Self-Timer Operation - Nikon F60 Instruction Manual

Imprinting Date/Time
Taking pictures with imprinted date/time
1 Push MODE button to select available imprinting
displays.
Each time you push the MODE button the display changes as follows:
Year/Month/Day
Day/Hour/Minute
No imprint
• The data displayed on the data imprint LCD will be imprinted on the
picture. Select ‚ ‚ ‚ (no imprint) to cancel data imprint. Compatible
film speeds for data imprinting are ISO32-3200.
2 Fully depress the shutter release button to take a
picture with the imprinted date/time.
• To confirm whether date/time is imprinted, check that the imprint indicator
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blinks for approx. 2 sec. immediately after taking a picture.
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Day/Month/Year
Month/Day/Year

Self-Timer Operation

You can use the self-timer when you want to be in the photograph. Use
a tripod or place the camera on a stable surface before using the self-
timer.
1
Press ! (self-timer) button and confirm that !
appears on the LCD panel.
• When ! button is pressed, duration of camera's meter changes to 30 sec.
Press the shutter release button within 30 sec. of pressing the ! button.
• The self-timer cannot be performed unless the camera's shutter can be
released (i.e. when subject cannot be in focus with autofocus).
• To shoot in an exposure mode other than Manual, cover the eyepiece with
the supplied eyepiece cap (page 56) or hand before pressing the shutter
release button to prevent interference to achieve correct exposure from
stray light.
• Do not stand in front of the lens when setting the self-timer in autofocus
mode.
2 Compose picture, focus and fully depress the shutter
release button.
• When the self-timer is activated, the shutter will release in 10 seconds.
The self-timer/red-eye reduction lamp and ! in the LCD panel blink for 8
sec. and then stop blinking for 2 sec. before the shutter is released. When
Red-Eye Reduction (page 59) is set, the self-timer/red-eye reduction lamp
lights for 2 sec. before the shutter releases at the same output level as the
normal Red-Eye Reduction function.
• To cancel the self-timer (before or during self-timer operation), press !
button again, turn the main switch off or perform Two-Button Reset (page
57). The self-timer can also be cancelled by leaving the camera untouched
for more than 30 sec. after setting the function.
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