INITIALIZING THE CARD MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY

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 reformatted if the lock switch is set to the “LOCK” position. Proceed with the reformat procedure after setting the lock switch to the unlocked position (see page 67).

1 To reformat a card, install it in the camera. To reformat the camera’s internal memory, remove the card from the camera.

2 Display the Option Screen (see page 81).
3 Select the format icon , and press the SET button.

hThe Format Screen appears.

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 reformatted. It is not possible to select this when there is no card installed, or when the remaining battery charge is low.

FORMATFORMAT THE CARD

FORMAT

FULL FORMAT

EXIT

<With card installed>

FORMAT

FORMAT INTERNALMEMORY

FORMAT

EXIT

<No card installed>

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