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The Setup Menu
Date Imprint
This option is used to imprint date information on pictures as they are taken.
It can not be used to imprint date information on existing pictures.
Option Description
Off Time and date do not appear on pictures.
Date Date is imprinted on pictures taken while this option is in effect.
Date and time
Date and time are imprinted on pictures taken while this option
is in effect.
Date counter
Time stamp shows number of days between date of shooting
and selected date.
Date Counter
Pictures taken while this option is in effect are imprinted with the number of
days remaining until or the number of days elapsed since a specifi ed date.
Use it to track the growth of a child or count down the days until a birthday
or wedding. Days remaining are indicated by ▲.
Stored dates: To choose from up to three dates between Jan. 1
1910 and Dec. 31 2037, highlight current date and press center
of multi selector. Menu shown at right will be displayed. To set
date, highlight, press multi selector to right, and enter date as
described in “Basic Setup” ( 10–11). To select existing date,
highlight and press center of multi selector.
Display options: To change date display format, highlight current format and press
center of multi selector. Press multi selector up or down to highlight Number of
days, Years and days, or Yrs, mnths, days and press center to select.
STORED DATES
STORED DATES
STORED DATES
Exit
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Data imprinted at an Image mode setting of TV screen (640) may be diffi cult to read.
Choose a setting of PC screen (1024) or larger when using the date imprint option
( 59).
Regardless of the setting chosen, the date is not imprinted in movie mode ( 36) or
when , , or (except for sport composite) is selected in scene mode ( 21),
Continuous is selected for Continuous, or an option other than Off is selected for
BSS ( 61, 63).
Imprinted data form a permanent part of the image and will appear whenever the im-
age is printed, regardless of whether the date option is chosen in the Print set menu.
At settings other than Off, a date imprint icon appears in the shooting display during
shooting ( 4–5).
The date is recorded in the order selected in the DATE menu. Date imprint can not be
selected if the camera clock has not been set ( 10–11).