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Setting the method for recording on a memory card, Format, File number – Sony A57 User Manual

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Setting the method for recording on a
memory card

Note that formatting irrevocably erases all data on a memory card,
including protected images.

MENU button t

1

t [Format] t [Enter]

Notes

• During the format, the access lamp lights up. Do not eject the memory card while the

lamp is lit.

• Format the memory card using the camera. If you format it on a computer, the

memory card may not be usable with the camera, depending on the format type used.

• Formatting may take several minutes depending on the memory card.
• When the remaining battery time is 1 percent or less, you cannot format memory

cards.

MENU button t

1

t [File Number] t Select the desired

setting

The recorded still images are stored in automatically-created folders in the
DCIM folder of the memory card.

MENU button t

1

t [Folder Name] t Select the desired

setting

Format

File Number

Series

The camera does not reset numbers and assigns numbers to
files in sequence until the number reaches “9999.”

Reset

The camera resets numbers when a file is recorded in a new
folder and assigns numbers to files from “0001.” When the
recording folder contains a file, a number one higher than the
largest number is assigned.

Folder Name

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