Sony DSC-P8 Operating Instructions - Page 14

Turning on/off your camera POWER POWER button POWER lamp , Press POWER. The POWER lamp (green) lights up and the power is on. When you turn on your camera for the first time, the Clock Set screen appears (page 15). Turning off the power Press POWER again. The POWER lamp goes out, and the camera turns off. • Do not remove the battery pack or the AC Adaptor with the lens portion extended, as this may cause malfunction. • If you turn on the power when the mode dial is set to , , SCN or , the lens portion moves. Do not touch the lens portion while it is operating. Auto power-off function If you do not operate the camera for a while* during shooting or viewing or when performing SET UP, the camera turns off automatically to prevent wearing down the battery. The auto power-off function only operates when the camera is operating using a battery pack. The auto power-off function also will not operate in the following circumstances. • When viewing movies • When playing back a slide show • When a connector is plugged into the (USB) jack or the A/V OUT (MONO) jack. * When [Power Save] is set to [On]: approximately 90 seconds When [Power Save] is set to [Off]: approximately three minutes 14 How to use the control button 0EV EV 0EV WB ISO 400 200 100 Auto WB ISO To change the current settings of the camera, bring up the menu or the SET UP screen (page 39), 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.