Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Quick Reference Guide
- Instruction Manual
- Conventions Used in This Manual
- Table of Contents
- Quick Start Guide
- Supplied Accessories
- Parts & Controls
- Getting Started
- Attaching the Strap
- Charging the Battery
- Installing / Removing the Battery
- Installing / Removing a Memory Card
- Using the LCD Monitor
- Power On
- Date & Time Set
- Setting the Language
- Attaching & Detaching a Lens
- Lens Image Stabilizer
- Basic Operation
- Quick Control Shooting Functions
- Menu Operations
- Formatting a Memory Card
- Switching the LCD Monitor Display
- Feature Guide
- Touch Screen Operations
- Basic Shooting & Image Playback
- Fully Automatic Shooting
- Full Auto Techniques
- Disabling Flash
- Creative Auto Shooting
- Shooting Portraits
- Shooting Landscapes
- Shooting Close-Ups
- Shooting Moving Subjects
- Special Scene Mode
- Shooting Night Portraits (with a Tripod)
- Shooting Night Scenes (Handheld)
- Shooting Backlit Scenes
- Quick Control
- Shoot by Ambience Selection
- Shoot by Lighting or Scene Type
- Image Playback
- Advanced Shooting Operations
- Program AE
- Setting the Image-Recording Quality
- Changing the ISO Speed
- Optimal Image Characteristics for the Subject
- Changing the AF Operation
- Selecting the AF Point
- Subjects Difficult to Focus
- Continuous Shooting
- Self-Timer
- Using the Built-in Flash
- Convey the Subject’s Movement
- Changing Depth of Field
- Manual Exposure
- Changing the Metering Mode
- Setting Exposure Compensation
- Auto Exposure Bracketing
- Locking the Exposure
- Locking the Flash Exposure
- Auto Correction of Brightness and Contrast
- Noise Reduction Settings
- Lens Peripheral Illumination / Chromatic Aberration Correction
- Customizing Image Characteristics
- Registering Preferred Image Characteristics
- Matching the Light Source
- Adjusting the Color Tone for the Light Source
- Setting the Color Reproduction Range
- Mirror Lockup to Reduce Camera Shake
- Live View Shooting
- Shooting Movies
- Handy Features
- Silencing the Beeper
- Card Reminder
- Setting Image Review Time
- Setting Auto Power-Off Time
- Adjusting LCD Monitor Brightness
- Creating and Selecting a Folder
- File Numbering Methods
- Setting Copyright Information
- Auto Rotation of Vertical Images
- Checking Camera Settings
- Restore Default Settings
- Preventing the LCD Monitor from Turning Off Automatically
- Changing the Shooting Settings Screen Color
- Setting the Flash
- Automatic Sensor Cleaning
- Appending Dust Delete Data
- Manual Sensor Cleaning
- Wireless Flash Photography
- Image Playback
- Searching for Images Quickly
- Magnified View
- Playing Back with the Touch Screen
- Rotating the Image
- Setting Ratings
- Quick Control During Playback
- Playing Movies
- Editing the Movie’s First and Last Scenes
- Slide Show (Auto Playback)
- Viewing the Images on a TV
- Protecting Images
- Erasing Images
- Shooting Information Display
- Post-Processing Images
- Printing Images
- Customizing the Camera
- Reference
- Troubleshooting
- Error Codes
- Specs
- Downloading Images to a Personal Computer
- Quick Reference Guide
- Index
- Flash Classroom
- Do More with Macro
- Scans of CD-ROMs
- Lens Warranty
- Camera Warranty
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1
Press the <YiQ> button.
2
Select the self-timer.
Press the <U> key or turn the
<6> dial to select the self-timer,
then press <0>.
Q: 10-sec. self-timer
The remote controller can also be used (p.307).
l: 2-sec. self-timer (p.142)
q: 10-sec. self-timer plus
continuous shots
Press the <
V
> key to set the
number of multiple shots (2 to 10)
to be taken with the self-timer.
3
Take the picture.
Look hrough the viewfinder, focus the subject,
then press the shutter button completely.
X
You can check the self-timer opera ion with
the self-timer lamp, beeper, and countdown
display (in seconds) on the LCD monitor.
X Two seconds before the picture is
taken, the self-timer lamp will light up
and the beeper will sound faster.
j Using the Self-timer
With <q
>, the interval between the multiple shots may be prolonged depending
on the shooting functions settings such as the image-recording quality or flash.
If you do not look through the viewfinder when you press the shutter
button, attach the eyepiece cover (p.308). If stray light enters the
viewfinder when the picture is taken, it may throw off the exposure.
The <
l
> enables you to shoot while not touching the camera mounted on a
tripod. This prevents camera shake while you shoot still lifes or long exposures.
After taking self-timer shots, playing back the image (p 84) to check
focus and exposure is recommended.
When using the self-timer to shoot only yourself, use focus lock (p.61) on
an object at about the same distance as where you will stand.
To cancel the self-timer after it starts, press he <YiQ> button.