Sony A57 User Manual
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ed operations
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Setting the method for recording on a
memory card
memory card
Note that formatting irrevocably erases all data on a memory card,
including protected images.
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
• 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.
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.”
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 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