Canon XL1 Setting the Self-Timer, Press the wireless controller’s Self Timer button

Setting the Self-Timer

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START/		ZOOM
STOP PHOTO
SELF TIMER	W	T

Recording

1.Press the wireless controller’s SELF TIMER button.

• SELF TIMER appears in the viewfinder.

2Press the wireless controller’s START/STOP button.

•The camera starts to record after a 2 second countdown period (or after 10 seconds if you press the start/stop button on the camera). The time remaining counts down in the viewfinder (e.g. “5 sec”).

•SELF TIMER disappears from the viewfinder when recording begins.

3.Press the START/STOP button to end recording.

•In photo mode, set the self-timer in a similar way, but press the PHOTO button in place of the start/stop button. The focus and exposure are set before the countdown is complete and the green mark is displayed.

Notes:

•Initially the tally lamps flash once a second, then just before recording starts they flash more quickly for a few seconds before the camera starts to record.

•To cancel the self-timer press the SELF TIMER button once more before recording. Once the countdown has begun, press the SELF TIMER button to turn it off.

•Cancel the self-timer at any stage by turning the power off or pressing the STANDBY button.

•If you press the SELF TIMER button when the recording displays have been turned off (p. 24), the self timer display does not appear in the viewfinder, until you press the start/stop button to start the countdown.

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