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Part I: Fast Track to Super Snaps
Taking a Few Final Setup Steps
Your camera offers scads of options
for customizing its performance. Later
chapters explain settings related to
actual picture taking, such as those
that affect flash behavior and auto-
focusing. But there are a few options
that I suggest you consider from the
get-go; all are found on the Setup
menu. ( Note: To access this menu and
other normal menus, set the Mode dial
to any setting except Guide and then
press the Menu button.) Figure 1-21
shows the first page of the Setup
menu; press the Multi Selector up and
down to scroll to the other pages.
Here ' s a rundown of these options:
✓
Locking cards: The tiny switch
on the side of the card, labeled
Lock switch in Figure 1-20 ,
enables you to lock your card,
which prevents any data from
being erased or recorded to
the card. If you insert a locked
card into the camera, a mes-
sage on the monitor alerts you,
and the symbol Cd blinks in the
viewfinder.
You can protect individual
images from accidental erasure
by using the camera's Protect
feature, which I cover in
Chapter 10 . Note, though, that
formatting the card does erase
even protected pictures; the safety feature prevents erasure only when
you use the camera's Delete function.
✓
Using Eye-Fi memory cards: Your camera works with Eye-Fi memory
cards, which are special cards that enable you to transmit your files
wirelessly to your computer and other devices. That's a cool feature,
but, unfortunately, the cards themselves are more expensive than regu-
lar cards and require some configuring that I don't have room to cover
in this book. For more details, visit www.eye.fi .
If you do use Eye-Fi cards, enable and disable wireless transmission via
the Eye-Fi Upload option on the Setup menu. When no Eye-Fi card is
installed in the camera, this menu option disappears.
Figure 1-20 :
Avoid touching the gold contacts
on the card.
Figure 1-21 :
Visit the Setup menu to
customize the camera's basic operation.
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