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2. The first step is to decide
• whether you want to delete individual pictures
Delete Single, or
• all pictures simultaneously
Delete All.
3. The subsequent procedure is controlled by the
menu, i.e. essentially as described in the “Menu
control” section (see p. 110). After specifying the
relevant menu display, this is done using the setting
dial (1.29), the direction buttons (1.30) and the
SET
button (1.21).
Note:
• If the picture displayed is protected (see p. 144), the
Single option cannot be selected in the sub-menu.
• When deleting all pictures, to prevent accidental
deletion there is an intermediate step in which you
must reconfirm that you definitely want to delete all
pictures on the memory card.
DISPLAYS AFTER DELETING
DELETING INDIVIDUAL PICTURES
After deleting, the preceding picture appears. If there
are no more pictures saved on the card, the following
message appears:
Attention No valid image to play.
DELETING ALL PICTURES ON THE
MEMORY CARD
After deleting, the following message appears:
Attention No valid image to play.
However, if one or more pictures were protected, that
picture or the first of those pictures then appears.
Note:
When a picture is deleted, the subsequent pictures in
the picture counter (3.2.4/3.3.6) are re-numbered as
follows: For example, if you delete picture no. 3, what
was previously picture no. 4 then becomes no. 3, the
previous no. 5 becomes no. 4 etc. However, this does
not apply to the file numbering on the memory card
(in the
INFO
display, see p. 96/141) for the remaining
image files in the folder (3.3.7i), which remains
unchanged.
D. PROTECTING PICTURES /
CLEARING DELETE PROTECTION
The pictures stored on the memory card can be
protected against accidental deletion. This protection
can then be cleared at any time.
Notes:
• Pictures can only be protected, or the protection
can only be cleared, in review mode, irrespective of
whether a picture is displayed at normal size or as
one of several reduced pictures (but not when viewing
9 pictures with a red frame round the entire block,
see p. 142).
• For details of the different procedures/responses
when you attempt to delete protected pictures, refer
to the previous section.
• If you decide you want to delete them, clear the
protection as described below.
• Protection is only effective on the Leica M
Monochrom.
• Even protected pictures are deleted if the memory
card is reformatted (see next section for details).
• On SD/SDHC memory cards, you can prevent
accidental deletion by sliding the protection switch on
the card (see p. 103) to the position marked
LOCK
.
