INITIALIZING THE CARD MEMORY AND INTERNAL MEMORY

The supplied card must be formatted with this camera. In addition, 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.

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 (page 114).3 Select the format icon 1, and

press the SET button.

FORMAT

h The screen to select the type of

 

 

 

FORMAT THE CARD

 

format appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

h In normal use, a full format is not

 

 

 

FORMAT

necessary. However, in case a card

 

 

 

FULL FORMAT

error occurs even after normal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

formatting, executing a full format

 

 

 

EXIT

may resolve the problem.

 

 

<With card installed>

FORMAT:

 

 

A normal formatting is executed.

 

 

 

 

 

FULL FORMAT:

 

 

 

 

 

The entire card is scanned and

 

 

 

FORMAT

reformatted. It is not possible to

 

 

 

 

 

select this when there is no card

 

 

FORMAT INTERNAL MEMORY

 

installed, or when the remaining

 

 

 

 

 

battery charge is low.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FORMAT

 

 

 

 

EXIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<No card installed>

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