: Protecting Images
You can protect important images so that they cannot be erased by the camera (pp. 28, 118).
Select :.
●Press the m button to select : in the FUNC. menu, then press the m button again.
Make the setting.
●Press the qrbuttons or turn the  dial, select [Protect] and press the m button.
XOnce set, 
will appear on the screen.
If you format the memory card (p. 52), protected images will also be erased.
• Protected images cannot be erased with the camera’s erase function. To erase an image, cancel protection first.
•You can also protect images using the following method. Press the nbutton, select the 1tab, select [Protect]. Press the mbutton to select [Select] and press the m button again, then press the qr
buttons to select an image and press the m button.
Select Range
Select [Protect].
●Press the nbutton, select the 1tab and [Protect], and then press the m button.
Select [Select Range].
●Press the op buttons or turn the Â
dial, select [Select Range] and press the m button.
●Follow Steps 2 and 3 on p. 119 to select images.
