Recording with the Interval Timer

With the interval timer, you can record images over a selected time with a selected interval. This function is useful when shooting flowers, animals, and other natural events.

You can choose an interval from 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes and 10 minutes, and a recording time from 0.5 seconds, 1 second, 1.5 seconds, and 2 seconds.

Example: 2 seconds recording time at a 5 minutes interval

(= standby time of 5 minutes including the recording time of 2 seconds)

 

2 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 min. 58 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4 min. 58 sec.

 

 

Record

 

 

 

 

Record

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interval time

 

 

 

 

Interval time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selecting Interval and Recording Time

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CAMERA SETUP

INTERVAL T.••OFF

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24)

 

INTERVAL•••••30sec

INT.REC.TIME•0.5sec

1.Open the menu and select [CAMERA SETUP].

2.Select [INTERVAL T.] and set it to [ON].

3.Select [INTERVAL] and select an interval.

4.Select [INT.REC.TIME] and select a recording time.

5.Close the menu.

“INT T.” flashes.

Recording

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Cannon XL2 instruction manual Recording with the Interval Timer, Selecting Interval and Recording Time