Nikon D100 User Manual

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Intr

oduction—First Steps

Removing the Battery

To remove the battery, turn the camera off, open the battery chamber cover as de-
scribed above, and slide the battery out.

Camera Off Display

When the camera is off and the main battery is inserted or
the camera is powered by an optional EH-5 AC adapter,
the control panel will show only the number of exposures
remaining. If no memory card is inserted,

will be

displayed.

7—Auto Meter Off (

151)

The length of the auto meter off delay can be adjusted using Custom Setting 7.

Getting the Camera Ready for Use

.6 Check the battery level

Turn the camera on and check the battery level in the control panel or
viewfinder.

Notes

Status

View-

finder

Control

Panel

To save power, aperture and shutter-
speed indicators in the control panel and
all indicators in viewfinder turn off if no
operations are performed for six seconds
(auto meter off). Press shutter-release
button halfway to reactivate display.

—

Battery fully

charged

Battery partially

discharged

—

Battery exhausted

(Flashes)

Shutter-release disabled. No pictures can
be taken until battery has been replaced.

* No icon displayed when camera powered by optional AC adapter.

(Flashes)

Ready a fully-charged spare battery.

Low battery

Icon