Nikon Coolpix  L12 User's Manual - Page 28

Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode, Step1 Select (Auto) Mode and Turn the Camera

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Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode Step1 Select L (Auto) Mode and Turn the Camera On This section describes how to take pictures in L (auto) mode, an automatic, "point-and-shoot" mode recommended for first-time users of digital cameras. 1 Slide the mode selector to L. Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode 2 Turn the camera on. • The power-on lamp (green) will light for a moment and the monitor will turn on. ON / OFF 3 Check the battery level and number of exposures remaining. Battery Level Battery level icon Monitor NO ICON K Warning! Battery exhausted. Description Batteries fully charged. Batteries low; ready spare batteries. Batteries exhausted. Replace batteries. 12 Number of exposures remaining Number of Exposures Remaining The number of pictures that can be stored depends on the capacity of the internal memory or memory card and option chosen for the image mode setting (c 78). 16

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Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode
Basic Photography and Playback: Auto Mode
Step1 Select
L
(Auto) Mode and Turn the Camera On
This section describes how to take pictures in
L
(auto) mode, an automatic,
“point-and-shoot” mode recommended for first-time users of digital cam-
eras.
1
Slide the mode selector to
L
.
2
Turn the camera on.
The power-on lamp (green) will light for a moment
and the monitor will turn on.
3
Check the battery level and number of
exposures remaining.
Battery Level
Number of Exposures Remaining
The number of pictures that can be stored depends on the capacity of the internal
memory or memory card and option chosen for the image mode setting (
c
78).
Monitor
Description
NO ICON
Batteries fully charged.
Batteries low; ready spare bat-
teries.
K
Warning!
Battery
exhausted.
Batteries exhausted. Replace
batteries.
ON/OFF
12
12
12
Battery level icon
Number of exposures
remaining