16 Basic Photography and Playback: L (Auto) Mode

Step1 Select L(Auto) Mode and Turn the Camera On

Playback: and Photography Basic

This section describes how to take pictures in L (auto) mode, an automatic, “point-and-shoot” mode recommended for first-time users of digital cameras.

1 Slide the mode selector to L.

2 Turn the camera on.

• The power-on lamp (green) will light for a moment and the monitor will turn on.

3 Check the battery level and number

of exposures remaining.

Battery level indicator

 

Mode (Auto) L

Battery Level

MonitorDescription

NO INDICATOR Batteries fully charged.

Batteries low; ready spare batteries.

KBatteries exhausted.

Warning! Replace with fresh batter-

Battery ies. exhausted.

Number of Exposures Remaining

L

5

Number of exposures remaining

The number of pictures that can be stored depends on the capacity of the internal memory or memory card and option chosen for the image mode setting.