Hasselblad H4D 40 - Organizing Work with Batches; Creating a New Batch

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Organizingworkwithbatches
Collections of captures are stored in named and dated folders
called batches. They help you to organize your shots as you work
and function exactly as folders on a computer.
Batches have the following properties:
 • Whenyoucreateanewbatch,youassignanametoit.
 • When you copy images from a compact-ash card, each
batchissavedasasub-folderonthedestinationdisk.
 • Whendeletingmultipleimages,youareabletorestrictyour
delete command so that it a ects just a single batch.
 • Whenbrowsing images,you will onlyseeimagesfromthe
current batch.
 • You can change between batches by using the navigation
controls .
 • Thebatchnamealsoshowsthedateonwhichitwascreated
(using the Year/Month/Day convention).
Creating a new batch
1. Press the MENU button.
2. Press  to navigate down and select the
Storage dialog.
Press  and then  to navigate down and select
Batch .
3 Press  to open the
Batch dialog. The new batch name will
always begin with a three-digit number, which automatically
increments by one with each new batch. Following this is  ve
letters, which you can assign yourself to help make the batch
easier to identify. To set the letters:
Use  and  to select one of the  ve letters. Then use the
+
or
–
button to step the currently selected letter up or
down the alphabet until you have found the letter you want.
Continue working until you have set the name you want.
4. Press the approve (
OK ) button to save the new batch with the
name you selected.
5. You now return to the
BATCH menu. Press the menu ( EXIT )
button to exit the menu system.
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Note
Each new capture will be saved in
the latest created batch only. You
cannot select to save it in another
batch.