GETTING ACQUAINTED
●Battery Life Guidelines
The battery life guideline values given below indicate the amount of time at standard temperature (25° C) until power automatically turns off due to battery failure. They do not guarantee that batteries will provide the amount of service indicated. Low temperatures reduce battery life.
Type of Operation | Continuous | Continuous | |
Playback | Recording | ||
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170 minutes | 90 minutes | ||
Batteries LR6 | (540 shots) | ||
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320 minutes | 180 minutes | ||
Batteries FR6 | (1,130 shots) | ||
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180 minutes | 100 minutes | ||
Batteries | (600 shots) | ||
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•The above values are approximations only.
•The above guidelines are based on the following battery types:
Alkaline: MX1500 (AA) DURACELL ULTRA
Lithium: Energizer
*Battery life varies with brand.
•Values are based on continuous recording under the fol- lowing conditions.
— Flash turned off
— One switch between telephoto and
—Recording one image per minute under the above con- ditions reduces battery life to about one sixth of that noted above.
•Battery life is greatly affected by how much you use flash, zoom and other functions, and how long you leave power turned on.
●Tips for Prolonging Battery Life
•Use 
to turn off the flash when you are not using it (page
•You can also use the power save settings (page
•You can also conserve battery power by using DISP to turn off the monitor screen.
●Alkaline Battery Life
The actual life of alkaline batteries is affected by a variety of factors, including the battery manufacturer, the amount of time the batteries spend in storage before you use them, temperature while you are recording, and photographic con- ditions. As a rule, we recommend the use of lithium batteries or