Basic Camera Setup: The Setup Menu

kAuto Off

To reduce the drain on the batteries, the monitor turns off and the camera enters standby mode (A13), if no operations are performed for a certain period of time. The power-on lamp flashes in standby mode. If no operations are performed for another three minutes, the camera turns off automatically.

Use this option to set time before camera enters standby mode.

Auto off

Choose the time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode if no operations are performed from [30s] (default setting), [1m], [5m], and [30m].

Sleep Mode

If [On] (default setting) is selected, the camera will enter standby mode when there is no change in the brightness of the subject, even before the time selected in the auto off menu has elapsed.

•The camera will enter sleep mode after 30 seconds when [Auto off] is set to [1m], or after 1 minute when [Auto off] is set to [5m] or more.

•If no operations are performed for fifteen seconds when the auto off is set to [30s] and power saving (A91) is [On] (default setting), the monitor turns off and the power-on lamp blinks. If no operations are performed for another fifteen seconds, the camera enters standby mode.

Menus Setup and Playback Shooting,

CNotes on Auto Off

The time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode is fixed in the following cases:

•While menus are displayed: 3 minutes

•While slide show is automatically repeated or AC adapter is connected: 30 minutes

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