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BASIC OPERA
TION
Self-Timer Operation
You can use the self-timer when you want to be in the photograph.
1
Press
v
(self-timer) button and confirm
that
V
appears on the LCD panel.
(Or, rotate the Command Dial while pressing the
v
button until
V
appears on the LCD panel.)
The display changes as follows:
No display
(cancel)
Check points
• Use a tripod or place the camera on a stable surface before using the self-
timer.
• To shoot in an exposure mode other than Manual, cover the eyepiece with the
supplied eyepiece cap DK-5 (page 3) or with your hand before pressing the
shutter release button to prevent interference from stray light and achieve
correct exposure.
• Do not stand in front of the lens when setting the self-timer in autofocus
mode.
2
Compose picture, focus by lightly
pressing the shutter release button and
fully depress the shutter release button.
• Self-timer shooting cannot be performed unless the
camera’s shutter can be released (i.e. when subject
cannot be brought into focus with autofocus).
• Once the self-timer is activated, the shutter will
release in 10 seconds. The self-timer lamp will blink
for 8 sec. and then illuminate for 2 sec. before the
shutter is released. When Red-Eye Reduction (page
79) is set, self-timer activates and the self-
timer/red-eye reduction lamp lights for 1 sec.
before the shutter releases at the same output level
as the normal Red-Eye Reduction function.
• To cancel the self-timer, either turn the power
switch off, press the
v
button until
V
and
B
(remote control) disappear in the LCD panel, or
rotate the Command Dial while pressing the
v
button until
V
and
B
disappear in the LCD panel.
• To cancel the self-timer during self-timer operation,
turn the power switch off or press the
v
button
again.
Two-sec. delay
release for
remote control
Immediate
release for
remote control
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