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Basic Photography and Playback: L (Auto) Mode
Basic Photography and Playback:
L
(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.
1Slide the mode selector to L.
2Turn the camera on.
• The power-on lamp (green) will light for a moment
and the monitor will turn on.
3Check the battery level and number of
exposures remaining.
Battery Level
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.
Monitor Description
NO ICON Batteries fully charged.
Batteries low; ready spare bat-
teries.
Warning!!
Battery
exhausted
w
Batteries exhausted. Replace
batteries.
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Battery level icon
Number of exposures
remaining