Controls and Functions continuous loop.

When the
time unit you wish to set is
blinking, turn the Jog Dial to
the amount you want.
3. After setting a time unit,
press the Jog Dial once to
Plug register it. Time amounts
can be set in single digit
increments, up to:
Display Panel Seconds: 59 Minutes: 59 Hours: 99
Mode 4. Repeat Step 3 for any additional time units you wish to set.
Button Once a time unit has been registered it will no longer blink.
Start/Stop
QuickGuide to
Jog Dial Self-timer Mode
Button
1. Use the Jog Dial to set
Canon TC-80N3 Display
Illuminator the desired delay time.

Timer/Remote Controller
Button 2. Press the Start/Stop
button to start the self-timer.
Release Button The Self-timer icon will start
Overview blinking and the time display will count down. The shutter will
The TC-80N3 Timer/Remote Controller is a programmable release when the timer reaches zero (0). To pause the self-timer
electronic shutter release. When you connect it to your EOS SLR before the shutter releases, press the Start/Stop button. Press it
or DSLR it will allow you to control: again to resume.
1. when the shutter opens (self-timer mode) • Do not use the TC-80N3 in combination with your
2. how frequently the shutter opens (interval camera’s self-timer. Doing so may interfere with the TC-
timer mode) 80N3's timer function.
3. how long the shutter stays open (long-exposure timer Battery
mode) Compartment • You can combine the self-timer with the Long Exposure
4. how many exposures the camera will make in total Mode for Bulb exposures. Setting your camera to Bulb will
(exposure count mode) result in a Bulb exposure only if you have set the the TC-
You can also combine modes: For example, you can program 80N3 to Long Exposure Mode.
the controller to wait five minutes, release the shutter, then take Connecting/Disconnecting the TC-80N3 • If you combine the Long Exposure Mode and Interval
a total of 25 exposures at five minute intervals. Refer to the 1. Remove your camera’s remote control socket cover and Timer Mode, both will begin only after the Self-timer delay
Combinations Chart for more details. place it in the holder provided on the back of the TC-80N3. has elapsed.
The TC-80N3 also includes a remote switch that provides the 2. Insert the TC-80N3’s plug into your camera’s remote control
same functions as your camera’s shutter button (auto-focus, auto- socket by pressing the round black base of the plug. (Note: Interval Timer Mode
exposure, and shutter release). When used simply as a remote Touching the silver collar will prevent the plug from locking.) 1. Use the Jog Dial to set the
release (no timer functions), the TC-80N3 does not require battery To remove the plug, grasp the silver collar and pull outward. desired time interval.
power. 2. Press the Start/Stop
Setting a Time Amount
button. The camera will
Compatible Cameras 1. Press the Mode Button to select one of the three timing
immediately take the first
• EOS 1v, 1v-HS, and EOS 3 film cameras modes (self-timer, interval, or long exposure).
• All versions of EOS-1D and EOS-1Ds exposure. Note: If you want to program a sequence of exposures
2. Press the Jog Dial to select the time unit you wish to set.
• EOS D30 and D60 at a given interval you must set the exposure count to an amount
Each time you press the dial, the time units will blink in
• EOS 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D, 50D, 7D greater than one. Subsequent exposures will be at the interval
the following order: Seconds → Minutes → Hours, in a
• EOS 5D and 5D Mark II you have set.
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Interval Timer Mode (continued) you have. The TC-80N3 will count down the number of Timer Mode Combinations
exposures. Unless you specify a specific interval, the exposures
3. To pause the interval timer, press the Start/Stop button. Press
will be taken at one-second intervals.
it again to resume. ST INT LE EXP Description
Note: When shooting a sequence of exposures with flash, set
Note: The interval you select must be longer than than the • Self-timer operates
the interval timer so that the flash will have enough time to recyle
combined time of the shutter speed and shutter recocking time, • Interval time operates
between exposures.
otherwise the result will be continuous shooting.
• Shutter opens for extended
When you are shooting with electronic flash the time interval time
Hold Function
you set must be longer than the flash recycle time. If the time
The Hold function prevents accidental changes to your settings. It • The set number of exposures is
interval is less than the recycle time the shutter will not release taken at one-second intervals.
also prevents the Start/Stop Button from accidentally stopping an
until the flash unit has recycled. With Canon Speedlites that have
operation after it has started. To activate this function, press and • • After the self-timer delay the
the Save Energy (SE) feature, the flash will automatically recycle interval timer begins
hold the Display Illuminator Button for at least three seconds until
one minute before the exposure.
the Hold indicator appears on the display. To cancel this function, • • After the self-timer delay the
press and hold the Display Illuminator Button for at least three long exposure begins
Long Exposure Mode
1. You must set the seconds until the Hold indicator disappears. After the self-timer delay the set
• • number of exposures is taken
camera's shutter to Bulb (B), at one-second intervals
otherwise the camera will Cancelling the Settings
• • The long exposure is taken at
shoot continuously until the Simultaneously press the Mode Button, Display Illuminator Button
the set intervals
exposure time you have set and Jog Dial to cancel all settings. Setting the time or number of
exposures to 0 will cancel the respective mode. • • The set number of exposures is
expires or you run out of exposures, whichever comes first.
taken at the set intervals
2. Use the Jog Dial to set the desired exposure time.
After the self-timer delay the
3. Press the Start/Stop button. The exposure will start, the icon Remote Switch Function • • • long exposure is taken at the
will blink and the exposure time will begin to count down. The TC-80N3's Release Button functions in the same way as the set intervals
4. To cancel the exposure, press the Start/Stop button. Remote Switch RS-80NC. The remote switch function does not After the self-timer delay the set
Note: For unattended shooting, focus manually. If the camera is require battery power. • • • number of exposures is taken
set to AF and is unable to find focus it may not release the shutter. As with your camera's shutter button, you can press the at the set intervals
Release Button either halfway or all the way. Pressing it halfway The set number of long
Exposure Count activates your camera's autofocus and exposure meter. Pressing • • • exposures is taken at the set
1. Press the Mode Button intervals
it all the way will release the shutter.
to select the Exposure For long exposures or continuous shooting, press the After the self-timer delay the set
Count mode. • • • • number of long exposures is
Release Button completely and slide it forward, in the direction taken at the set intervals
2. Press the Jog Dial. The of the Running Lock Arrow. This will lock the button in the fully
exposure count digits will depressed position. To release the button, slide it back to its This is an incompatible com-
• • bination. The timer will default
begin to blink. original position. to long exposure only.
3. Turn the Jog Dial to the number of exposures you want, from Note: Even when the Interval Mode or Self-timer are active, you
1 to 99. If you set the counter to 00, the number of exposures This is an incompatible com-
can still take a picture immediately by pressing the Release But- • • •
will limited only by the amount of film or memory card space bination. The timer will default
ton or your camera's shutter button. Also note that the timing or to self-timer delay followed by
available. exposure count mode you have set will not be affected if you use long exposure
4. Press the Jog Dial to register the number of exposures. Once the Release Button. During a long exposure that is controlled by
an amount has been registered the exposure count display the TC-80N3, however, the release button will be inoperable.
will no longer blink.
5. Press the Start/Stop button. The camera will begin shooting
and will continue until it completes the number of exposures

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