cliff_henry Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I did a seach without results and am unable to download a manual, so maybe someone here can help. I am doing some shooting for a real estate co. with their 990. Need to use tripod and would like to use self timer. The reviews all state in specs. that self timer is available and can be set to 3 sec. or 10 sec. by cycling thru M-fucus button, bottom left under montior. Doing this only gets me Landscape infinity lock, Macro Focus, and Macro Focus with Self Timer, no self timer only. If I hold down M-Focus button and turn Main dial I can get manual focus and self timer (10 sec. only). I have been unable to set to use self timer in any mode other that Macro Focus or Manual Focus and only able to set timer to 10 sec. (default value). Can timer be used in other modes? Can anyone help? Much thanks. Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilbert yu photography Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 I have a CP990 that I don't use a whole lot anymore, but I'll try to help. I'm speaking from memory, so when I get home and try the self-timer modes and correct this post if I have anything wrong. Self-timer mode is only available in manual focus and macro focus mode. However, macro focus mode does NOT limit you to only macro focusing; the camera can still focus from a few inches to infinity. When in macro focus mode, it may take a little bit longer to focus because the camera searches from macro to infinity to achieve focus lock. One really annoying thing about the self-timer is that it doesn't try to focus until the END of the countdown, so you need to have the subject that you want in focus on the active focusing sensor. I don't believe that you can change the self-timer to anything less than 10 sec in the menus. However, when you are in self-timer mode, the first time you press the shutter release button, the timer starts counting down from 10. The second time you press it (before the timer has counted down to zero), the timer jumps to 3 sec. I hope this helped... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff_henry Posted January 12, 2004 Author Share Posted January 12, 2004 Gilbert, Thanks for the info. Your info seems to work. I sneaked over to this thread from the Canon thread where I have been hanging for a couple of years. Hope you Nikon guys won't hold that against me. ;>) Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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