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Charging the Battery
First Steps
Turning On and Off the Camera
To turn on the camera, press the power switch.
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, both the power-on lamp and monitor will turn off.
• If the camera is turned off, hold down the c button to turn the camera on in
playback mode (A 28).
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.
• To reactivate the monitor while the power on lamp is blinking, press any of the following buttons:
- Power switch, shutter-release button, A button, c button or b (e movie-record) button.
• 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 (A147) in the setup menu (A 135).