Nikon L12 Step1 Select L (Auto) Mode and Turn the Camera On, Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode

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Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode

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

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

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.

ON/OFF

Mode Auto Playback:

3 Check the battery level and number of exposures remaining.

Battery Level

MonitorDescription

NO ICON Batteries fully charged.

Batteries low; ready spare bat- teries.

KBatteries exhausted. Replace Warning! batteries.

Battery

exhausted.

Battery level icon

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Number of exposures remaining

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 (c 78).

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