2. » Know ˃Install battery ˃Insert media card ˃Lens mounting ˃Power controls ˃Focus modes ˃Record modes » Show ˃Install a battery, insert the media card, turn on camera ˃Select focus mode and record mode » Level ˃Knowledge

3. » Lithium-Ion Battery » Rechargable » Do NOT put anything but THIS specific battery in the cameras!

4. » Open compartment cover by sliding tab » Insert battery. It will only go in one way, look at shape of the compartment. » Close compartment cover. You will feel it click. » NEVER FORCE IT.

5. » Lots of different types of cards » SD most common » SD is what all the school cameras use

6. » Never touch the contacts (gold metal looking tabs) » Watch the “lock” switch on the card – it will prevent your camera or computer from reading the card

7. » Slide the memory card slot door towards back of camera » It will swing open » Slide the card, label facing you, until it clicks into place » NEVER FORCE IT

8. » Line up the white dots on the lens and the body » Insert the lens into the mount » Rotate the lens ¼ turn CCW until it clicks into place » Canon, is of course, DIFFERENT

9. » AFTER the battery, memory card, and lens are installed, you can turn on the camera » The power switch is on top of the camera, in front of the mode dial

10. » Turn the mode dial so that the little white tick mark points at the mode you want » Good starter – Program Auto

11. » Lens Focus Mode Switch to “A” for Auto » “M” is for manual focusing, where you use the focus ring and do it yourself

12. » Press the shutter release button halfway down to focus (& activate light meter) » Press it all the way down to take a picture

13. » Press playback button to see picture(s) you took » Use D-pad to navigate through your pictures » Use trash can to delete

14. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ mVnzNWmd8