17
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 for a moment and the
monitor will turn 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 29).
C Power Saving Function (Auto Off)
If no operations are performed for a while, the monitor will turn off automatically, 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.
• If no operations are performed for about a minute (default setting) in shooting or playback mode,
the camera will enter standby mode.
• When the monitor has turned off in standby mode (the power-on lamp is blinking), press the
following button to reactivate it.
- Power switch, shutter-release button, A button, or c button
• The time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode can be changed from the
Auto off option (A137) in the setup menu (A125).