Self-Timer Mode

The self-timer can be used to reduce camera shake or for self-portraits. Before shooting, mount the camera on a tripod or place the camera on a stable, level surface.

1 Select self-timer mode.

Press the release mode dial lock release and turn the release mode dial to E.

 

Release mode dial

2 Frame the photograph and focus.

 

In single-servo autofocus (0 71), photographs

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can only be taken if the in-focus (I) indicator

 

appears in the viewfinder.

 

3Start the timer.

Press the shutter-release button all the way down to start the timer. The self-timer lamp will start to flash. Two seconds before the photograph is taken, the self-timer lamp will stop flashing. The shutter will be released about ten seconds after the timer starts.

To turn the self-timer off before a photograph is taken, turn the release mode dial to another setting.

DUsing the Built-in Flash

Before taking a photograph with the flash in P, S, A, M, or 0modes, press the M(Y) button to raise the flash and wait for the Mindicator to be displayed in the viewfinder (0 119). Shooting will be interrupted if the flash is raised after the self-timer has started. Note that

only one photograph will be taken when the flash fires, regardless of the number of exposures selected for Custom Setting c3 (Self-timer; 0 237).

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