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2Adjust interval timer settings.
Choose a start option, interval, number of shots per interval, 
and exposure smoothing option.
•To choose a start option:
To start shooting immediately, select  Now. To start shooting at a 
chosen date and time, select  Choose start day and start time , 
then choose the date and time and press  J.
•To choose the interval between shots:
Highlight  Start options  and 
press  2. Highlight an option and press 
J.
Highlight  Interval and press  2. Choose an interval (hours, 
minutes, and seconds) and  press J. 
						

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•To choose the number of shots per interval:
In  S (single frame) mode, the photographs for each interval will be 
taken at the rate chosen for Custom Setting d2 ( CL mode shooting 
speed , 0 321).
•To enable or disabl e exposure smoothing:
Selecting On allows the camera to adjust exposure to match the 
previous shot in  e, f , and  g modes (note that exposure smoothing 
only takes effect in mode  h if auto ISO sensitivity control is on).
Highlight 
No. of intervals × 
shots/interval  and press 2. Choose the number of intervals 
and the number of shots per  interval and press  J.
Highlight  Exposure smoothing  
and press  2. Highlight an option and press 
J. 
						

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3Start shooting.
Highlight Start and press  J.
 The first 
series of shots will be taken at the 
specified starting time, or after about 
3s if  Now was selected for  Start 
options  in Step 2.
 Shooting will 
continue at the selected interval until 
all shots have been taken.
ADuring Shooting
During interval timer photography, the  Q 
icon will flash in the control panel.
 Immediately before the next shooting 
interval begins, the shutter speed display 
will show the number of intervals 
remaining, and the aperture display will 
show the number of shots remaining in the current interval.
 At other 
times, the number of intervals remaining and the number of shots in 
each interval can be viewed by pressing the shutter-release button 
halfway (once the button is released, the shutter speed and aperture 
will be displayed until the standby timer expires).
Pictures can be played back while interval timer photography is in 
progress.
 The monitor will turn off automatically about four seconds 
before each interval. Note that changing camera settings while the 
interval timer is active may cause shooting to end. J
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❚❚Pausing Interval Timer Photography
Interval timer photography can be paused between intervals by 
pressing  J or selecting  Pause in the interval timer menu.
❚❚Resuming Interval Timer Shooting
To resume shooting:
Starting Now
Starting at a Specified Time
❚❚Ending Interval Timer Shooting
To end interval timer photography and resume normal shooting 
before all the photos are taken, select  Off in the interval timer 
menu.
Highlight  Restart and 
press  J.
For  Start options , 
highlight  Choose start 
day and start time  
and press  2. Choose a starting date 
and time and press  J. Highlight 
Restart and 
press  J. 
						

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❚❚No Photograph
The camera will skip the current interval if any of the following 
situations persist for eight seconds or more after the interval was 
due to start: the photograph or photographs for the previous 
interval have yet to be taken, the memory card is full, or single-
servo autofocus is in effect and  the camera is unable to focus 
(note that the camera focuses again before each shot).
 Shooting 
will resume with the next interval.
DOut of Memory
If the memory card is full, the interval timer will remain active but no 
pictures will be taken.
 Resume shooting ( 0220) after deleting some 
pictures or turning the camera off  and inserting another memory card.
AInterval Timer Photography
Choose an interval longer than the time needed to take the selected 
number of shots.
 If the interval is too short, the number of photos 
taken may be less than the total listed in Step 2 (the number of 
intervals multiplied by the number of shots per interval).
 Interval timer 
photography can not be combined with long time-exposures (bulb or 
time photography,  0123) or live view or time-lapse photography 
( 0 35, 223) and is not available in movie live view ( 049) or when 
Record movies  is selected for Custom Setting g4 ( Assign shutter 
button , 0 364).
 Note that because the shutter speed, frame rate, and 
time needed to record images may vary from one interval to the next, 
the time between the end of one interval and the beginning of the 
next may vary.
 If shooting can not proceed  at current settings (for 
example, if a shutter speed of  A or & is currently selected in 
manual exposure mode or the start  time is in less than a minute), a 
warning will be displayed in the monitor.
Interval timer shooting will pause when  E (self-timer) mode is 
selected or if the camera is turn ed off and then on again (when the 
camera is off, batteries and memory cards can be replaced without 
ending interval timer photography).
 Pausing shooting does not affect 
interval timer settings. 
						

