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3 Start the timer.
Press the shutter-release
button all the way down to
start the timer. The self-timer
lamp (AF-assist illuminator) will start to blink and a beep will
begin
to sound. Two seconds before the photograph is taken,
the self-timer lamp will stop blinking and the beeping will
become more rapid.
Raising
the flash interrupts the timer. To restart, wait until the
flash-ready indicator is displayed in the viewfinder and press
the shutter-release button halfway. IQJI
To turn the self-timer off before a photograph is taken, turn the
release mode dial to another setting.
B butb
In self-timer mode, a shutter speed of au t a is equivalent to
approximately 1/
5
s.
,. SeeAlso
For information on changing the timer duration, see Custom Setting c3
(Self-timer delay, pg. 297). For information on setting a beep to sound
during the timer count-down, see Custom Setting dl (Beep, pg. 298).
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