Owner's Manual

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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. The shutter will be released
about ten
seconds after the
timer starts.
Raising
the built-in flash interrupts the timer. To restart, wait
until
the flash-ready indicator is displayed in the viewfinder
and press the shutter-release
button halfway.
To turn the self-timer off before a photograph is taken, turn the
release mode dial to another setting.
In self-timer mode, a shutter speed of bu :.. b is equivalent to
approximately 1/
10
s.
B See Also
For information on changing the timer duration, see Custom Setting c3
(Self-timer, CD 273). For information on setting a beep to sound during
the timer count-down, see Custom Setting dl (Beep, CD 275).