Configuring your Camera

Using the Self Timer

Drive Mode Selector Lock release

Self Timer

Drive Mode selector

Use the Self Timer when you want to be in a photograph. Use a tripod or place the camera on a stable surface before using the Self Timer. The Self Timer allows you 10 seconds to move into position.

If you are using autofocus (see page 8-1), do not stand in front of the lens when setting the Self Timer.

1.Press and hold the Drive Mode Selector Lock release and set the Drive

Mode selector to .

NOTE: The Self Timer will not work if the shutter cannot be released, for example, if the subject cannot be brought into focus in Single Servo AF (see page 8-1).

If you are using an Exposure mode other than Manual, cover the eyepiece with the supplied eyepiece cap or with your hand before pressing the Shutter Release button. This helps achieve correct exposure by preventing interference from stray light.

2.Compose the picture, focus by lightly pressing the Shutter Release button, then fully press the Shutter Release button.

Once the Self Timer is activated, the shutter will release in ten seconds. The Self Timer indicator LED blinks for eight seconds, then illuminates for two seconds before the shutter is released.

When buLb is selected in Manual Exposure mode, shutter speed is approximately 1/8 - 1/15 second.

Self Timer LED

Cancelling the Self Timer • Press and hold the Drive Mode Selector Lock release and set the Drive

Mode selector to a position other than .

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Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n manual Using the Self Timer