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Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu
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Date Imprint
Date and time are imprinted on pictures. Date can be printed from printers that do
not support the date imprinting (
A
92).
At settings other than
Off
, the icon for the current setting is displayed in the
monitor (
A
6).
B
Date Imprint
•
Imprinted dates form a permanent part of image data and cannot be deleted.
•
Date imprint is disabled in the following situations.
-
When the Continuous mode is set to
Continuous
or
BSS
.
-
When the Scene mode is set to
Sports
,
Museum
or
Panorama assist
.
-
When movies are being recorded.
•
Dates imprinted at an
Image mode
setting (
A
95) of
TV screen (640)
may be difficult to read.
Choose
PC screen (1024)
or larger when using date imprint.
•
The date is recorded using the format selected in the setup menu’s
Date
item (
A
16, 117).
C
Date Imprint and Print Set
When pictures are printed from DPOF-compatible printers that can print date and photo
information, you can use
Print Set
(
A
91) and print the shooting date and photo information on
the pictures. In such a case, it is unnecessary to imprint date and time on pictures beforehand using
Date Imprint
.
Off (default setting)
Date and time are not imprinted on pictures.
Date
Date is imprinted on the bottom right corner of pictures taken while this option is in
effect.
Date and time
Date and time are imprinted on the bottom right corner of pictures taken while this
option is in effect.
Date counter
Time stamp shows number of days between date of recording and selected date.
