Nikon COOLPIXP7000 user manual Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer, Self-timer menu is displayed

Taking Pictures with the Self-Timer

The self-timer is suitable for taking group pictures and reducing the vibration when the shutter-release button is pressed. Timer durations of two or ten seconds can be selected.

When using the self-timer, use of a tripod is recommended. Set Vibration reduction (A175) in the setup menu (A167) to Off when using a tripod to stabilize the camera.

1	Press n(self-timer) on the rotary multi
	selector.
	• The self-timer menu is displayed.
2	Use the rotary multi selector to choose Y10s
	or Y2s and press the kbutton.
	• Y10s (ten seconds): suitable for group pictures.
	• Y2s (two seconds): suitable for preventing camera
	shake.
	• The mode selected for the self-timer is displayed.	Self-timer

•If the kbutton is not pressed within a few seconds, the selection is set and the setting menu disappears.

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3 Frame the picture and press the shutter-release button halfway.

•The focus and exposure are set.

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4 Press the shutter-release button the rest of the way down.

•The self-timer starts, and the number of seconds remaining before the shutter is released is displayed. The self-timer lamp blinks while the timer is counting down. About one second before the shutter is released, the lamp stops blinking and remains lit.

•When the shutter is released, the self-timer turns Off.

•To stop the timer before a picture is taken, press the shutter-release button again.

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