Samsung Digimax A400 - Manual (Page 29)

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Self-timer ( ) / Right button
Selecting the self-timer
1. Slide the mode switch to the STILL IMAGE or MOVIE
CLIP mode.
2. Press the SELF-TIMER button until the desired mode
indicator displays on the LCD monitor.
A 2 second, 10 second or double self-timer icon appears
on the LCD monitor. In Movie Clip mode, only the
10-second self-timer will work.
2SEC self-timer ( ) :
Pressing the shutter button will allow an interval of 2
seconds before the image is taken.
10SEC self-timer ( ) :
Pressing the shutter button will allow an interval of 10
seconds before the image is taken.
Double self-timer ( ) :
A picture will be taken after about 10 seconds and 2
seconds later a second picture will be taken.
When using the flash, the 2-second self-timer may be
delayed for longer than 2 seconds depending on the flash charge time.
3. When you press the SHUTTER button, the picture will be taken after the specified time
has elapsed.
When the menu is displayed on the LCD monitor, pressing the Right button makes the cursor
shift to the right tab.
When the menu is not displayed on the LCD monitor, the RIGHT button operates as the
Selftimer( ) button. This function is used when the photographer would also like to be in
the image.
[ Selecting the 10 SEC self-timer ]
When taking a picture using the self-timer, the self-timer lamp works as follows:
2 second self-timer setting : The self-timer lamp blinks at 0.25 second intervals for 2
seconds.
10 second self-timer setting : The self-timer lamp blinks at 1 second intervals for the first
7 seconds.
It blinks at 0.25 second intervals for the remaining 3
seconds.
If you operate the Power button, Mode switch, Self-timer button and shutter button during
the self-timer operation, the self-timer function is cancelled.
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