Self-Timer Shooting

Configuring Self-Timer Shooting

The camera shoots as shown in the following figure.

Shooting begins after the time set for the self-timer elapses. The camera shoots as many times as your specified shot count.

For this type of shooting, set the self-timer (Self-timer), interval timer (Interval), long-exposure timer (Exposure time) and shot count (shot count).

  1. Select self-timer shooting.

    • Press the Self-timer/Time button and select the [Self-timer] self-timer icon.

  2. Configure the self-timer.

    • Press Set and set the amount of time.
    • Press Left key or Right key to select hours, minutes, or seconds.
    • Press Up key or Down key to change the number.
    • When finished, press Set.

    Caution

    • Pressing Up key and Right key together resets the setting.
    • If you are using autofocus, note that making the amount of time too short may not give the camera enough time to focus.

  3. Configure the interval timer.

    • Press Right key and select the [Interval] interval timer icon.
    • Press Set and set the amount of time.
    • Press Left key or Right key to select hours, minutes, or seconds.
    • Press Up key or Down key to change the number.
    • When finished, press Set.

    Note

    • Interval timer time is the time between the end of one exposure and the start of the next.
    • The interval between shots is a combination of the time set for the interval timer and the time set for the long-exposure timer.

  4. Configure the long-exposure timer.

    • Press Right key and select the [Exposure time] long-exposure timer icon.
    • Press Set and set the amount of time.
    • Press Left key or Right key to select hours, minutes, or seconds.
    • Press Up key or Down key to change the number.
    • When finished, press Set.

    Caution

    • Exposure time settings apply when the camera is set to long (bulb) exposures. In other shooting modes, the camera shoots at your specified shutter speed. To shoot at the shutter speed set on the camera, set the exposure timer to [00:00:00].

  5. Set the shot count.

    • Press Right key and select the [shot count] shot count icon.
    • Press Set and set the number of shots.
    • Press Left key or Right key to switch digits.
    • Press Up key or Down key to change the number.
    • When finished, press Set.

    Caution

    • Set to [----] for an unlimited shot count.

Operation During Shooting

Operation during shooting is as follows.

Examples of camera and remote controller settings are listed below.

  • Camera

    • Drive mode: [Single shooting]
    • Shooting mode: Long (bulb) exposures
    • Bulb timer: [Disable]

  • Remote controller

    • Self-timer: 10 sec.
    • Long-exposure timer: 5 sec.
    • Interval timer: 10 sec.
    • Shot count: 10

  • Press the Self-timer/Time button and select the [Self-timer] self-timer icon.

  • Press the Start time/ button.

  • Self-timer blinks as the configured self-timer time starts counting down. The shutter opens after the configured time elapses.

  • Exposure time blinks as the configured long-exposure timer time starts counting down. The shutter closes after the configured time elapses.

  • The shot count is reduced by one, and Interval blinks as the configured interval timer time starts counting down. The shutter opens after the configured time elapses.

  • Exposure time blinks again as the configured long-exposure timer time starts counting down. The shutter closes after the configured time elapses.

  • After this, the interval timer and long-exposure timer are activated repeatedly until the shot count reaches 0.