Using the self-timer, Using the self-timer to avoid camera shake – Canon PowerShot SX720 HS User Manual

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Before Use

Basic Guide

Advanced Guide

Index

Camera Basics

Auto Mode /

Hybrid Auto Mode

Other Shooting Modes

P Mode

Tv, Av, and M Mode

Playback Mode

Wi-Fi Functions

Setting Menu

Accessories

Appendix

2

Shoot.

For Still Images: Press the shutter button

halfway to focus on the subject, and then

press it all the way down.

For Movies: Press the movie button.

Once you start the self-timer, the lamp

will blink and the camera will play a self-

timer sound.

Two seconds before the shot, the blinking

and sound will speed up. (The lamp will

remain lit in case the flash fires.)

To cancel shooting after you have

triggered the self-timer, press the

[

] button.

To restore the original setting, choose [ ]

in step 1.

Using the Self-Timer to Avoid Camera Shake

Still Images

Movies

This option delays shutter release until about two seconds after you

have pressed the shutter button. If the camera is unsteady while you are

pressing the shutter button, it will not affect your shot.

Follow step 1 in “Using the Self-Timer”

(= 42) and choose [ ].

Once the setting is complete, [ ] is

displayed.

Follow step 2 in “Using the Self-Timer”

(= 42) to shoot.

The camera does not zoom out automatically while [ ] is
displayed around a detected face, even if you move the camera.

When the feature described in “Zooming Automatically According
to the Movement of the Subject (Auto Zoom)” (= 40) is
deactivated, [ ] is displayed around a detected face, and the
camera automatically zooms out when moved.

Zooming is not possible while the shutter button is pressed halfway.

To deactivate this feature and use only the feature described in
“Zooming Automatically According to the Movement of the Subject
(Auto Zoom)” (= 40), choose MENU (
= 29) > [

] tab >

[

Auto Settings] > [Seek Assist] > [Off].

Using the Self-Timer

Still Images

Movies

With the self-timer, you can include yourself in group photos or other

timed shots. The camera will shoot about 10 seconds after you press the

shutter button.

1

Configure the setting.

Press the [ ] button, choose [ ] (either

press the [ ][ ] buttons or turn the [ ]

dial), and then press the [ ] button.

Once the setting is complete, [ ] is

displayed.

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