Turning On/Off Your Camera; How To Use The Control Button - Sony DSC-P71 Operating Instructions (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual

Turning on/off your camera

POWER ON/
OFF lamp
POWER button
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, Press the POWER button.
The POWER ON/OFF lamp lights in green,
the power is on. When you turn on your
camera for the first time, the CLOCK SET
screen appears (see the next page).
To turn off the power
If you press the POWER button again, the
POWER ON/OFF lamp goes out, and the
camera turns off.
• When the mode dial is set to
and you turn the power on, the lens begins to
move (DSC-P71 only). Please be careful not to
touch the lens.
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The Auto Power Off
function
If no tasks are performed for a while*
when shooting, viewing, or performing
SET UP while using the batteries,
power is automatically shut off to
preserve battery power.
However, in the following
circumstances, even if the battery is
being used to power the camera, the
Auto Power Off feature will not work.
• Movies are being played back
• A slide show is being shown
• There is a plug in the USB terminal
or the VIDEO OUT jack
* When POWER SAVE is set to ON:
approximately 90 seconds
When POWER SAVE is set to OFF:
approximately 3 minutes
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How to use the
control button
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EV WB
AUTO
WHITE BAL
To change the current settings of the
camera, bring up the menu or SET UP on
the LCD screen (page 55), and use the
control button to make the changes.
For each item, press v/V/b/B to select the
desired value, then press the center z or
b/B to make the setting.
• (SPOT METER) is not displayed on the
menu of the DSC-P51/P31 (page 61).
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ISO
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