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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 irrevocably erases all data on a “Memory Stick Duo”, including even protected images.

1Select [Format] with v/V/b/B 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. The format is completed.

To cancel the 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/b/B 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”.

•Images are recorded in the newly created folder until a different folder is created or selected.

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

•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 81).

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