Browsing By Approval Status; Deleting By Approval Status; Setting The Default Status - Hasselblad 503CW User Manual

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Note that you can set the camera to filter by approval status as you browse, which means
that some images may be hidden (though they are still there). See "Browsing by Approval
Status", below, for details about how to work with the filter.
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Be careful when assigning red status because red images may be deleted if the current
storage medium becomes full.

Browsing by approval status

You can set the camera to browse by approval status, which means, for example, that you
will see only green-status images as you browse a batch (or both green and yellow, or only
red, etc.). The current filter setting is indicated on-screen, as illustrated. Filtered images are
still there, but they will not be shown until you change the filter setting. Also, if you change
the status of an image, the image may 'disappear' if it no longer passes the filter. For example,
if you have set the camera to browse only green-status images and then change an image
to yellow status, that image will not be shown again until you change the browse filter.
There are many ways to make use of this feature. For example:
• Set the filter to show only yellow images. Then step through each image and decide
whether any of them should be promoted to green or demoted red.
• If you are running out of space, set the filter to show only red images and then step
through to find shots you can delete.
• Set the filter to show only green images. Then step through to make sure you have at
least one 'good' example of each shot that you need.
There are two ways to set the browse filter:
• Press and hold until the filter you want to use is shown by the indicator.
• Use the MENU > Browse item of the menu system. See Setting the Browse Filter for
a detailed procedure.

Deleting by approval status

There are many ways to delete images, including one-at-a-time and multiple delete by batch,
media and/or approval status. When deleting several images, you first pick the medium or
batch from which you want to delete and then use the MENU > STORAGE > Delete item
to specify the status of the images to delete. You can choose to delete:
• All red-status images from the selected batch or medium
• All red- and yellow-status images from the selected batch or medium
• All images from the selected batch or medium
See MENU > Delete for detailed procedures describing each of the delete options.

Setting the default status

As outlined in "Standard Instant Approval Workflow", the camera normally works by as-
signing a green status to all images that pass a basic exposure test and a yellow status to all
images that fail the test. However, you can change this behaviour if you prefer an alternative
workflow. You have the following options:
• Auto: works as described in Standard Instant Approval Workflow .
• Green: gives all new images a green status, regardless of the exposure warning.
• Yellow: gives all new images a yellow status, regardless of the exposure warning.
Regardless of this setting, audio feedback will still be provided if an image is judged to be
badly exposed.
Use the MENU > BROWSE item to make this setting. See also Setting the Default Approval
Status for a detailed procedure.
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