Olympus E-20N - Manual (Page 123)

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Using the Self-Timer
With the self-timer set, the shutter release will be delayed for 12 seconds after you
press the shutter button.
1
Set the mode dial to P, A, S, or M.
2
Press and hold down the drive
button
, and then turn the main
dial or the sub dial until you see
the self-timer mark appear in the
control panel.
3
Attach the camera securely to a
tripod, adjust the focus, and
compose the picture in the
viewfinder.
Half-press the shutter button to focus the
shot. If the subject is not yet composed in
the center of the viewfinder, you can use
focus lock. (
➞ 65)
4
Pull down the eyepiece shutter
lever to prevent light entering the
viewfinder from behind the camera.
Pull down the eyepiece shutter lever on
the left of the viewfinder.
Light entering the viewfinder from behind
the camera could wash out the picture with
white light.
5
Fully -press the shutter button.
The remote control receiver/self-timer
lamp on the front of the camera lights for
10 seconds, blinks for 2 seconds, and then
the shutter releases.
After you take the picture, the camera
remains in the self-timer mode. To release
the camera from the self-timer mode,
switch the camera off and switch it on
again.
To cancel self-timer mode
If you want to cancel the shot, press the drive button , before the shutter releases. If you want to
cancel the self-timer mode, select any mark other than the self-timer mark , or just switch the
camera off and on again.
Note
• Remember that the camera performs autofocusing when you press the shutter button, so to avoid
ruining the focus of the picture never stand in front of the camera when you half-press and then
fully-press the shutter button.
Self-timer lamp
After pressing the shutter
button, the self-timer
lamp lights for 10
seconds, blinks for 2
seconds, and then the
shutter releases.
Self-timer mode
mark
5
2
1
ON
OFF
4
Eyepiece
shutter lever