Canon GL1 Camcorder User Manual


 
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Using the Full
Range of Features
Setting the Self-Timer
This is useful when you want to include yourself in the picture when recording.
1. Set the camera to record pause mode.
2. Press the self-timer button on the body of the camera
or
the SELF TIMER button on the wireless controller.
SELF T. appears in the display.
To have the subject monitor recording, rotate the LCD panel 180° (p. 26).
3. Press the start/stop button.
The camera starts to record after a 10-second countdown period (or after two seconds when you use
the wireless controller). The time remaining counts down in the display (e.g. “5 SEC”).
SELF T. disappears from the display when recording begins.
The tally lamp starts flashing.
4. Press the start/stop button to end recording.
After recording a still picture for about six seconds, the camera automatically goes into record pause
mode.
Notes:
Initially the tally lamp flashes once a second, then just before recording it starts flashing more quickly
for a few seconds before the camera starts to record.
If you have the beep turned on, it sounds each time the tally lamp flashes before recording.
To cancel the self-timer before the countdown has begun, press the self-timer button again.
To cancel the self-timer once the countdown has begun, press start/stop or the self-timer button on the
wireless controller or the body of the camera.
When taking a still photo, set the self-timer and press a PHOTO button on the camera body or the
wireless controller. The camera automatically adjusts the focus two seconds before the countdown is
complete. The
F
mark flashes white then turns green after the focus and exposure are set. If you are
using the wireless controller, the
F
mark starts flashing immediately after you press the photo button.
The camcorder takes the picture for approximately six seconds.
SELF
TIMER
STANDBY LOCK
START
/STOP