Turning On The Power - Canon EOD 50D Instruction Manual

Turning on the Power
About the Automatic Self-Cleaning Sensor
• Whenever you set the power switch to <ON/,»
or
<OFF>,
the
sensor cleaning will be executed automatically. During the sensor
cleaning, the LCD monitor will display
<
.+0+
>.
Even during the
sensor cleaning, you can still shoot by pressing the shutter button
halfway (p.35) to stop the sensor cleaning and take a picture.
• If you turn onloffthe power switch
<ON/'»I<OFF>
at a short
interval, the
<
.+0+
>
icon might not be displayed. This is normal and
not a problem.
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-
<OFF>
<ON>
<,»
: The camera is turned off and
does not operate. Set to this
position when not using the
camera.
: The ca mera tu rns on.
: The camera and
<
0
>
operate (p.37).
I
About Auto Power Off
• To save battery power, the camera turns off automatically after about
1 minute of non-operation. To turn on the camera again, just press
the shutter button halfway (p.35).
You can change the auto power-off time with the menu's
[~.
Auto
power off] setting (p.44).
[J]
If you set the power switch to
<OFF>
while an image is being recorded to
the card, [Recording ...
J
will be displayed and the power will turn off after
the card finishes recording the image.
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