Setting The Self-Timer; Self-Timer - Canon MV5iMC Instruction Manual

Setting the Self-Timer

For movies
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This is useful when you want to include yourself in the picture when recording
movies or still images to a tape or memory card.
CAMERA
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1. Open the menu, select VCR SET UP and set the SELF-TIMER to
ON
or
press 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° (
For movies
2. Press the start/stop button.
• The camcorder starts to record after a 10-second countdown period (or after
2 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.
3. Press the start/stop button to end recording.
For still images
2. Press a PHOTO button on the camcorder body or the wireless
controller.
• The camcorder automatically adjusts the focus 2 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.
Still images
MV5i MC
PLAY ( VCR )
CARD CAMERA
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START
/STOP PHOTO
SELF
MENU
TIMER
MV5i MC
CARD PLAY ( VCR )
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