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 30 s (default setting), 1 m, 5 m, and 30 m.

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 1 m or less, or after 1 minute when Auto off is set to 5 m or more.

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

84 • While slide show is in progress: Up to 30 minutes