In short, self timers aren't for everyone.

Really serious self-portraitists often bypass the self timer and opt for an old-fashioned bulb release.

A shutter release cable or self timer is generally employed in order to minimize camera shake.

Nowadays most single-lens-reflex and many point-and-shoot cameras sport electronic self timers.

Exposure Bracketing cannot be used with Self Timer modes.

Self timer (Timer to take photo 10 seconds after shutter is pressed)

On some cameras MLU is not a separate feature, but operated as part of the self timer.

There is a self timer, flash, autofocus, ISO range, and film rewind.

The self timer was relocated to a switch on the front of the camera, on the left-hand side of the mirror housing.

A shutter release cable or self timer is almost always used to prevent camera shake when the shutter is released.

The latest twist in self-portraiture solves a lot of the self timer's problems and does away with the umbilical cord of the bulb release.

After spinning the camera on a table to see who goes first, you turn on its self timer and begin passing it around the table, to your left.

The use of a "self timer" (a timed release mechanism that automatically trips the shutter release after an interval of time) can serve the same purpose.

SELF TIMER - If you enjoy getting yourself into pictures, this feature provides a variety of ways to do it.

So today "simple" point-and-shoot cameras come with extra added attractions such as focus locks, exposure locks, backlight compensation, self timers, no-flash buttons and fill-flash buttons.

It has a longer rangefinder base (67 mm), a combined viewfinder and rangefinder window, adjustable diopter for the viewing window, a self timer, and a detachable back for film loading.

Self Timer would be the ideal method but unfortunately the Pentax K-x HDR feature cannot be used with the camera's selftimer as it is not enabled in Firmware 1.01 and 1.02 for reasons unknown.

Drive modes include 10 sec Self Timer, 2 sec Delay (in the absence of remote shutter release), First Burst, Last Burst, 3 shot Exposure Bracketing, 5 shot Exposure Bracketing, Time Lapse.

The camera has a flash synchronization speed of 1/60th second, a sleeve-bushing equipped shutter and film advance mechanism, no self timer, no depth-of-field preview, no mirror lockup, no interchangeable focusing screens, no motor drive option, and no autoexposure.

Last week, Mr. Stipe sold a majority stake in Self Timer, the parent company of his film ventures, to RSUB, a multimedia arts and entertainment company and former unit of Razorfish, a Web site design shop based in Manhattan.