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CONCEPT
PRACTICE
Using Folders (A-REC, M-REC)
By default, photographs taken with the COOLPIX 800 are stored
in the memory card in a folder labeled NIKON. To make it easier
to locate photographs during playback, you can create additional
folders and organize your photographs by theme. The FOLDERS
menu enables you to select the folder in which subsequent
photographs will be stored or choose the folder from which
photographs will be played back. You can also create folders,
rename existing folders, or delete folders.
To access the folder menu for A-REC and M-REC modes:
1
Turn the mode dial to A-REC or M-REC.
2
Press the MENU button. The menu for
the current operating mode will be dis-
played.
3
Using the zoom buttons (
▼▲
), highlight
FOLDERS.
4
Press the shutter-release button to dis-
play a FOLDERS menu like that shown at
right
Photos and Folders
The file structure used when photos are recorded to the memory card
conforms to the Design Rule for Camera File Systems. In this system, folder
names consist of a three-digit folder number followed by the folder name
(e.g, “100NIKON”). Each folder can in theory hold up to 999 images (it may
hold less, depending on the size of the card and other factors). Should a
folder fill up, another folder will automatically be created with the same
name but a different folder number (e.g., “101NIKON”) and subsequent
photos stored in the new folder. For most purposes, the folder number
can be ignored; when viewed from the camera, all folders with the same
name are the same folder. In other words, the camera will show folders
with the same folder name (e.g., “100NIKON” and “101NIKON”) as a
single folder with no folder number (e.g., “NIKON”). Folders with the
same name but different folder numbers will however be shown as separate
folders when the contents of memory are viewed using a computer (see the
Nikon View Reference Manual
for details). If you have trouble locating a
photo on a computer, you can play it back on the camera, where the full
folder number and name are included in the photo info.
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Selecting a Folder
If more than one folder exists on the memory
card, you can select the folder that will be
used for playback or to store subsequent
photographs in A-REC and M-REC modes.
To select a folder, simply highlight it using the
zoom buttons (
▼▲
) and press the shutter-
release button. Except in the case of the
default folder, NIKON, the name of the
current folder is displayed at upper right in
the LCD monitor. Photographs are stored in
the folder shown in the LCD monitor at the
time the photograph is taken.
The Camera Menus: The A-REC Menu
F O L D E R S
N I K O N
S H O W
A P R I L
O P T I O N S
S E T
➔
S H U T T E R
B K
Current folder
