D200 owners help please
Discussion
Do you guys know if its possible to lock the mirror up and then set the pic to be taken on the timer?
Its all well and good having a lock-up but if you then need to physically press the release to fire, it kinda makes it pointless, no?
Did I see a delay feature? Is that what its for?
Spanks.
Greg
Its all well and good having a lock-up but if you then need to physically press the release to fire, it kinda makes it pointless, no?
Did I see a delay feature? Is that what its for?
Spanks.
Greg
There's a cable-releaseLESS cheat actually 
In 'Mup' mode, press the shutter button once (to trip the mirror up), and the camera waits for another press to take the shot. But you don't want to do that cos you haven't a cable release...
...so don't do anything...
...and wait...
...and after 30 secs the camera automatically takes the shot
As if you have a mirror-lockup 30sec timer. PRESTO!
Jason
In 'Mup' mode, press the shutter button once (to trip the mirror up), and the camera waits for another press to take the shot. But you don't want to do that cos you haven't a cable release...
...so don't do anything...
...and wait...
...and after 30 secs the camera automatically takes the shot
As if you have a mirror-lockup 30sec timer. PRESTO! Jason
jason-l said:
There's a cable-releaseLESS cheat actually
In 'Mup' mode, press the shutter button once (to trip the mirror up), and the camera waits for another press to take the shot. But you don't want to do that cos you haven't a cable release...
...so don't do anything...
...and wait...
...and after 30 secs the camera automatically takes the shot As if you have a mirror-lockup 30sec timer. PRESTO!
Jason
In 'Mup' mode, press the shutter button once (to trip the mirror up), and the camera waits for another press to take the shot. But you don't want to do that cos you haven't a cable release...
...so don't do anything...
...and wait...
...and after 30 secs the camera automatically takes the shot
As if you have a mirror-lockup 30sec timer. PRESTO! Jason
And he'll miss the shot of a lovely snail he was just about to photograph as it walks away.
poah said:
set to timer then set to MLU see what happens. I'm sure it will as canons do it
No can do with D200. Can't mirror lockup and timer at the same time cos they're on the same rotating setting switch... ...the cheat method I describe is the only way of achieving the 2 actions for a shot on a D200 *without* having a cable.
Other alternative is to use the timer with exposure delay set (that lifts the mirror about 1/2 sec before shutter opening)... but strictly speaking that's not mirror lockup
mr noble said:
Also, I would think that the exposure delay setting would actually achieve the desired effect. That is to remove the possibility of any slight movement on exposures longer than 1/30th.
I would think you are right. In fact I would have thought that any slight movement at one end or other of a 30sec exposure would be undetectable - unless the exposure was of very bright pin light sources and a very dark background and the movement was quite large - which is surely not that likely from a mirror movement?
I bought the Adidt one from Ebay. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Adidt-Remote-Co[/url]
Took about 3 weeks to arrive - cost £7.99 including p&p. Works well, but not Nikon build quality.
Took about 3 weeks to arrive - cost £7.99 including p&p. Works well, but not Nikon build quality.
I just bought a Nikon MC-36 from DigitalRev on eBay. 
I did think about buying a cheap unit instead, but it's likely to get a lot of use so I thought I may as well just buy a proper Nikon remote. It was a lot cheaper than buying it in the UK.
I did think about buying a cheap unit instead, but it's likely to get a lot of use so I thought I may as well just buy a proper Nikon remote. It was a lot cheaper than buying it in the UK.
Edited by SGirl on Friday 5th January 14:51
jason-l said:
Which model no. would that have been, Fergus?
MC-30
I've since butchered it and extended the cable for something I was doing, but it's perfectly adequate ;-)
Edited to say it must be an obsolete model as I can't see a new one on ebay at all . . . perhaps that's why it was cheap . . .
For less than a tenner you can't really argue with the cheapo ones, having taken the one I got to bits there is no Nikon quality fitted, it's good old fashioned botchit brothers engineering inside, but it works . . . and I'm sure the cheap ones would too . . .
Edited again to say : is the MC-36 the cheapest remote release Nikon now sell ? - jeez . . . what a rip off . . . especially as some of the cameras have interval timers built in !
Fd
Edited by fergusd on Friday 5th January 18:23
Cool. Just ordered one of these from Devon. (not this actual one)
Should do all I need it to.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Remote-switch-4
Should do all I need it to.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Remote-switch-4
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