Taking Pictures With The Self-Timer - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX100 Operating Instructions Manual

Taking Pictures with
the Self-timer
1 Press 2 [
].
2 Press 3/4 to select a mode.
• You can also press 2 [
3 Press [MENU/SET].
• You can also press the shutter
button halfway to finish.
• The menu screen disappears after
about 5 seconds. At this time, the
selected item is automatically set.
4 Press the shutter button halfway
to focus and then press it fully to
take the picture.
A Press the shutter button halfway to
focus.
B Press the shutter button fully to take
the picture.
• When using a tripod etc., setting the
self-timer to 2 seconds is a convenient
way to avoid the jitter caused by pressing
] to select.
the shutter button.
• When you press the shutter button once
fully, the subject is automatically focused
just before recording. In dark places, the
self-timer indicator will blink and then may
turn on brightly operating as an AF assist
lamp (P69) to allow the camera to focus
on the subject.
• The self-timer is fixed to 10 seconds in
simple mode [
[SELF PORTRAIT] (P47) in scene mode.
• When you set the self-timer in burst mode,
A
the camera starts taking a picture 2 or
10 seconds after the shutter button is
pressed. The number of pictures taken at
one time is fixed to 3.
B
• The self-timer cannot be set in
[HI-SPEED BURST] in scene mode.
• We recommend using a tripod when
recording with the self-timer.
Advanced (Recording pictures)
• The self-timer indicator C blinks and
the shutter is activated after 10 seconds
(or 2 seconds).
• If you press [MENU/SET] while the
self-timer is set, the self-timer setting is
cancelled.
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