Taking Pictures with the Self-timer

Mode Auto Playback: and Photography Basic

The camera is equipped with a ten-second and two-second timer for self-portraits. This feature is useful for reducing the effects of camera shake that occurs when pressing the shutter-release button. When using the self-timer, use of a tripod is recommended.

1 Press n(self-timer).

• The self-timer menu is displayed.

2Use the multi selector Hor Ito choose 10 s

or 2 s and press the kbutton.

•

10 s (ten seconds):

Suited for important occasions

 

 

 

(such as weddings)

 

•

2 s (two seconds):

Suited for preventing camera

 

 

 

shake

 

 

 

Self-timer

•The mode selected for self-timer is displayed.

•If a setting is not applied by pressing the kbutton within a few seconds, the selection will be cancelled.

3Frame the picture and press the

shutter-release button halfway.

• Focus and exposure will be set.

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4Press 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 in the monitor. The self-

 

 

timer lamp blinks while the timer is counting

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F2.7

down. About one second before the shutter

 

 

is released, the lamp remains lit and stops

 

 

blinking.

 

 

• When the shutter is released, the self-timer will be set to k.

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

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