How to insert the date in images.

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 <FUNC./SET> button. The date and time must be set prior to setting the Date Stamp.

• 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.
• As the actual locations of buttons / switches on cameras vary depending on the camera model, the illustrations that appear on this page may differ from your camera.
• When the shooting mode is set to <Movie> () or <Easy mode> (), settings for inserting the date and time cannot be made.
• When the shooting mode is set to [ISO 3200] () under <SCN> (), settings for inserting the data and time cannot be made.
  

1. Set the <Mode Dial> to a setting other than <Movie> () or <Easy Mode> (), 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 <DISP.> () 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].

Press the <DISP.> () button.

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

6. Make sure that the [Date Stamp] is set and the following screen will appear with the icon () in the lower-left corner of the screen.

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

[Date]

[Date & Time]

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.