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Custom Self-Timer Settings on D5200
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<blockquote data-quote="kenokeno" data-source="post: 167100" data-attributes="member: 15343"><p>Thanks for your responses. Certainly the interval timer gives me another option to consider but I think you may have slightly misunderstood me, I don't know if I explained as well as I could have.</p><p></p><p>Because these shots will be self portraits, I don't think that the interval timer will work for me. This is because, from what I understand from the owner manual, one has to take a shot of the intended subject first to ensure that all settings are correct, before triggering the interval timer. As I am the subject, and I can't be in position for the shot and in a position to edit camera settings at the same time, I don't think this will be a suitable function for my requirements. Could anyone enlighten me whether this will work for self-portrait photography (bearing in mind the difficulties of setting up a shot in the dark and the fact that I'm trying to return the fish to the water in the shortest possible time)?</p><p></p><p>I DID mean "self-timer". If you take a look on page 177 of the user manual at the above link, you'll see that in the custom settings menu of the self-timer, up to 9 shots can be taken at 4 second intervals. This is what I want to do. But I've read that the self-timer only works with a flash if it is set to take a single shot, not multiple ones. So my original question still remains unanswered, does this apply when using the built-in flash, or only when using external flashes? If I have the "number of shots" in the self-timer custom settings menu set to "9", will I end up with 9 shots if I'm using the built-in flash, or will it stop after a single shot, as I'm lead to believe it will?</p><p></p><p>I know it would be easier to just try it out for myself, but I don't know anyone with a D5200 and I live in a rural location which no longer has any camera shops nearby, so your feedback is very helpful in potentially stopping me wasting my money on a camera which won't fit my needs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kenokeno, post: 167100, member: 15343"] Thanks for your responses. Certainly the interval timer gives me another option to consider but I think you may have slightly misunderstood me, I don't know if I explained as well as I could have. Because these shots will be self portraits, I don't think that the interval timer will work for me. This is because, from what I understand from the owner manual, one has to take a shot of the intended subject first to ensure that all settings are correct, before triggering the interval timer. As I am the subject, and I can't be in position for the shot and in a position to edit camera settings at the same time, I don't think this will be a suitable function for my requirements. Could anyone enlighten me whether this will work for self-portrait photography (bearing in mind the difficulties of setting up a shot in the dark and the fact that I'm trying to return the fish to the water in the shortest possible time)? I DID mean "self-timer". If you take a look on page 177 of the user manual at the above link, you'll see that in the custom settings menu of the self-timer, up to 9 shots can be taken at 4 second intervals. This is what I want to do. But I've read that the self-timer only works with a flash if it is set to take a single shot, not multiple ones. So my original question still remains unanswered, does this apply when using the built-in flash, or only when using external flashes? If I have the "number of shots" in the self-timer custom settings menu set to "9", will I end up with 9 shots if I'm using the built-in flash, or will it stop after a single shot, as I'm lead to believe it will? I know it would be easier to just try it out for myself, but I don't know anyone with a D5200 and I live in a rural location which no longer has any camera shops nearby, so your feedback is very helpful in potentially stopping me wasting my money on a camera which won't fit my needs. [/QUOTE]
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