Olympus IM008, Instruction Manual

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Shooting
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Performing the sequential/ self-timer shooting
You can take a series of pictures by keeping the shutter button pressed all the way
down. Alternatively, you can take pictures using the self-timer.
1
Press the
j Y
(
G
) button.
2
Highlight one of the following options using HI .
o /

o
Single 1 frame is taken at a time when the shutter button is pressed.
T Sequential High
Pictures are taken at up to about 8.6 frames per second (fps)
while the shutter button is pressed all the way down. Focus,
exposure, and white balance are
fi xed at the values for the fi rst
shot in each series.
S
/

S
Sequential Low
Pictures are taken at up to about 4.8 frames per second (fps)
while the shutter button is pressed all the way down. Focus
and exposure are
fi xed according to the options selected for
[AF Mode] (P. 79) and [AEL/AFL] (P. 127).
Y
12s/
 Y 12s
Y
12 sec
Press the shutter button halfway to focus, the rest of the way
down to start the timer. First, the self-timer lamp lights up for
approximately 10 seconds, then it blinks for approximately
2 seconds and the picture is taken.
Y
2s/

Y
2s
Y
2 sec
Press the shutter button halfway to focus, the rest of the
way down to start the timer. The self-timer lamp blinks for
approximately 2 seconds, and then the picture is taken.
Y
C/

Y
C
Custom
Self-timer
Press the
INFO
button to set [
Y
Timer], [Number of Frames],
and [Interval Length].
Use HI to highlight items and FG to choose a value.
Items marked with  use the electronic shutter to control the small amount of camera blur
caused by operation of the shutter.
3
Press the
Q
button.
• Fix the camera securely on a tripod for self-timer shooting.
• If you stand in front of the camera to press the shutter button when using the self-timer,
the picture may be out of focus.
• When you are using
S
or 
S
, live view is displayed. In
T
, the display shows the last
photograph taken during the sequential shooting.
• The speed of sequential shooting varies depending on the lens you are using and the
focus of the zoom lens.
• During sequential shooting, if the battery level icon blinks due to low battery, the camera
stops shooting and starts saving the pictures you have taken on the card. The camera
may not save all of the pictures depending on how much battery power remains.
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Notes
• To cancel the activated self-timer, press G .
• Sequential/self-timer shooting is available in silent mode (P. 42).