Installing a CF Card. Canon a95

Preparing the Camera

Installing a CF Card

1

Be sure that the camera is turned off.

2

Slide the CF card slot cover in the direction of the arrow, and open it.

3

Insert the CF card with the label facing up.

z Push the card in until the

CF card eject button fully extends.

Mark

CF card eject button

Card label z To remove the CF card, press the CF card eject button and pull the card out.

4

Close the CF card slot cover securely.

z When the upper indicator blinks green, the camera is writing, reading, erasing or transmitting an image to or from the CF card. Do not perform the following or image data may be lost or corrupted:

- Subject the camera body to vibration or shocks.

- Turn the camera’s power off, or open the CF card slot cover.

z Please note that CF cards formatted with other manufacturers’ cameras or a computer, or formatted or edited with application programs, may slow down writing to the CF card or may not operate correctly in the camera.

z You are recommended to use CF cards that have been formatted in your camera

(see Formatting a CF Card (p. 19)). The card supplied with the camera may be used without further formatting.

See CF Cards and Estimated Capacities

(Recordable Images) (p. 145).

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Preparing the Camera

About CF Cards z CF cards are high-precision electronic devices.

Do not bend them, apply force to them, or subject them to shocks or vibration.

z Do not attempt to disassemble or alter a CF card.

z Moving a CF card rapidly between temperature extremes will cause condensation to form in the card and lead to a malfunction. To avoid condensation, place the CF card in a sealed plastic bag before moving it into a different temperature zone and allow it to adjust slowly to the new temperature. If condensation forms on the CF card, store it at room temperature until the water droplets have evaporated naturally.

z Place the CF card in the supplied case for storage.

z Do not use or store CF cards in the following types of location.

• Locations subject to dust or sand

• Locations subject to high humidity and high temperatures

Formatting a CF Card

You should always format a new CF card or one from which you wish to erase all images and other data.

Please note that formatting a CF card erases all data, including protected images and other file types. Please check the contents of the CF card before formatting it.

1

Turn the power on (p. 31).

2

Open the LCD monitor (p. 24) and press the

MENU button.

Select the [ (Set up)] menu using the left or right button.

3

Select (Format) using the up or down button and press the SET button.

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Preparing the Camera

4

Select [OK] using the left or right button and press the SET button.

z To cancel formatting instead, select [Cancel] and press the SET button.

z The capacity of the CF card displayed after formatting will be less than the rated capacity of the CF card. This is not a malfunction of the CF card or camera.

5

Press the MENU button.

z If the camera does not work properly, the inserted CF card may be malfunctioning. Reformatting the CF card may solve the problem.

z When a non-Canon brand CF card is malfunctioning, reformatting it may solve the problem.

z CF cards formatted in another camera, computer or peripheral device may not operate correctly. When that happens, reformat the CF card with this camera.

If formatting in the camera does not work properly, turn the camera off and reinsert the CF card. Then turn the camera back on and format again.

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