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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 166841" data-attributes="member: 12496">Not every model has the Interval Timer, but the D5200 manual says it does.&nbsp; It works well.&nbsp; Takes N pictures, one every X amount of time.Yes, the flash works fine, at every shutter activation.&nbsp; Any flash, internal, hot shoe, PC sync cord, whatever.&nbsp; Normal camera operation, just repeated many times (and must be interrupted to do anything else).I cannot understand the reference to &quot;self timer&quot;.&nbsp; The Nikon feature that does this is the Interval Timer.The D5200 user manual can be obtained at<a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/dslr/D5200RM_NT%2811%2901.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/dslr/D5200RM_NT(11)01.pdf</a>Shutter activation may have the same &quot;wait for the internal flash to become ready&quot; problem.&nbsp; You could use a larger hot shoe flash, which has more power, so will use lower power level, so will recycle much faster.&nbsp; Also the hot shoe flash will not wait for ready (but it helps to be ready).Here is one taken with D300 Interval Timer, with flash, about every 20 minutes for a couple of days.&nbsp;&nbsp; This used a studio flash on a PC cord.&nbsp;&nbsp; The two flashes of light across the background are two instances of morning sunlight through an overhead window.<a href="http://www.scantips.com/g2/orchid.wmv" target="_blank">http://www.scantips.com/g2/orchid.wmv</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 166841, member: 12496"] Not every model has the Interval Timer, but the D5200 manual says it does. It works well. Takes N pictures, one every X amount of time. Yes, the flash works fine, at every shutter activation. Any flash, internal, hot shoe, PC sync cord, whatever. Normal camera operation, just repeated many times (and must be interrupted to do anything else). I cannot understand the reference to "self timer". The Nikon feature that does this is the Interval Timer. The D5200 user manual can be obtained at [URL]http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/dslr/D5200RM_NT%2811%2901.pdf[/URL] Shutter activation may have the same "wait for the internal flash to become ready" problem. You could use a larger hot shoe flash, which has more power, so will use lower power level, so will recycle much faster. Also the hot shoe flash will not wait for ready (but it helps to be ready). Here is one taken with D300 Interval Timer, with flash, about every 20 minutes for a couple of days. This used a studio flash on a PC cord. The two flashes of light across the background are two instances of morning sunlight through an overhead window. [URL]http://www.scantips.com/g2/orchid.wmv[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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