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Shutter button
Main dial
Flash button
Focal plane indicator
Flash hot shoe
Mode dial
Figure 1-8:
The tiny pictures on the Mode dial represent special automatic shooting modes.
The items of note here are
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On/Off switch:
Okay, you probably already figured this one out, but
here’s a side tip that may be new to you: By default, the camera auto-
matically shuts itself off after 30 seconds of inactivity to save battery
power. To wake up the camera, press the shutter button halfway or
press the Menu, Disp, or Playback buttons (these are located on the
back of the camera and are discussed in the section entitled “Back-of-
the-body-controls”). You can adjust the auto shutdown timing via Setup
Menu 1, covered later in this chapter.
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Mode dial:
Rotate this dial to select an
exposure mode,
which deter-
mines whether the camera operates in fully automatic, semi-automatic,
or manual exposure mode when you take still pictures. To shoot a
movie, you set the dial to Movie mode. Chapter 2 provides an overview
of the exposure modes.
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