FORMATTING A CARD

A card must be formatted with this camera:

i After purchasing, when used for the first time, or

i If it was formatted using a personal computer or another digital camera. The card cannot be formatted if the lock switch is set to the “LOCK” position. Proceed with the format procedure after setting the lock switch to the unlocked position.

1 Display the Option Setting Menu (page 142).

2 Select “FORMAT”, and press the SET button.

hIn normal use, a full format is not necessary. However, in case a card error occurs even after normal formatting, executing a

full format may resolve the problem.

FORMAT:

A normal formatting is executed.

FULL FORMAT:

The entire card is scanned and formatted. (When there is little battery power remaining, this setting cannot be selected.)

FORMAT

FORMAT

FULL FORMAT

OK

3 Select the desired format option, and press the SET button.

hA confirmation screen appears.

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