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Turning the Power On and Off

Shooting Mode

Slide the power switch to ON to turn the camera on. The camera

will play the start-up sound. The autofocus/flash lamp blinks for several seconds while the camera starts up.

To turn the camera off, slide the power switch to OFF. The number of pictures taken so far that day will be displayed before the camera turns off (zero is displayed if the camera clock has not

been set; if you turn the camera off after changing the clock (page 20), the camera will display the number of pictures taken after the clock setting was changed).

Caution

Changes to continuous (page 73), interval (page 83), and self- timer (page 31) settings are lost when the camera is turned off. Turning the camera off restores settings forMY modes to the values saved with Reg. My Settings. Other settings are unaffected.

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Ricoh GXR, 170543, 170553 manual Turning the Power On and Off, Shooting Mode

170543, GXR, 170553 specifications

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