Have you tried the \"Anti-shock\" time delay feature? This is intended for use on-tripod to allow a \"settling time\" between the shutter button press and the shutter activation. The advantage of using this option rather than the simple 2 or 12 second timer is that Anti-shock works in both single-shot and continuous mode, as well as with bracketing! To activate Anti-shock, see Custom menu E, manual page 89.
The cool thing about how this option is implemented is that if you wish you can leave it set in the menu and it is added to the shooting mode selections in combination with each of the standard options, for fast selection (by default, the down arrow button.)
And - REALLY cool if you are interested in time-lapse photography: Set anti-shock to 30 seconds and select continuous mode with anti-shock, set up the camera on a tripod, attach a wired remote switch with the shutter lock (long exposure) feature, and lock the shutter. Your camera will now happily take a photograph every 30 seconds until either the card is full or the battery dies (Unfortunately, 30 seconds is currently the longest interval allowed by firmware version 1.5.)
Oct 07, 2012 at 06:39 AM
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(Unfortunately, 30 seconds is currently the longest interval allowed by firmware version 1.5.)