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Memory Tool — Memory Stick Tool

This item appears only when a “Memory Stick Duo” is inserted in the camera.

Format

Formats the “Memory Stick Duo”. A commercially available “Memory Stick Duo” is already formatted, and can be used immediately.

•Note that formatting permanently erases all data on a “Memory Stick Duo”, including even protected images.

1Select [Format] with v/V on the control button, then press z. The message “All data on Memory Stick will be erased” appears.

2Select [OK] with v, then press z. Formatting starts.

To cancel formatting

Select [Cancel] in step 2, then press z.

Create REC.Folder

Creates a folder in a “Memory Stick Duo” for recording images.

1Select [Create REC.Folder] with v/V on the control button, then press z. The folder creation screen appears.

2Select [OK] with v, then press z.

A new folder is created with a number incremented one higher than the largest number, and the folder becomes the current recording folder.

To cancel the folder creation

Select [Cancel] in step 2, then press z.

•When not creating a new folder, the “101MSDCF” folder is selected as the recording folder.

•You can create folders designated up to “999MSDCF”.

•You cannot delete a folder with the camera. To delete a folder, use your computer, etc.

•Images are recorded in the newly created folder until you create another folder or select another recording folder.

•Up to 4,000 images can be stored in one folder. When the folder capacity is exceeded, a new folder is automatically created.

•For details, see “Image file storage destinations and file names” (page 115).

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