Canon PowerShot A50 PowerShot A50 Hardware Guide - Page 88

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• Images shot in Continuous or Stitch Assist mode are always saved into the same folder, creating the potential for more than 100 images to be contained in a single folder. • Whenever the battery is removed from the camera, the last used folder is closed and subsequent images are saved into a new folder. Format This function enables you to format a CF card for use with the camera. If the camera ceases to operate correctly, a corrupted CF card may be the cause. Solve the problem by selecting [Format] from the Setup menu to reformat the CF card. Menu Features • Please note that formatting a CF card erases all data from the card, not just the images. • After the CF card is reformatted, checking and fixing it with a computer utility such as scandisk.exe, is highly 88 recommended.

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Menu Features
Format
This function enables you to format a CF card
for use with the camera. If the camera ceases
to operate correctly, a corrupted CF card may
be the cause. Solve the problem by selecting
[Format] from the Setup menu to reformat the
CF card.
• Images shot in Continuous or Stitch
Assist mode are always saved into the
same folder, creating the potential for
more than 100 images to be contained
in a single folder.
• Whenever the battery is removed from
the camera, the last used folder is
closed and subsequent images are saved
into a new folder.
• Please note that formatting a CF card
erases all data from the card, not just
the images.
• After the CF card is reformatted,
checking and fixing it with a computer
utility such as scandisk.exe, is highly
recommended.