HP M525, M425 manual Using the Self-Timer mode

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Landscape—For scenes with deep perspective, such as mountain scenes.

Portrait—For pictures that have one or more people as their primary subject.

Action—For capturing sporting events, moving cars, or any scene where you want to stop the action.

Night Portrait—For capturing images of people at night. This mode uses the flash and a long exposure. As a result, you must set the camera on a tripod or stable surface.

Beach and Snow—For capturing scenes against bright backgrounds such as at the beach or in snow.

Sunset—For capturing outdoor scenes at sunset.

Burst—For taking two or more shots quickly in succession (see Using the Burst mode on page 17).

Macro—For taking close-up pictures of subjects between 100 and 800 mm (3.9 to 31.5 in) away.

Note The shooting modes do not apply when you are recording video clips.

The shooting mode remains in effect until it is changed again, or until you turn off the camera.

Using the Self-Timer mode

The Self-Timer allows you to take an image or video clip 10 seconds after pressing the Shutter or Video button.

1.Press while in Live View, use to highlight Self-Timer , then press .

2.Set the camera on a tripod or stable surface.

3.Frame the subject in the Image Display.

4.The next steps depend on whether you are taking a still pictures or recording a video clip.

a.For still pictures, press the Shutter button halfway down to lock focus and exposure. When the focus brackets turn green, press the Shutter button all the way down.

b.For video clips, press the Video button, then release it.

5.The camera begins the 10-second countdown, then takes the still image or begins recording the video clip.

6.If you are recording a video clip, press the Video button to stop recording.

Tip If you want to include yourself in the picture, press the Shutter button all the way down, then place the camera on a tripod or stable surface. The camera locks focus and exposure just before the end of the countdown, allowing you time to place yourself in the scene.

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