The customizable Self Timer programs the shutter release to go off at select intervals to ensure the perfect shot.
On the right, it houses a power button and a two-stage shutter release, along with a volume rocker on the left.
Alternatively, you can press the shutter release to get the same effect.
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You can't wait until you see a flash and press the shutter release, as you will, of course, have missed the event.
There's two rings around the barrel, with the first serving as a zoom toggle and the second used as a shutter release.
Its Wi-Fi functionality also lets shooters use their connected phone to control basic camera functions including shutter release, zoom, flash mode and more.
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The first is quite a doozy -- fairly often, pressing the shutter release in record mode will simply cause the camera to lock up.
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At the top of the camera, there's a power toggle, a dial to select from auto, standard and movie modes, and a shutter release.
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It's not all touchscreen, though -- several buttons (controlling a pop-up flash, power, zoom toggle, and shutter release) are also part of the somewhat bulky build.
For me, it's more of a glorified shutter release tool, but one that's really easy to integrate into my workflow (after all, I always have my phone).
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And, if you'd rather trust the final decision to the camera, a ball-in-the-hole scenario is described that'll automatically engage the shutter release when the live view matches your ideal layout.
To keep up with action sports, active wildlife or the photo opportunity that unexpectedly arises, the D600 is ready to shoot in 0.13 seconds, with a 0.052 second shutter release.
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When you go to view your photo, that video clip plays in slow motion (one second becomes two), along with the audio theme you selected before you hit the shutter release.
With a silhouette of the desired scene now showing atop the live view, the designated stranger just needs to let you get in the shot, line the overlay up with the live scene, and hit the shutter release.
It also records 848 x 480 video to SDHC cards at 30fps and shoots with a shutter release time lag of 0.005 seconds and a 2 frames per second burst mode at full resolution for a maximum of just 5 images.
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The main controls are located on the left side of the screen, which displays the current mode, a dial for choosing a different mode, as well as onscreen triggers for movie recording and shutter release (which behaves identically to the physical shutter release but is sometimes more convenient).
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Posing next to 24mm and 50mm lenses, the NEX-6 looks to be very much the in-between camera we suspected it was, without as much dedicated control as the NEX-7 but still carrying an electronic viewfinder, a pop-up flash and a dedicated function key near the shutter release.
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The action is replayed repeatedly as long as the shutter-release button is half-pressed.
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