Setting The Self-Timer - Canon Optura Pi Instruction Manual

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Setting the Self-Timer

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This is useful when you want to include yourself in the picture when recording
movies or still photographs.
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For movie
1. Set the camera to record pause mode.
2. Select SELF TIMER from the menu and set it to ON
or
Push 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° (
3. Press the start/stop button.
• The camera starts to record after a 10-second countdown period (or after
two 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.
4. Press the start/stop button to end recording.
• After recording a still picture for about six seconds, the camera
automatically goes into record pause mode.
• When taking a still photo, set the self-timer and press a PHOTO button on the
camera body or the wireless controller. The camera automatically adjusts the
focus two 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
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photo button. The camcorder takes the picture for approximately six seconds.
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