with a file number that continues on from the images already recorded on the CF card.

If you want to start the file numbering from 0001, set [Auto reset] for the file numbering (p.67), then use a newly formatted CF card.

¡If “Err CF” (Error CF) is displayed on the LCD panel, see page 118.

¡If you use a low-capacity CF card, it might not be able to record large images.

¡Compared to CF cards, Microdrive cards are more vulnerable to vibration and physical shock. If you use a Microdrive, be careful not to subject the camera to vibration or physical shock especially while recording or displaying images.

On the menu, if you set the [cShoot w/o card] to [Off], it will prevent you from shooting without a CF card. (p.41)

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