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Remote
Control
Operation
(optional)-continued
Check
poin
ts
• Use a tripod or place the camera
on
a stable surface before using the remote
control.
• When you
are
taki
ng
pictures but not looking through the viewfinder, cover the
eyepiece with the supp
li
ed
eyepiece cap DK-5 (page
82)
or with your hand before
pressing the shutter
re
lease button
to
prevent interference from stray
li
ght and
achieve correct exposure.
• T
he
shooting distance for remote control operation is within
5m
directly
in
front of
the camera. To shoot beyond the shooting distance of the remote control, use the
self-timer (page
40)
. Remote control operation cannot be performed wh
en
the
camera has extreme back
li
ghting. Change the camera position
in
this case.
• If the shutter cannot be released with the remote control, change the battery inside
the remote control unit (page
87)
.
(The
life of the battery inside the remote cont
rol
unit
is
approx. 5 years.)
• U
se
one
3V
CR2025 lithium battery
in
the remote cont
rol
unit.
Long
Time
(Time)
exposure
with
remote
control
When the camera is set
to
Long Time (Time) exposure (page
62)
, pressing the
re
mote
cont
ro
l's shutter release button opens the camera's shutter and pressing the shutter
release button again closes the shutter.
Th
is
function is useful for shooting nighttime
scenes or stars. (U
se
of a tripod is recommended.) Self-timer
la
mp flickers slightly
once every 2 sec. during Time exposure.
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