Nikon D200 User Manual
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You may want to get an AC adapter if you really get into this.
Be sure to turn off the LCD review.
Select Intvl*Shots Menu
The D200 does more than a regular intervalometer. The D200 lets you shoot one shot at
each interval, or a burst of them. The interval is set in another menu. The default interval is
a minute and can be set from one second to many hours.
The Select Intvl*Shots menu is as clear as a lens cap. The Select Intvl*Shots menu in in
the format of 001 x 1 = 0001.
The first 001 number sets the total number of intervals at which shots are made. If you set
"060" and a one minute interval, the D200 shoots each minute for an hour (60 x 1 minute =
60 minutes).
The second single digit is how many rapid-fire shots are fired at each interval. Set it to one
and you get the usual one shot at each interval. Set it to several and you'll make several
rapid shots at each interval. You'd do this if you intend to cherry pick one shot from each
burst, for instance, to recover if someone walks in front of your camera at one interval.
The last number is the total number of shots. This is calculated by the D200. You don't
enter it. It's the number of bursts (the 001 part) multiplied by the number per burst.
Time Lapse
Want to see some intensely cool stuff? Check out
makes a shot about every 4 seconds, runs for about 640 shots, and assembles them in a
film editing program at 24 fps for motion pictures.
To do cool stuff like this you need to:
1.) Turn off every auto anything, including auto contrast and auto saturation. If you don't,
your sequences will flicker from the auto WB, sharpening or anything from frame-to-frame.
2.) Import all your shots to your Mac.
3.) Open iMovie or Final Cut.
4.) Create a new project. Thomas selects HD to get good enough resolution for film-out.
5.) Select all the stills and drag them into the clips pane.
6.) Find the command to sequence them together in the timeline as independent frames,
one frame each. I forget where this command is and will vary with your software.
7.) Hit go and voila! Time lapse!
8.) Save it as you prefer. Thomas saves them as .MOV files.
Of course you can do this down at video resolution, but using HD resolution (1,920 x 1080
24p) looks incredible and is easy from a digital still camera. This looks insane projected
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