Cyber-shot User Guide
Before Use
Operating the camera
Shooting
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Useful shooting functions
Useful viewing functions
Changing settings
Viewing images on a TV
Using with your computer
Printing
Troubleshooting
Precautions / About this camera
Contents list
Top page > Useful shooting functions > Menu items available for shooting > Self-Timer
Self-Timer
Automatic shooting with Self-portrait timer
1. Press
/
(Cont. Shooting/Self-Timer) on the control wheel.
2. Select the desired mode with the control wheel.
(Single Shooting)
(10sec)
(2sec)
(Self-portrait One
Person)
(Self-portrait Two
People)
(Self-Timer:
Continuous Shooting)
Tips for preventing blur
If your hands or body moves while holding the camera and pressing the shutter button, "Camera
shake" occurs.
Camera shake occurs frequently under low-light or slow shutter speed conditions, such as those
encountered in
(Night Portrait) or
To reduce camera shake, set the self-timer to a 2-second delay and brace your arms against your
sides after pressing the shutter button.
Notes
[Flash] is set to [Off] in continuous shooting mode.
When [Continuous Shooting] is selected, [Focus], [White Balance], and [Exposure Compensation]
are adjusted for the first image, and these settings are also used for the other images.
When the internal memory or a memory card is full, the burst stops.
In continuous shooting mode, [VGA] image size will be set while recording on internal memory.
Automatic shooting with Self-portrait timer
Point the lens at yourself so that the selected number of faces are reflected in the screen. The shutter
Does not use the self-timer.
Sets the self-timer to a 10-second delay.
When you press the shutter button, the self-timer lamp flashes and a
beep sounds until the shutter operates.
To cancel, press
/
again.
Sets the self-timer to a 2-second delay.
Sets the self-timer to Self-portrait timer.
When the camera detects the specified number of faces, a beep
sounds, and the shutter operates 2 seconds later.
The camera shoots 10 continuous frames 10 seconds later after you
press the shutter button.
(Night Scene) mode.
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