Self-Timer - Canon PowerShot A400 Quick Start Manual

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With this function, images are shot 10 or 2 seconds
after the shutter button is pressed. This is useful
when you want to take a memorable photo with
everyone including yourself in the picture. The self-
timer can be used in any shooting mode.
1 Press ~I ~
(..-
on the omni
selector) as necessary so that
~
or
§] appears on the LCD monitor.
• When ~ is selected and the shutter button is
pressed fully, the self-timer lamp starts
blinking and the self-timer begins to beep.
The blinking gets faster 2 seconds before the
shutter releases.
• When ~ is selected and the shutter button is
pressed fully, the self-timer lamp blinks fast
from the beginning. The shutter releases in 2
seconds.
2
Shoot the image.
• Shooting procedures are the same as for the
o
Auto Mode (p. 31).
Shooting - The Basics
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To Cancel the Self·timer
Press the
QI
~ button to display
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Changing the Self-timer Countdown
Time
1
In the
[~
(Rec.)] menu, select
II
(Self-timer).
• See Selecting Menus and Settings (p. 62).
2
Use
<lIlI
or .. to select
~
or §] and
press the MENU button.
• The display will return to the Shooting
screen.
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You can change the self-timer sound by
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changing the setting in [Selftimer Sound] in
the [El:l (My Camera)] menu (p. 71).
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