60
61
30
Switching the camera on and off
With the master switch
60
on OFF, the camera
is switched off and cannot be activated by inad-
vertent actuation of one of its controls.
When the master switch is set to either
for
single-frame shooting or
for continuous
shooting, the camera can be activated only with
the aid of its shutter release. As long as the
camera is deactivated, the displays
8
and
24
will
remain blank.
In its default setting, the camera will stay on
for about three minutes. The camera will then
shut down. All camera settings are stored. Use
of any of its controls will extend standby by
another three minutes.
Single-frame shooting
With the master switch set to
, any depres-
sion of the shutter release will trigger an
exposure. For the next exposure, first reduce
pressure on the shutter release.
Continuous shooting
With the master switch set to
, the camera
will keep shooting for as long as its shutter
release is kept depressed. With roll film, full
battery, normal temperature (20°C) and shutter
speeds faster than 1/250 s, up to about two
frames per second are possible.
Shooting modes/Custom functions
Shooting
(see page 54 )
Set master switch to red dot. After pressing
shooting-menu button
61
, the following shoot-
ing modes can be selected with scroll dial
25
:
»
Single frames (single)
»
Continuous shooting (continuous)
»
Exposure bracketing
»
Self-timer
»
Focus bracketing.
SWITCHING THE CAMERA ON AND OFF / SHOOTING
