SELF-TIMER

The self-timer delays release of the shutter for approximately 10 seconds after you press the shutter-release button.

1. Place the camera on a tripod, then press

the self-timer button until appears in the data panel.

2. Center your subject in the focus frame.

• Use Focus Hold for off-center subjects (p. 28).

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3. Press the shutter-release button all-the- way down.

will blink in the data panel during countdown.

The self-timer lamp will blink slowly. Just before the shutter is released, the self-timer lamp will blink rapidly, then glow.

To cancel the self-timer, press the self-timer button or turn the camera off.

The self-timer is automatically cancelled after the shutter releases.

Do not press the shutter-release button while standing in front of the camera.

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