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This camera uses several lamps to indicate the camera status.
• Performing any of the following operations when not actually taking pictures
can deplete the battery power.
• Repeatedly pressing the shutter button halfway
• Repeatedly using the zoom
• To save battery power, turn off the camera whenever it is not in use.
• Some items may not be selectable from the menus when using the arrow pad
(
1243
).
• Items that cannot be set with the current shooting mode
• Items that cannot be set because of an item that has already been set:
[
%
], Flash Mode, etc.
• Items that cannot be set because the pictures taken by other camera will
be edited.
• Some functions cannot be used when there is no card in the camera.
[PANORAMA], [PRINT ORDER], [ALBUM ENTRY], [
Q
], [
P
], [REDEYE
FIX], [BLACK & WHITE], [SEPIA], [FRAME], [TITLE], [CALENDAR],
[LAYOUT], [BRIGHTNESS], [SATURATION], [INDEX], [EDIT], [UNDO
ENTRY], [SELECT JACKET], [FORMAT], [BACKUP]
Lamp indicators
Lamp
Status
Self-timer lamp
The lamp lights for approximately 10 seconds, blinks for
approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.
Card access lamp
Blinking: A picture is being recorded, the camera is reading
a movie, or images are being downloaded (when
connected to a computer).
• Do not do any of the following while the card access lamp
is blinking. Doing so may prevent the image data from
being saved and render the internal memory or card
unusable.
• Open the battery compartment/card cover
• Remove the battery.
• Connect or disconnect the AC adapter.
Green lamp of the LCD
monitor
Lit: The focus and exposure are locked.
Blinking: The focus and exposure are not locked.
• Release your finger from the shutter button, re-position
the AF target mark on the subject and press the shutter
button halfway again.
Extending the useful life of the battery
Functions that cannot be selected from menus
