Protecting/Unprotecting Pictures - Leica X1 Instructions Manual

Protecting/Unprotecting pictures

The pictures saved on the memory card and in the internal memory can be
protected against being accidentally deleted.
1. In the menu, select Protect (3.30).
• After a short moment the picture shown before reappears along with
a menu. Depending on whether the picture is protected or not, the
menu contains the options Unprotect or Protect, respectively.
To protect/unprotect a picture
2. select the respective option, and
MENU
3. confirm by pressing the
• A protected picture is indicated by the lock display (2.2.4).
SET
/ button (1.23).
Notes:
• If a memory card is inserted (see p. 86), only the pictures on the card
are accessible for protecting/unprotecting, i.e. if you want to pro-
tect/unprotect a picture saved to the internal memory, the card must
be removed first.
• You can return to normal review mode at any time by pressing Exit.
• With the protect/unprotect menu displayed, you can select the other
pictures using the left and right direction buttons (1.25/1.22).
• Even protected pictures are deleted when formatting the memory card
(see p. 113).
• If you attempt to delete (see p. 118) protected pictures, warning mes-
sages appear. To delete them, remove the protection as described
above.
• Protection is only effective on this camera.
• You can also prevent accidental deletion by sliding the memory card's
write protection switch to the position marked LOCK (see p. 86).
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