Canon EOS 500QD - Manual (Page 47)

Taking Pictures Using the Self-timer
The self-timer can be used in the image zone and the creative zone.
Please use a tripod when taking self-timer shots.
1. Press the self-timer button.
• The (S) mark will appear in the LCD
panel.
• If the self-timer button is pressed
again, the self-timer will be cancelled.
2. Press the shutter button down
halfway to set the focus and check
the shutter speed and aperture
value.
&
3
•standing in front of the camera
when pressing the shutter but­
ton can resuit in out-of-focus pic­
tures.
•To cancel the self-timer halfway,
press the self-timer button
again.
3. Compose the picture and press the
shutter button down fully while look­
ing through the viewfinder. A beeper
tone sounds to monitor the 10-sec­
ond countdown.
For the first eight seconds, the
beeper sounds slowly at a rate of
twice per second. When only two
seconds are left, the rate increases
to eight times per second.
•When using the self-timer, the count-down is displayed on the LCD panel in seconds to
the moment the shutter is released.
•When using the self-timer with a flash shot, if the red-eye reduction function is set, the
red-eye reduction lamp will come on two seconds before the shutter is released
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