Recording/Playing Voice Memos
Recording Voice Memos
Select the photograph.
Only one voice memo can be recorded per picture; additional voice memos cannot be recorded for pictures already marked with a h icon. The existing voice memo must be deleted before another can be recorded (0 Deleting Voice Memos).
Select [Record voice memo] in the i menu.
- To start recording, press the i button, highlight [Record voice memo], and press J.
- During recording, the camera displays a b icon and a countdown of the remaining recording time, in seconds.
Press J.
- Recording will end.
Pictures with voice memos are indicated by h icons.
Voice memos cannot be added to videos or Image Dust Off reference data.
Voice memos cannot be recorded if:
- the photo/video selector is rotated to 1 or
- a multiple exposure is in progress.
Caution: Recording Voice Memos
Touch controls are disabled and other pictures cannot be displayed while recording is in progress.
Pressing the shutter-release button or operating other camera controls may end recording. During interval-timer photography, recording ends about two seconds before the next shot is taken; recording also ends when the camera is turned off.
Voice memos for pictures taken with two memory cards inserted and [Backup], [RAW Slot 1 - JPEG Slot 2], [JPEG Slot 1 - JPEG Slot 2], [RAW Slot 1 - HEIF Slot 2], or [HEIF Slot 1 - HEIF Slot 2] selected for [Role played by card in Slot 2] in the photo shooting menu are recorded with the copies on both cards.
Voice memo file names have the form “DSC_nnnn.WAV”. The voice memo has the same file number (“nnnn”) as the picture with which it is associated. For example, the voice memo for the picture “DSC_0002.JPG” would have the file name “DSC_0002.WAV”. Voice memo file names can be viewed on a computer.
- Voice memos for photos recorded with [Adobe RGB] selected for [Color space] in the photo shooting menu have names of the form “_DSCnnnn.WAV”.
- Voice memos for photos recorded with a prefix other than “DSC” selected for [File naming] in the photo shooting menu will be recorded with the selected prefix in place of “DSC”.
Using Controls to Record Voice Memos
With the following operations, voice memos can be recorded without using the i menu.
- Press the button to which [Voice memo] is assigned using Custom Setting f3 [Custom controls (playback)].
- Assign [Voice memo] to [Flick up] or [Flick down] in Custom Setting f14 [Full-frame playback flicks] and flick up or down on the monitor.
Playing Voice Memos
To play voice memos when viewing photographs marked with h icons, press the i button, highlight [Play voice memo], and press J.
Pressing the shutter-release button or operating other camera controls may end playback. Playback ends automatically when another picture is selected or the camera is turned off.
Using Controls to Play Back Voice Memos
With the following operations, voice memos playback can be started or ended without using the i menu.
- Press the button to which [Voice memo] is assigned using Custom Setting f3 [Custom controls (playback)].
- Assign [Voice memo] to [Flick up] or [Flick down] in Custom Setting f14 [Full-frame playback flicks] and flick up or down on the monitor.
Deleting Voice Memos
To delete the voice memo from the current photo, press the O button; a confirmation dialog will be displayed as shown.
- To delete both the photo and the voice memo, highlight [Picture and voice memo] and press O.
- To delete only the voice memo, highlight [Voice memo only] and press O.
- To exit without deleting either the photo or the voice memo, press D.
- You can delete only voice memos from dual-format pictures on the card in the slot currently being played back by choosing [Selected picture] in the confirmation dialog and then selecting [Voice memo only].
