Using Instant Approval Architecture - Hasselblad 503CW User Manual

Using Instant Approval Architecture

The Instant Approval Architecture system helps you to classify your images as quickly as
you take them. It works by supplying immediate audio feedback, which tells you instantly
whether each new picture is exposed correctly or likely to be over- or underexposed.
Thereafter, the system enables you to assign each image one of three status levels. Though
you can use the system any way you like, the intention (based on the 'traffic light' principle)
is that you should assign the levels as follows:
• GREEN for your best shots.
• YELLOW ( AMBER )
• RED for images that you are unlikely to use.
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Please note, when the current storage medium is full, red-status images will be deleted
(one at a time) to make room for new shots. You can continue shooting until no red-status
images remain; if you then try to take additional new shots you will get a medium-full
message.
Image File Name
Green images start with "A"
Yellow images start with "B"
Red images start with "C"
Press the approve button to
change the status of the cur-
rently selected image
Press and hold the approve but-
ton to change the status of the
currently selected image
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Please note the two different actions of pressing (or quickly clicking) the approve button
to change the status and pressing and holding to change the browse filter!
One of the greatest advantages of digital photography compared to film is that it costs no
more to shoot 100 images than it does to shoot one. Photographers therefore tend to take
many more pictures when shooting digitally. By assigning approval levels as you work, it can
be much easier to sort through and select images when you get back to your computer.
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for images that need closer inspection.
Current approval status (green) and
browse-filter setting (show all)
Show all
Show green and yellow only
Show green only
Show yellow only
Show red only