Turning the Camera On and Off

To turn power on

To turn on

Press [ON/OFF] (Power) or [r]

power and enter

(REC).

the REC mode

• The back lamp will light green

 

momentarily and the lens will extend

 

out of the camera (page 23).

To turn on

Press [p] (PLAY).

power and enter

• The back lamp will light green

the PLAY mode

momentarily and an image currently

 

stored in camera memory will

 

appear on the monitor screen (page

 

27).

[ON/OFF] (Power)

Back lamp

Take care to ensure that nothing is restricting or

 

 

coming into contact with the lens as it extends.

 

 

Holding the lens with your hand so it cannot extend

 

 

creates the risk of malfunction.

[r] (REC) [p] (PLAY)

• Pressing [p] (PLAY) while in the REC mode

 

 

switches to the PLAY mode. The lens retracts about

 

 

10 seconds after switching modes.

 

The Sleep function or Auto Power Off (pages 147, 147) will turn off power

 

automatically if you do not perform any operation for a preset amount of time.

To turn off the camera

Press [ON/OFF] (Power).

You can configure the camera so power does not turn on when you press [r] (REC) or [p] (PLAY). You also can configure the camera to turn off when you press [r] (REC) or [p] (PLAY) (page 148).

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