• Our Customer Care Centre will be closed earlier at 12pm, on 24 December 2024. Usual operating hours will resume on 26 December 2024. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

    How do I add the date and time to my pictures?

    13-May-2008
    8200074800

    Solution

      These instructions explain how to insert the date in images.

      CAUTION
      • To select the items displayed on camera's LCD monitor, press the button shown below (right, left, up, and down). To specify the selected item, press the button.
      • The [Date Stamp] cannot be deleted from the image data once it has been recorded because the date is written in as an image.
      • When selecting [Date Stamp] , [Recording Pixels] is set to 1600 x 1200 pixels and the compression (image quality) to [Fine].
      • Screens or menu listings may differ depending on the camera model being used.


      1. Set the <Mode Dial> to a setting other than <Movie> () or <Playback> () , and press the <Power> button.




      2. Press the <FUNC./SET> () button.




      3. A screen like the one below will appear on the monitor.




      Select [Date Stamp] () in the [Recording Pixels] section .
      Press the <MENU> () button.

      4. A screen like the one below will appear on the monitor.




      Press the camera button as shown above (right and left), select [Date Stamp] and set it to [Date] or [Date & Time].
      Select the <MENU> () button.

      5. Press the <FUNC./SET> () button.




      6. A screen like the one below will appear on the monitor, so confirm that [Date Stamp] () is set.




      7. When shooting with this setting, the date will be embedded in the image as shown below.




      [Date]
      [Date & Time]

      WARNING
      The date, its font and color, and the position where it is displayed cannot be changed. Also, dates and times recorded with [Date Stamp] cannot be deleted.