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SELF-TIMER
The self-timer delays release of the shutter for
approximately 10 seconds after you press the
shutter-release button.
1.Place the camera on a tripod, then
press the self-timer button until
appears in the data panel.
2.Place the focus frame on your
subject.
3.Press the shutter-release button all
the way down.
• will blink in the data panel. The self-timer
lamp on the front of the camera will blink
slowly during the countdown, then rapidly just
before the shutter is released.
• To cancel the self-timer, press the self-timer button again or turn the
camera off.
• Self-timer is automatically cancelled after the shutter is released.
✎ The camera locks focus on the subject when the shutter-release button
is pressed. Focus hold can be used (p. 18).
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