Canon EOS 5D Mark III Instruction Manual page 359

The access lamp still blinks even when the power switch is
set to <2>.
If the power is turned off while an image is being recorded to the card,
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the access lamp will remain on/continue to blink for a few seconds.
When the image recording is completed, the power will turn off
automatically.
The battery becomes exhausted quickly.
Use a fully-charged battery pack (p.28).
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The battery performance may have degraded. See [53: Battery info.]
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to check the battery's recharge performance level (p.338). If the
battery performance is poor, replace the battery pack with a new one.
The number of possible shots will decrease with any of the following
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operations:
• Pressing the shutter button halfway for a prolonged period.
• Often activating only the AF without taking a picture.
• Using the lens' Image Stabilizer.
• Using the LCD monitor often.
• Continuing Live View shooting or movie shooting for a prolonged
period.
The camera turns off by itself.
Auto power off is in effect. If you do not want auto power off to take
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effect, set [52: Auto power off] to [Disable] (p.55).
Even if [52: Auto power off] is set to [Disable], the LCD monitor will
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still turn off after the camera is left idle for 30 min. (The camera's
power does not turn off.)
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