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Using the self-timer

After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released either about ten seconds or two seconds later. The 10-second self-timer is convenient when the photographer appears in a photo and the 2-second self-timer is convenient to reduce the camera-shake because the mirror is pulled up beforehand.

Check that the focus is confirmed on the subject, then press the shutter button.

 

 

( : The default setting)

 

 

 

 

(10s self-timer)

After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released

 

 

about 10 seconds later.

 

 

 

 

(2s self-timer)

After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released

 

 

about 2 seconds later.

 

 

 

•When using the 10-second self-timer, the self-timer lamp located on the front side flashes and lights up right before the shutter is released. The self-timer indicator located on the LCD monitor is highlighted. The countdown sound also starts.

•To cancel the activated 10-second self-timer, press the (Drive) button. The self-timer is canceled when the power is turned off. You can also cancel it when the shooting is completed. You cannot cancel the 2-second self-timer in the middle.

•When there is bright lighting, a reflector or something similar behind the camera, and you press the shutter button without looking into the viewfinder, use the eyepiece cover attached on the shoulder strap to prevent unnecessary lighting from seeping through the viewfinder and affecting the exposure (page 41).

Shooting three images with the exposure shifted – Exposure Bracket

An accurate exposure setting is required for some shooting. In such cases, a photographer continuously shoots some images with the exposure shifted, aside from the correct exposure image. The camera shoots images with the exposure shifted automatically.

Correct

– direction

+ direction

Continuous bracket

(: The default setting)

(Bracket:0.3Ev cont.) Shoots images continuously with the exposure value shifted by plus or minus 0.3 step. Press and hold the shutter button until the recording stops.

(Bracket:0.7Ev cont.) Shoots images continuously with the exposure value shifted by plus or minus 0.7 step. Press and hold the shutter button until the recording stops.

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