Camera Name—Why would you want to give a camera a name? Because it’s so impersonal calling it “Hey, camera.” Also, the camera name is included in every picture file. You can also set this setting through the Capture mode settings on the camera.

Firmware Version—A read-only field that displays the camera’s firmware version number. You can also view the camera firmware version on the LCD by turning the Mode Dial to INFO.

File Type—The file format in which the camera will store all future

pictures. You can choose JPEG (.jpg), which can be used by many software programs, or FLASHPIX (.fpx). FLASHPIX offers great benefits such as speed in displaying your pictures and the ability to undo and redo edits in software programs such as Picture Easy. You can also set this setting through the Capture settings on the camera.

Camera Date and Time—This date and time are assigned to each picture that you take. You can set it to the same date and time as on your computer

by clicking the Set to Computer Date and Time checkbox. You can also set this setting through the Capture mode settings on the camera.

Computer Date and Time—A read-only display of the time and date as it is set on the computer to which the camera is connected.

The remaining General Property settings are available only after you click the ADVANCED button.

Power status—The current power status. This field displays an AC Power icon when you are using the AC Adapter or an icon indicating the level of the camera’s battery charge.

Time-out SettingsAC Power Off After turns the camera off after a period of inactivity when using AC power. Battery Power Off After turns the camera off after a period of inactivity when using battery power.

Quick View Display Off After defines how long a newly captured picture is displayed before the LCD turns off.

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