Creating A New Folder; Selecting The Recording Folder; Formatting The Memory Card - Sony Alpha DSLR-A560 Instruction Manual

Creating a new folder

You can create a folder in a memory card for recording images.
A new folder is created with a number incremented one higher than the
largest number currently used, and the folder becomes the current recording
folder. A folder for still images and a folder for movies are created at the
same time.
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Notes
• When you insert a memory card that was used with other equipment into the camera
and shoot images, a new folder may be automatically created.
• Up to 4 000 images can be stored in a folder. When the folder capacity is exceeded, a
new folder is created automatically.

Selecting the recording folder

When a standard form folder is selected and there are two or more folders,
you can select the recording folder to be used to record images.
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desired folder
Notes
• You cannot select the folder when you select the setting [Date Form].
• Movie (MP4) files are stored in the folder that has the same folder number as the
folder you selected for still images.

Formatting the memory card

Note that formatting irrevocably erases all data on a memory card,
including protected images.
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Notes
• During the format, the access lamp lights up. Do not eject the memory card while the
lamp is lit.
• Format the memory card using the camera. If you format it on a computer, the
memory card may not be usable with the camera, depending on the format type used.
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