Main Camera Menu (Shooting Mode)
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Pressing the MENU button in shooting mode (no image displayed) enters the main camera menu. Layout is straightforward enough, just use the up/down arrows to navigate through the various settings, press either right arrow or OK to change the currently selected setting. |
Main Menu Options
| Main Menu | Options | Notes |
| Camera Info... | • Enter | Displays a screen of camera information |
| White Balance | • Auto • Sunlight • Shade • Overcast • Incandescent • Fluorescent • Flash • Custom |
Custom option is not available unless you have previously set a custom WB |
| Set Custom WB... | • Enter | Displays a dialog, press OK to take an exposure of a grey / white card which will be used as the basis for custom white balance |
| Date/Time | • Enter | Set camera date, time and display format |
| Language | • English • Japanese • German • French |
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| Quick Preview | • Off • 2 sec • 5 sec • 10 sec • Hold |
When set to 'Hold' the camera will display the preview image until the shutter release is re-pressed |
| Preview Style | • Image only • Info screen |
If set to 'Info screen' a histogram and detailed exposure info is shown |
| Exposure Warning | • On • Off |
When enabled overexposed areas of the image are shown in bright red |
| Info Strip | • Exposure Info • Date / Time |
The Info Strip is the line of information above the image in Preview / View mode |
| OK Shortcut | • None • Lock / Unlock • Mark / Unmark • Rotate CW • Rotate CCW • Exposure Warning |
Allows you to assign a function to the OK button when in View mode. This can be useful for quickly rotate or marking images. |
| Format CF Card | • Enter | |
| File Numbering | • Continuous • Auto reset |
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| LCD Brightness | • Dim • Normal • Bright |
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| LCD Contrast | • High • Medium • Low |
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| LCD Sleep | • 30 sec • 1 min • 2 min • 5 min • 10 min • 15 min • 30 min • Off |
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| Auto Power Off | • 10 sec • 30 sec • 1 min • 5 min • Off |
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| Key Sound | • Long • Short • Off |
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| Video Mode | • NTSC • PAL |
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| Camera Reset | • Enter |
Modify Menu (View Mode)
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The Modify Menu is accessed by pressing the MOD button with an image displayed (after pressing VIEW). From this menu you can lock (set read-only), mark (for future selection), rotate or begin a slideshow of images. |
Modify Menu Options
| Modify Menu | Options | Notes |
| Lock | • Lock • Lock all marked • Lock all • Unlock all |
Locking an image is the same as 'Protect' on other digital SLR's and simply marks the file as read-only on the FAT filesystem. This doesn't protect images from a CF Format. |
| Mark | • Mark • Mark all • Unmark all |
Marked images can be later selected for various functions. A mark is also carried through to Photo Pro. |
| Rotate | • Rotate CW • Rotate CCW |
Rotation is stored in the image header and is recognized by Photo Pro later. |
| Slideshow | • Resume show • Show all • Show marked • Show locked • Settings... |
Delete Menu (View Mode)
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The Delete Menu is accessed by pressing the DEL button with an image displayed (after pressing VIEW). From this menu you can delete the current image, marked images, all images and uniquely even recover the last deletion. This ability to 'undelete' is unique to the SD9 and will I'm sure be very welcome. |
Delete Menu Options
| Delete Menu | Options | Notes |
| Delete | • Current image • All marked • All • Recover last delete |
