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Setting the Self-Timer

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Setting the Self-Timer E STANDBY LOCK START /STOP SELF TIMER This is useful when you want to include yourself in the picture when recording. 1. Set the camera to record pause mode. 2. Press the self-timer button on the body of the camera or the SELF TIMER button on the wireless controller. • SELF T. appears in the display. • To have the subject monitor recording, rotate the LCD panel 180° (p. 26). 3. Press the start/stop button. • The camera starts to record after a 10-second countdown period (or after two seconds when you use the wireless controller). The time remaining counts down in the display (e.g. "5 SEC"). • SELF T. disappears from the display when recording begins. • The tally lamp starts flashing. 4. Press the start/stop button to end recording. • After recording a still picture for about six seconds, the camera automatically goes into record pause mode. Notes: • Initially the tally lamp flashes once a second, then just before recording it starts flashing more quickly for a few seconds before the camera starts to record. • If you have the beep turned on, it sounds each time the tally lamp flashes before recording. • To cancel the self-timer before the countdown has begun, press the self-timer button again. • To cancel the self-timer once the countdown has begun, press start/stop or the self-timer button on the wireless controller or the body of the camera. • When taking a still photo, set the self-timer and press a PHOTO button on the camera body or the wireless controller. The camera automatically adjusts the focus two seconds before the countdown is complete. The F mark flashes white then turns green after the focus and exposure are set. If you are using the wireless controller, the F mark starts flashing immediately after you press the photo button. The camcorder takes the picture for approximately six seconds. Using the Full Range of Features 54

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E
Using the Full
Range of Features
Setting the Self-Timer
This is useful when you want to include yourself in the picture when recording.
1.
Set the camera to record pause mode.
2.
Press the self-timer
button on the body of the camera
or
the SELF TIMER button on the wireless controller.
•
SELF T. appears in the display.
•
To have the subject monitor recording, rotate the LCD panel 180° (p. 26).
3.
Press the start/stop button.
•
The camera starts to record after a 10-second countdown period (or after two seconds when you use
the wireless controller). The time remaining counts down in the display (e.g. “5 SEC”).
•
SELF T. disappears from the display when recording begins.
•
The tally lamp starts flashing.
4.
Press the start/stop button to end recording.
•
After recording a still picture for about six seconds, the camera automatically goes into record pause
mode.
Notes:
•
Initially the tally lamp flashes once a second, then just before recording it starts flashing more quickly
for a few seconds before the camera starts to record.
•
If you have the beep turned on, it sounds each time the tally lamp flashes before recording.
•
To cancel the self-timer before the countdown has begun, press the self-timer button again.
•
To cancel the self-timer once the countdown has begun, press start/stop or the self-timer button on the
wireless controller or the body of the camera.
•
When taking a still photo, set the self-timer and press a PHOTO button on the camera body or the
wireless controller. The camera automatically adjusts the focus two seconds before the countdown is
complete. The
F
mark flashes white then turns green after the focus and exposure are set. If you are
using the wireless controller, the
F
mark starts flashing immediately after you press the photo button.
The camcorder takes the picture for approximately six seconds.
SELF
TIMER
STANDBY LOCK
START
/STOP