To start the slide show, repeat the steps shown in Figure 2-28
after you’ve made the time change as shown in Figure 2-29.
The slide show will now run at your new speed.
My Recommendation: I usually set the Frame interval to 3s.
If the images are especially beautiful, I might set it to 5
seconds. I’ve found that 2s is not quite enough, and 5s or 10s
may be too long. I wish we had a 4-second setting, but 3s
seems to work well, most of the time.
There are several options that will affect how the images are
displayed during the slide show. None of these show up in the
camera menus; they are merely available through the
camera’s controls. Your options are as follows:
Skip back/Skip ahead – During the slide show, you can go
back to the previous image for another viewing by simply
pressing left on the Multi Selector. You can also see the next
image with no delay by pressing right on the Multi Selector.
This is just a quick way to skip images or review previous
images without stopping the slide show.
View additional photo info – While the slide show is
running, you can press up or down on the Multi Selector to
view the additional data screens. This is dependent on how
you have your camera’s Display mode configured for
Highlights, Focus Point, RGB histogram, and Data (see the
section called Display Mode earlier in this chapter). If any of
these screens are available, they can be used during the slide
show.
Pause slide show –
During the slide show, you may want to Pause, change the
Frame interval time, or even Exit the show. If you press the
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