I have bought 3 camaras and none work AUTO OFF when conected to USB. Does anyone know if this one does turn off auto? I dont want disconect every time
870510
yes. the camera will turn itself off after you turn ignition off; it may take about 15 seconds to happen.
870511
It depends on if your cigarette lighter goes off when the igniton goes off. Or you can find a YouTube video that shows you how to wire it up to the fuse box inside your car.
870512
Yes, this one is automatic off. It takes about 15 seconds after you stop and take the key from your car then it shuts down. Hope this help!!!
870513
Auto off means when you turn off your car's engine and the power to the unit got shut off, the unit will run certain seconds and then turn off by itself. I think you can go to the menu to set this up.
1318287
Camara comes with charger and I dont think it charges via USB. The charger is very efficient and the battery lasts for ever. There is no standard usb connection.
1864049
The pictures always are taken, sometimes it takes a few seconds to focus it. I have not used the timer function yet but the flash always works when its needed, and if it doesnt go off when you want it to you can force it on by changing the mode to backlighting and it will always go off.
1410916
Unfortunately that is simply a characteristic of the camera. When you have it set to auto (the green camera symbol on the dial) and turn the camera off when you turn it back on the flash setting will default back to auto. If you use other camera modes on the dial (A, S, P) then your flash setting will remain regardless of whether or not the camera is powered down.
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I am having issues with auto focus inside and out. Inside it will occur on most settings and outside it happens a lot in manual when I am trying to shoot macros but it happens in other settings as well. Can't figure out if it's something I'm doing or if there is something wrong with this particular camera but it is becoming incredibly frustrating. Any thoughts?
880645
Thanks but what I'd like to understand is how it can be working perfectly one day, shut off while not in use, then the next time I turn it on, the image on the LCD screen is blurred, I haven't even pressed the shutter release yet, (and wouldn't due to the blurred and dark image). How can that happen? Why is there a need to adjust ISO settings when they haven't been touched?!
202429
All you need to do is focus on what ever you want to record and then press the auto focus button (AF) on the camera it should then stay focused, I haven't had any problems with my camcorder. I hope this helps, good luck.
1844953
Just tried removing battery from the grip.(with priority to battery grip) and the camera shut off once I pulled the battery.If battery was set to priority to body and removed the battery grip the camera stayed on. Not sure if one can tell which battery the camera is using during recording (new user to camera) Haven't had the battery die on me yet with a normal day use.
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I have this camera and love it. I rarely use the camera in Auto mode, since I like selecting a "scene" setting instead. Go to scene and just leave your camera on "landscape" setting for most things. You have lots of options to choose in the scene settings and if you turn the flash off, it will never pop up! If you are in a low light setting, choose night landscape, night portrait or the museum setting. Your camera won't need the flash!
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You have the option to connect up to 4 cameras. There is a switch on the back that allows you to pick a constant or you can choose auto and it goes through each camera a few seconds at a time. There is the option to have the camera auto on, meaning if there's movement it turns on. Hope this helps! For the price these cameras are great!
526797
Regarding plugging in to the USB on the back of the computer, etc. etc., I don't understand why it has to be so much trouble. My Vivitar pocket camera just...works.However, I'm going to try it...I've plugged the camera into a back USB port. We'll see what happens.
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unit turns off when you turn the flash off. The unit made by canon works the same. good unit, buy it.
1762698
I can not answer the question directly, but I would suggest the party go to the Nikon web site and try topull up the Reference Manual for this camera. There is a section called "Easy Auto Mode" that may addressthis issue. It is to detailed for me to included it in this response.
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Yes we have this too...plus a ticking noise! My husband just noticed it, and was like what the heck? You can actually hear it on the video while playing back if we are recording in absolute silence. When he shuts off the auto focus the ticking noise stops. I would be interested in others with this camcorder to comment on the noise.....I mean is this a defect or something that is just the way the camcorder is?
759348
Use ours for the same reason. Have never seen the flash go off and ours is near our front door! Doesn't miss a thing. The camera needs very little light to focus..excellent.
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I've been using the camera for about 3 months or so and was hesitant about using the auto focus/auto exposure because my last Canon video camera not only made noise, but it continuously unfocused and refocused throughout recording. I switched to all auto mode just to "see" how bad it was and haven't gone back since. I use Premiere Pro editing software and the audio is clean (we run a small soundboard and there's a tiny bit of hiss from there that the denoiser filter removes completely). But we hear no camera noises at all.
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Does your car charger port shut off if you turned off the engine and remove the key? If it is the camera should turned off with in the time you set it up. And if the car port don't turn off after shutting off the engine you're going to do it manually. Hope this help.