Pentax 8587, 8572, 8557, 8542 Taking Pictures at a Set Interval Interval Shot, Set the interval

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Taking Pictures at a Set Interval (Interval Shot)

In this mode, a set number of pictures can be taken automatically at a set interval from a set time.

		You can set the shooting interval in increments of one
Interval	10 sec. – 99 min.	second from ten seconds to 4 minutes, and in 1 minute
		increments from 4 to 99 minutes. You cannot set the
		camera to take interval shots at less than ten seconds.
Number	2 shots – number of	You can set this up to 1000 shots. However, it
of Shots	recordable images	cannot exceed the number of recordable images.
		You can set this in 1-minute increments. If the start
Start Delay	0 min. – 24 hours	time is set to 0 minutes, the first picture is taken as
		soon as the shutter release button is pressed.

1	Use the four-way controller (2345) to select	(Interval
2	Shot) from the Capture Mode Palette.
	Press the 4 button.

The current interval shot settings appear for approximately 1 minute. To take pictures with the current settings, go to step 10.

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	Press the 4 button while the current settings are displayed.
4	The [Interval Shot] setting screen appears. [Interval] is marked with the frame.
	Set the interval.
	1 Press the four-way controller (5).	Interval Shot
			Interval	0min. 10sec.
	2 Use the four-way controller (23)		Number of Shots	2
	to set the minutes, then press the		Start Delay	0hr. 0min.
	four-way controller (5).
	3 Use the four-way controller (23)	MENU
	to set the seconds, then press the
	four-way controller (5).
5	The frame returns to [Interval].
	Press the four-way controller (3).
6	The frame moves to [Number of Shots].
	Set the number of shots.

1Press the four-way controller (5).

2Use the four-way controller (23) to set [Number of Shots],

then press the four-way controller (5).

The frame returns to [Number of Shots].

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