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Charging the Battery
First Steps
Turning On and Off the Camera
Press the power switch to turn on the camera. The
power-on lamp (green) will light, and then the monitor
will turn on (the power-on lamp turns off when the
monitor turns on). To turn off the camera, press the
power switch again. When the camera is turned off, the
power-on lamp and the monitor will turn off.
• If the camera is turned off, hold down the c button to turn the camera on in
playback mode (A 30).
C Power Saving Function (Auto Off)
If no operations are performed for a while, the monitor will turn off, the camera will enter standby
mode, and the power-on lamp will blink. If no operations are performed for another three minutes,
the camera will turn off automatically.
When the power-on lamp is blinking, the following operations will turn the monitor back on.
- Pressing the power switch, shutter-release button, c button, or b(e movie-record) button
- Rotating the mode dial
• In shooting or playback mode, the camera will enter standby mode in about one minute (default
setting).
• The time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode can be changed from the
Auto off option (A184) in the setup menu (A 169).