About the Battery
∫ Battery indication
The battery indication is displayed on the LCD monitor/Viewfinder.
[It does not appear when you use the camera with the AC adaptor (optional) connected.]
The indication turns red and blinks if the remaining battery power is exhausted. (The power
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lamp also blinks) Recharge the battery or replace it with a fully charged battery.
∫ The battery life
Number of
recordable
pictures
Recording time
Recording conditions by CIPA standard
CIPA is an abbreviation of [Camera & Imaging Products Association].
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Temperature: 23 oC/Humidity: 50% when LCD monitor is on.
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Using a Panasonic SD Memory Card (32 MB).
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Using the supplied battery.
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Starting recording 30 seconds after the camera is turned on. (When the optical image stabilizer
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function is set to [AUTO].)
Recording once every 30 seconds with full flash every second recording.
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Rotating the zoom lever from Tele to Wide or vice versa in every recording.
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Turning the camera off every 10 recordings and leaving it until the temperature of the battery
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decreases.
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The number of recordable pictures decreases in Auto power LCD mode, Power LCD mode
and High angle mode (P33).
The number of recordable pictures varies depending on the recording interval time.
If the recording interval time becomes longer, the number of recordable pictures
decreases.
[e.g. When recording once every 2 minutes, the number of recordable pictures
decreases to about 115.]
(charging/number of recordable pictures)
Approx.
460 pictures
Approx.
230 min
Preparation
(By CIPA standard in programme AE mode)
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