Nikon 900 - Manual (Page 64)

- 64 - Playback: Protecting Photographs from Deletion
Protecting Photographs from Deletion
To protect selected photographs from deletion, highlight PRO-
TECT in the playback menu and press the shutter button. The
following window will be displayed.
B K R P O T E C T
MU L T I S E L . ➔
S E T ➔ S H U T T E R
Using the zoom switch, highlight a photograph that you would
like to protect. Images not currently visible will appear when
the zoom switch is used to scroll past the first or last item in the
window. Photographs that have been hidden with HIDE
IMAGE will not be displayed and consequently cannot be
protected using this option. Hidden images however cannot be
selected and are thus protected from deletion.
Having highlighted a photograph you would like to protect,
press the multiple-selection button (
). A key icon ( ) will
appear superimposed on the selected image, indicating that it
has been selected for protection. Other images can then be
selected in the same way. Images already marked with the
icon can be deselected by highlighting the image and pressing
the
button again.
After highlighting the last of the images you wish to protect,
press the shutter button to protect the currently selected image
and all images marked with the
icon. The following message
will be displayed and then the camera will return to the play-
back menu.
DON E
To return to the playback menu without changing the protec-
tion status of any photographs, highlight BK and press the
shutter button (note that the BK option is only available in
the protect window when the first page of thumbnails is dis-
played). Press the MENU button to return to playback mode
while leaving the protection status of all photographs unchanged.
Protected photographs cannot be deleted using the DE-
LETE—SELECTED or DELETE—ALL options, nor can
they be erased from memory by pressing the button while in
playback mode. Formatting the memory card will however
permanently erase all protected photographs. When the card is
read by a computer equipped with a PC card drive (see “Con-
nections,” below), protected images will appear as “read-only”
files that can be neither deleted nor overwritten.