Using The Self-Timer - Sony DSLR-A700 User's Manual / Troubleshooting

For details on the operation
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After you press the shutter button, the shutter will be released either about ten seconds or two
seconds later. The IO-second self-timer is convenient when the photographer appears in a
photo and the 2-second self-timer is convenient to reduce the camera-shake because the mirror
is pulled up beforehand.
Check that the focus is confirmed on the subject, then press the shutter button.
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10sec self-timer
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2sec self-timer
• When using the 10-second self-timer, the self-timer lamp located on the front side flashes before the
shutter is released. The countdown sound also starts.
• To cancel the activated IO-second self-timer, press the DRIVE button. You cannot cancel the 2-second
self-timer in the middle.
• When there is bright lighting, a reflector or something similar behind the camera, and you press the shutter
button without looking into the viewfinder, use the eyepiece cover attached on the shoulder strap to
prevent unnecessary lighting from seeping through the viewfinder and affecting the exposure (page 44).
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An accurate exposure setting is required for some shooting. In such cases, a photographer
continuously shoots some images with the exposure shifted, aside from the correct exposure
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Press and hold the shutter button until the recording stops.
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Shoots three images continuously with the exposure shifted by 0.3 of a step.
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Shoots five images continuously with the exposure shifted by 0.3 of a step.
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Shoots three images continuously with the exposure shifted by 0.5 of a step.
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Shoots five images continuously with the exposure shifted by 0.5 of a step.
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Shoots three images continuously with the exposure shifted by 0.7 of a step.
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Shoots five images continuously with the exposure shifted by 0.7 of a step.
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