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Inserting the Battery
First Steps
Removing the Battery
Before opening the battery-chamber/memory card slot
cover, turn the camera off (A19) and confirm that the
power-on lamp and the monitor are off.
To eject the battery, open the battery-chamber/memory
card slot cover and slide the battery latch in the direction
shown (1). Then, remove the battery straight (2).
• Note that the battery or memory card may become hot during use; observe due
caution when removing the battery.
Turning On and Off the Camera
Press the power switch.
The power-on lamp (green) and the
monitor are turned on (when the
monitor is turned on, the power-on lamp
turns off).
Press the power switch again to turn off
the camera. When the power is turned
off, the power-on lamp and monitor also turn off.
• When the camera is off, holding down the c button turns on the camera in
playback mode (A30).
C Standby Mode (Auto Off)
If no operations are performed, the monitor is turned off automatically, the camera enters standby
mode and the power-on lamp blinks. The camera turns off when the standby mode continues for
about three minutes.
• When the power-on lamp blinks, turn on the monitor again with one of the following operations.
- Press the power switch, the shutter-release button or the c button.
- Rotate the mode dial.
• During shooting or playback, if no operations are performed for about a minute (default setting),
the camera enters standby mode.
• The time that elapses before the camera enters standby mode can be changed from the Auto off
(A181) in the setup menu (A167).