Canon SX50 HS Digital Camera User Manual


 
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AdjustingBasicCameraFunctions
•Formattingorerasingdataonamemorycardonlychangesle
managementinformationonthecardanddoesnoterasethedata
completely.Whentransferringordisposingofmemorycards,take
stepstoprotectpersonalinformationifnecessary,asbyphysically
destroyingcards.
• Thetotalcardcapacityindicatedontheformattingscreenmaybelessthan
theadvertisedcapacity.
Low-LevelFormatting
Performlow-levelformattinginthesecases:[Memorycarderror]is
displayed,thecameraisnotworkingcorrectly,cardimagereading/writingis
slower,continuousshootingisslower,ormovierecordingsuddenlystops.
Low-levelformattingerasesalldataonamemorycard.Beforelow-level
formatting,copyimagesonthememorycardtoacomputer,ortakeother
stepstobackthemup.
Performlow-levelformatting.
Onthescreeninstep2on=
203,
pressthe<o><p>buttonsorturnthe
<5>dialtochoose[LowLevelFormat],
andthenselectthisoption(markwitha
[
])bypressingthe<q><r>buttons.
Followsteps2–3on=
203tocontinue
withtheformattingprocess.
• Low-levelformattingtakeslongerthan“FormattingMemoryCards”
(=
203),becausedataiserasedfromallstorageregionsofthememory
card.
• Youcancancellow-levelformattinginprogressbychoosing[Stop].Inthis
case,alldatawillbeerased,butthememorycardcanbeusednormally.
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