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ABracketing
Adjust bracketing settings before starting interval timer photography. If exposure, flash, or ADL bracketi ng is active while interval timer 
photography is in effect, the camera will take the number of shots in 
the bracketing program at each inte rval, regardless of the number of 
shots specified in the interval timer menu.
 If white balance bracketing 
is active while interval timer photography is in effect, the camera will 
take one shot at each interval and process it to create the number of 
copies specified in the bracketing program.
AShooting Menu Banks
Changes to interval timer settings  apply to all shooting menu banks 
( 0 291); changing the shooting menu  bank does not interrupt interval 
timer photography.
 If shooting menu settings are reset using the 
Shooting menu bank  item in the shooting menu ( 0292), interval 
timer shooting will end and interval  timer settings will be reset as 
follows:
• Start options: Now
• Interval: 00:01':00"
• Number of intervals: 1•Number of shots: 1
• Exposure smoothing: Off 
						

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The camera automatically takes photos at selected intervals to 
create a silent time-lapse movie using the options currently 
selected for Frame size/frame rate , Movie quality , and 
Destination  in the movie settings menu ( 062).
 For information 
on the image area used for time-lapse movies, see page 59.
1Select  Time-lapse photography .
Highlight  Time-lapse photography  
in the shooting menu and press 2 to 
display time-lapse photography 
settings.
Time-Lapse Photography
ABefore Shooting
Before beginning time-lapse photography, take a test shot at current 
settings (framing the photo in the viewfinder for an accurate exposure 
preview) and view the results in the monitor.
 For consistent coloration, 
choose a white balance setting other than auto ( 0148). Once settings 
have been adjusted to your satisfaction, close the viewfinder eyepiece 
shutter to prevent light entering via the viewfinder interfering with 
photographs and exposure ( 0106).
Use of a tripod is recommended.
 Mount the camera on a tripod before 
shooting begins. To ensure that shooting is not interrupted, use an 
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2Adjust time-lapse photography settings.
Choose an interval, total shooting time, and exposure 
smoothing option.
•To choose the interval between frames:
• To choose the total shooting time:
• To enable or disabl e exposure smoothing:
Selecting On smooths abrupt changes in exposure in  e, f , and  g 
modes (note that exposure smoothi ng only takes effect in mode h 
if auto ISO sensitivity control is on). Highlight 
Interval and press  2. Choose an interval longer than 
the slowest anticipated shutter 
speed (minutes and seconds) and  press J.
Highlight  Shooting time  and 
press  2. Choose shooting time (up to 
7 hours 59 minutes) and press  J.
Highlight  Exposure smoothing  
and press  2. Highlight an option and press 
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3Start shooting.
Highlight Start and press  J. Time-
lapse photography starts after about 
3s.
 The camera takes photographs at 
the selected interval for the selected 
shooting time.
When complete, time-lapse movies 
are recorded to the memory card 
selected for  Movie settings > 
Destination  (0 63).
❚❚Ending Time-Lapse Photography
To end time-lapse photography before all the photos are taken, 
highlight  Off in the time-lapse photography menu and press  J, 
or press  J between frames or immediately after a frame is 
recorded.
 A movie will be created from the frames shot to the 
point where time-lapse photography ended.
 Note that time-
lapse photography will end and no movie will be recorded if the 
power source is removed or disconnected or the destination 
memory card is ejected.
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❚❚No Photograph
The camera will skip the current frame if single-servo autofocus 
is in effect and the camera is unable to focus (note that the 
camera focuses again before each shot).
 Shooting will resume 
with the next frame.
DTime-Lapse Photography
Time-lapse is not available in live view ( 035, 49), at a shutter speed of 
A  or & (0 123), when bracketing ( 0133), High Dynamic Range 
(HDR,  0184), multiple exposure ( 0209), or interval timer 
photography ( 0216) is active.
 Note that because shutter speed and 
the time needed to record the image to the memory card may vary 
from shot to shot, the interval be tween a shot being recorded and the 
start of the next shot may vary.
 Shooting will not begin if a time-lapse 
movie can not be recorded at curr ent settings (for example, if the 
memory card is full, the interval or shooting time is zero, or the interval 
is longer than the shooting time).
Time-lapse photography may end if camera controls are used or 
settings are changed or HDMI cable is connected.
 A movie will be 
created from the frames shot to the point where time-lapse 
photography ended.