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Refer
ence—Pr
otecting Photographs fr
om Deletion
In full-frame, zoom, and thumbnail playback, the
button can be used to
protect pho to graphs from ac ci den tal deletion. Protected fi les can not be
deleted using the
button or the
Delete
op tion in the playback menu,
and have DOS “read-only” status when viewed on a Windows computer.
Note that pro tect ed im ag es
will
be de let ed when the mem o ry card is for-
matted (
68).
To protect a photograph:
Protecting Photographs from Deletion
1
Display the image in full-frame playback or highlight it in the thumb-
nail list.
2
Press the
button. The pho to graph will be
marked with a
icon.
To remove pro tec tion from the pho to graph so that it can be deleted, display
the photograph or high light it in the thumbnail list and then press the
button.
