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<blockquote data-quote="kenokeno" data-source="post: 167569" data-attributes="member: 15343">This is all good information and by the sounds of it, one way or another I will be able to get the camera to do what I want it to do.Fred, thank you very much for going to the trouble of testing that out for me!&nbsp; The less photographic kit I have to carry with me the better, but if an off-camera flash with some decent batteries to get a fast recharge time is the best solution, then I shall do that.My hands are usually full holding the fish in position to use a remote, I used to have an Olympus compact with a remote self-timer trigger.&nbsp; That worked okay but I ended up with some awkward poses due to trying to get the remote out of shot, line the fish up and get a natural smile within the two second delay!&nbsp; But having said that I think with the Nikon I could use a remote to trigger the interval timer.&nbsp; That way, I can be roughly in position with the fish, press the remote, drop the remote, adjust my pose and voila, my sequence of shots will be activated.These are all solutions I hadn't considered before which makes me glad I posed the question to the Nikonites!I'm already pretty sold on the idea of a D5200 anyway, but I didn't want to invest in one only to find that it couldn't do a better job of self-portraits than my Canon bridge can.&nbsp; Now I just have to save my pennies!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenokeno, post: 167569, member: 15343"] This is all good information and by the sounds of it, one way or another I will be able to get the camera to do what I want it to do. Fred, thank you very much for going to the trouble of testing that out for me! The less photographic kit I have to carry with me the better, but if an off-camera flash with some decent batteries to get a fast recharge time is the best solution, then I shall do that. My hands are usually full holding the fish in position to use a remote, I used to have an Olympus compact with a remote self-timer trigger. That worked okay but I ended up with some awkward poses due to trying to get the remote out of shot, line the fish up and get a natural smile within the two second delay! But having said that I think with the Nikon I could use a remote to trigger the interval timer. That way, I can be roughly in position with the fish, press the remote, drop the remote, adjust my pose and voila, my sequence of shots will be activated. These are all solutions I hadn't considered before which makes me glad I posed the question to the Nikonites! I'm already pretty sold on the idea of a D5200 anyway, but I didn't want to invest in one only to find that it couldn't do a better job of self-portraits than my Canon bridge can. Now I just have to save my pennies! [/QUOTE]

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