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Crops out only the desired area of a selected image and saves it as a new 
image.
1
Select the image to crop in the single image display, and press 
the four-way controller (3). 
The playback mode palette appears. 
2
Use the four-way controller (2345) to select o (Cropping), 
and press the 4 button. 
The cropping frame to specify the size and position of the area to crop 
appears on the screen. 
3
Specify the size and position of the 
area to crop by using the cropping 
frame. 
Available operations
4
Press the 4 button. 
The save confirmation screen appears. 
5
Use the four-way controller (23) to select [Save as], 
and press the 4 button. 
The cropped image is saved as a new image. 
Cutting Out Part of the Image (Cropping)
Only JPEG images captured with this camera can be cropped. 
Images already resized to Z or S with this camera cannot be cropped. 
Four-way controller (2345)
Moves the cropping frame. 
Rear e-dial (S)
Changes the size of the cropping frame. 
M
 button
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 Four-way controller (2345)
Changes the aspect ratio. 
Rotates the image from -45° to +45°. 
m
 button
Rotates the cropping frame in 90° 
increments (only when the cropping 
frame can be rotated). 
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