How can I stop a child from accidentally deleting photos during playback on a Nikon D750?

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I sometimes let my young child hold the camera while viewing photos and use the controls to move left and right through images. On both my Nikon D60 and D750, deleting a photo only requires pressing the trash button twice, which makes accidental deletion easy.

Is there a way on the D750 to prevent this during playback, such as disabling the trash button, auto-protecting new images, or otherwise making deletion harder?

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Nikon cameras (at least my D300 and D7100) have a lock button. Pressing this button will protect an image from accidental deletion. Review an image on your camera and press the lock button (the one with a key symbol) to protect the image..

Alternatively, you can setup your camera to make a backup copy on the second memory card. Deleting an image, is only done from the one card. The camera does not delete images from both cards at the same time.

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There usually isn’t a setting to disable the trash button or require a more complex delete action. Practical options are:

  • Protect important images in playback using the Nikon lock/protect function (key symbol). Protected images can’t be deleted normally.
  • If you use both card slots on the D750, set the second card as a backup. Deleting an image in-camera is reported to affect only one card, leaving the backup copy intact.
  • You can also lock the memory card with its physical write-protect switch before handing the camera over.
  • The simplest real-world approach is to supervise closely, cover the other buttons, and guide your child to use only the directional control during playback.

For complete safety, copy the images elsewhere before handing over the camera. No in-camera method is as foolproof as having a backup.

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