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Basic
Photography
Playing Back/
Erasing Images
Other
Applications
Additional
Information
Getting Ready
Compressing Images (Quality)
Compresses images to half their size, and overwrites the old size image with the new compressed image.
Compressing a previously saved image when the SmartMedia™ has run out of storage space during photography
increases space on SmartMedia™ so that you can continue taking photographs.
The following images cannot be compressed:
• [
★
] (BASIC) image quality images
• Images taken with another camera
• Protected images (
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• Movies
• Images cannot also be compressed when the SmartMedia™ is write-protected.
Set the mode dial to [
].
The last image frame appears on the LCD monitor.
Press the MENU button.
The PLAY MENU is displayed.
Memo
• Compression of images can be accomplished only in the following order:
★★★
(FINE)
➔
★★
(NORMAL)
➔
★
(BASIC). The reverse is not possible.