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The control panel (picture 2)
aRelease latch: Slide it up to open the camera.
bExposure control: Set it to normal for most pictures. Slide the but- ton up to lighten or down to darken a picture.
cSonar autofocus override: Slide the switch up to turn off the auto- focus system (i.e., for pictures through glass). Focus range when Autofocus is off: infinity.
dAutomatic flash: Slide it up to turn the flash off (when taking pictures of highly reflective sur- faces or through glass).
eFlash indicators: Red light means the flash is charging; green light means the flash is ready to fire and you can take a picture.
fDate display buttons:
MOD (mode) button toggles through five display modes; Jap- anese date,
SEL (select) button selects the year, month, day (or hour, minute)
SET (set) button sets the desired date (or time).
gPicture counter: Counts down to show how many pictures are left in the film pack.
hRed field: (not visible in picture) indicates adjustments on control panel are not on automatic/ normal settings (i.e., lighten/ darken on darken, autofocus off, flash off).