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 cbutton to turn the camera on in playback mode (A29).

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, cbutton, or b(movie-record) button

•The time allowed to elapse before the camera enters standby mode can be changed from the

Auto off option (A137) in the setup menu (A124).

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