Auto Rotate; Locking Files; Audio Captioning - Minolta Dimage F200 Instruction Manual

Auto rotate

Auto rotate displays orients vertical image so they can
be viewed without having to turn the camera sideways.
This function affects the playback and Quick View
modes, but not instant playback. Auto rotate is
disabled in the basic section of the playback-mode
menu (p. 84).

Locking files

Single, multiple, or all files can be locked. A locked file cannot be deleted by either the
playback-mode menu functions or the QV/delete button. However, the formatting function
(p. 100) will erase all files on a memory card whether locked or not. Important images
and audio recordings should be locked. The lock function is in the basic section of the
playback menu (p. 84). The lock option has four settings:
This
The file displayed or highlighted in playback mode will be locked.
frame
All
All files on the memory card will be locked.
frames
To lock or unlock multiple files. When this setting is chosen, the frame-
selection screen will be displayed. Use the left/right keys of the controller to
highlight the file to be locked. Pressing the up key will mark the file with the
Marked key icon. To unlock a file, highlight it with the yellow border and press the
frames down key; the key icon will disappear. Continue until all the files to be locked
are marked. Press the central button of the controller to lock the marked
thumbnails, or press the menu button to cancel the operation and return to
the playback menu.
Unlock
All files on the memory card will be unlocked.
all
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Audio captioning

A still image can have a fifteen-second audio caption attached to it. This function will also
replace a voice-memo audio track recorded with an image. Audio captions cannot be
attached to movie clips, nor can they over rewrite audio recordings.
Display the image to which the audio caption will be
attached. If the image is locked, unlock it using the basic
section of the playback menu (p. 84).
Basic Custom1 Custom2
Delete
Auto rotate
Lock
Audio caption Enter
1
A bar graph and the frame counter displays the
Recording audio.
remaining recording time. The audio caption can
Stop be stopped during the fifteen-second recording
period by pressing the central button of the
controller (1).
On the playback menu, highlight the enter setting
in the audio-caption option.
Press the central button of the controller (1) to
start recording. If an audio track is already
attached to the image, a confirmation screen will
appear. Choosing and entering "Yes" will start the
audio caption recording replacing the previous
audio track. "No" will cancel the audio-caption
operation.
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