Nikon D40 Highlight Format memory card, Display options Highlight Yes, Formatting Memory Cards

2Memory cards must be formatted in the camera before first use. Note that formatting memory cards permanently deletes all photographs and other data they may contain. Be sure all data you wish to keep have been copied to another storage device before for- matting the card.

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Turn camera on.

Display menus.*

* If menu item is highlighted, press multi selector left to highlight icon for current menu.

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Highlight .

Position cursor in setup menu.

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Highlight Format memory card.

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Display options.

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Highlight Yes.

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Format card. Do not turn camera off or remove card or battery until formatting is complete and setup menu is displayed.

Formatting Memory Cards

Use the camera Format memory card option to format memory cards. Performance may drop if cards are formatted in a computer.

The Write Protect Switch

SD cards are equipped with a write protect switch to prevent accidental loss of data. When this switch is in the “lock” position, the camera will dis- play a message to warn that photos can not be recorded or deleted and the memory card can not be formatted.

Write-protect switch

Introduction: First Steps

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