Protecting Pictures; Clearing Delete Protection - Leica M9 Instructions Manual

Displays after deleting
Deleting individual pictures
After deleting, the preceding picture appears.
If there are no more pictures saved on the card,
the following message appears:
Attention No valid image data to play
Deleting all pictures on the memory card
After deleting, the following message appears:
Attention No valid image data to play
However, if one or more pictures were protected, that
picture or the first of those pictures then appears.
Note:
When a picture is deleted, the subsequent pictures in
the picture counter (3.2.4/3.3.6) are re-numbered as
follows: For example, if you delete picture no. 3, what
was previously picture no. 4 then becomes no. 3, the
previous no. 5 becomes no. 4 etc. However, this does
not apply to the file numbering on the memory card
(in the INFO display, see. p. 100) for the remaining
picture files in the folders (3.3.7i), which remains
unchanged.
D. Protecting pictures/Clearing delete protection
The pictures stored on the memory card can be pro-
tected against accidental deletion. This protection can
then be cleared at any time.
154 / Review mode
Notes:
• Protecting pictures and clearing delete protection
are only possible in review mode, albeit irrespective
of whether a picture is shown at normal size or sev-
eral reduced pictures are shown (not however if the
. 9-block review is shown with a red frame round the
entire block, see p. 151).
• For details of the different procedures/responses
when you attempt to delete protected pictures,
.
refer to the previous section.
• If you decide you want to delete them, clear the pro-
tection as described below.
• Delete protection is only effective for the LEICA M9.
• Even protected pictures are deleted if the memory
card is reformatted (see next section for details).
• On SD/SDHC memory cards, you can prevent acci-
dental deletion by sliding the write protection
switch on the card (see p. 109) to the position
marked LOCK .
Procedure
1. Press the SET button (1.21).
• The corresponding sub-menu appears in the
monitor (1.32).
Notes:
• The setting process can be canceled at any time
either by pressing the PLAY button (1.26) to return
to normal review mode, or by pressing the shutter
release button (1.19) to switch to picture mode.
• The following controls and their functions are not
available during the entire setting process: the
MENU DELETE
(1.28), (1.24), and
tons
The subsequent procedure is controlled by the menu,
i.e. essentially as described in the "Menu control" sec-
tion (see p. 119). After specifying the relevant menu
display, this is done using the setting dial (1.29), the
direction buttons (1.30) and the SET button (1.21).
INFO
(1.22) but-