Charging the Battery

Turning On and Off the Camera

To turn on the camera, press the power switch. The power-on lamp (green) will light for a moment and the monitor will turn on.

To turn off the camera, press the power switch again. When the camera is turned off, both the power-on lamp and monitor will turn off.

•If the camera is turned off, hold down the c button to turn the camera on in playback mode (A 33).

CPower Saving Function (Auto Off)

Steps First

If no operations are performed for a while, the monitor will turn off automatically, the camera will enter standby mode, and the power-on lamp will blink. If no operations are performed for another three minutes, the camera will turn off automatically.

• If no operations are performed for about a minute (default setting) in shooting or playback mode, the camera will enter standby mode.

• When the monitor has turned off in standby mode (the power-on lamp is blinking), press the following button to reactivate it.

Power switch, shutter-release button, Abutton, or c button

• The time allowed to elapse from before the camera enters standby mode can be changed from the Auto off option (A 149) in the setup menu (A 138).

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