Using the Self-Timer

1. Press the button (a) and use the or button (b) to display , or .

You can also use the touch control dial to make a selection.

When the shutter button is pressed fully, the self-timer will activate and the self-timer lamp will blink (when using red-eye reduction, it will stay lit for the last 2 seconds).

You can change the delay time and number of shots with the option (p. 17).

To Cancel: press the button and use the or button to select .

a

b

10 sec. Self-Timer: shoots 10 sec. after you press the shutter button.

• 2 sec. before the shutter releases, the self-timer lamp and sound speed up*1.

2 sec. Self-Timer: shoots 2 sec. after you press the shutter button.

• The self-timer sound beeps quickly*1 when you press the shutter button and the shutter releases 2 sec. later.

Custom Timer: you can change the delay time (0–10*2, 15, 20, 30 sec.) and number of shots (1–10)*3.

• When [Delay] is set to 2 or more sec., the self-timer sound beeps quickly 2 sec. before the shutter releases. When [Shots] is set to more than 1, the self-timer sound only beeps before the first shot.

*1 This may differ depending on your My Camera settings (Advanced Guide p. 113). *2 Default setting.

*3 Default setting is 3 shots.

The self-timer cannot be used in some shooting modes.

See the Advanced Guide: Functions Available in Each Shooting Mode (p. 152).

Î See Selecting a Shooting Mode (p. 11).

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Canon 950IS manual Using the Self-Timer, Press the button a and use the or button b to display , or

950IS specifications

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