D7200 bracketing shutter release: Newly acquired D7200 love all the upgraded features, particularly the bracketing (I do a lot of bracketing on landscapes). All figured out except...

Nodak70 Loc: NorCal

Newly acquired D7200 love all the upgraded features, particularly the bracketing (I do a lot of bracketing on landscapes). All figured out except for the shutter release. Is there any setting that I missed that allows you to press the shutter button only once to trigger the entire sequence? My friend has a lower level Canon and his has that feature.

Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

Nodak70 wrote:

Newly acquired D7200 love all the upgraded features, particularly the bracketing (I do a lot of bracketing on landscapes). All figured out except for the shutter release. Is there any setting that I missed that allows you to press the shutter button only once to trigger the entire sequence? My friend has a lower level Canon and his has that feature.

On my D7100 there is an option for bracketing burst that can be assigned to one of the programmable buttons. If your shutter is set to single frame, pressing the assigned button at the same time as the shutter will result in all the bracket shots at once.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Nodak70 wrote:

Newly acquired D7200 love all the upgraded features, particularly the bracketing (I do a lot of bracketing on landscapes). All figured out except for the shutter release. Is there any setting that I missed that allows you to press the shutter button only once to trigger the entire sequence? My friend has a lower level Canon and his has that feature.

I'd say the easiest way would be to use continuous high speed mode, and set the maximum burst number to the same as the number bracketing frames.

Essentially, to shoot a 5 frame set, when you press and hold the shutter button it will fire of 5 frames and then stop. And will do the same thing again if the shutter button is again pressed and held until it stops.

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

I just set my D7100 to whatever bracketing spread I want, set the shutter to High Speed and hold the release button down until the required number of shots are taken.

Nodak70 Loc: NorCal

Appreciate the feedback; but I was looking for a way to press and release ONLY the shutter release button and have it fire all five of the shots in the bracket to absolutely eliminate any chance of camera movement between shots - - The basic Nikon remote works; but I have to press it 5 separate times even in shutter continuous mode. Seems a little bogus!

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Nodak70 wrote:

Appreciate the feedback; but I was looking for a way to press and release ONLY the shutter release button and have it fire all five of the shots in the bracket to absolutely eliminate any chance of camera movement between shots - - The basic Nikon remote works; but I have to press it 5 separate times even in shutter continuous mode. Seems a little bogus!

Not sure what you are doing wrong, but in Continuous High Speed mode you will not need to press the shutter release multiple times. The whole point of that mode is continuous and repeated shutter release for as long as the button is held down, up to the number of frames set by the maximum burst value.

Set the maximum burst number with register D3: (page 280 in the User Manual).

So if your bracket spread is 5 shots, set D3: to 5. Aim the camera at the subject and hold down the shutter release. It will fire 5 times and then stop automatically. (Not setting the maximum burst to 5 means you have to manually count the five shots, and if you miss and fire it 6 times... you have to re-synchronize the bracket counting, because it has now taken the first shot of the next set.)

Billyspad Loc: The Philippines

I use a 7200 and bracket shots. Set your number of shots by pressing the Bkt Button on the front of the camera.Use back wheel to set number of shots and front wheel to set EV.
Move shutter ring from S to CH and fire away fella

Revet Loc: Fairview Park, Ohio

Nodak70 wrote:

Appreciate the feedback; but I was looking for a way to press and release ONLY the shutter release button and have it fire all five of the shots in the bracket to absolutely eliminate any chance of camera movement between shots - - The basic Nikon remote works; but I have to press it 5 separate times even in shutter continuous mode. Seems a little bogus!

I am also interested in this post since I am trying out some HDR landscape photos with a D7100. I think what Nodak is asking is how to do this easily without vibration or movement (ie. on a tripod using one push of a button). The only way I can do this on the d7100 is by using a shutter release cable or radio frequency remote shutter (like the Nikon WR-T10 or I have a cheap one made in China that works well). The ML-L3 does not work in this situation because you have to push it 5 times for 5 EV brackets. If anyone knows another way to do it I would also love to hear about it.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Revet wrote:

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Another potentially useful method would be the Interval Timer facility to trigger the shutter. That would provide totally hands off operation. See page 217 of the D7200 User Manual or page 145 in the D7100 manual. But be sure to read the entire section! Note that when used with exposure bracketing the camera will shoot the full set of brackets at each specified interval.

Nodak70 Loc: NorCal

Revet wrote:

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You nailed my quandary, Revet - - I'd like to push the release only ONE time; preferably by remote or cable to trigger the entire sequence. Since a lot of my exposures are over 1 second, even the slightest camera movement will degrade the final merged image. Canon has this feature; why not Nikon??

bdo Loc: Colorado

Nodak70 wrote:

You nailed my quandary, Revet - - I'd like to push the release only ONE time; preferably by remote or cable to trigger the entire sequence. Since a lot of my exposures are over 1 second, even the slightest camera movement will degrade the final merged image. Canon has this feature; why not Nikon??

I use the ML-30 remote cable, camera on a tripod, shutter release set to "CH" (Continuous High).

One thing: I have to hold the release button on the ML-30 until the entire sequence has finished. If you are using long exposures times (and I have used up to 30 seconds), keep the release button down until the entire sequence is finished. That can be a long time.

You do run a very slight risk of mirror slap introducing vibration, but I have never found that to be a problem. Of more concern is wind vibration. If you are getting any gusty winds, you may get some tripod vibrations. Again, very rare, but it happens.

Nodak70 Loc: NorCal

bdo wrote:

I use the ML-30 remote cable, camera on a tripod, ... (show quote)

Thanks - that nailed it - ordering the ML-30 today

bdo Loc: Colorado

Nodak70 wrote:

Thanks - that nailed it - ordering the ML-30 today

You're welcome.

bdo Loc: Colorado

Nodak70 wrote:

Thanks - that nailed it - ordering the ML-30 today

OOPS!

I gave you the wrong part number for the remote release. The ML-30 is a 10-pin cable. I think you want the MC-DC2 cable, but please double-check the "accessory" section of your owner's manual.

I just checked the owner's manual for the D7200. The remote cable you need is the Nikon MC-DC2.

Sorry about that. The ML-30 is for my other camera body.

chemdoc Loc: West Coast

Nodak70 wrote:

Newly acquired D7200 love all the upgraded features, particularly the bracketing (I do a lot of bracketing on landscapes). All figured out except for the shutter release. Is there any setting that I missed that allows you to press the shutter button only once to trigger the entire sequence? My friend has a lower level Canon and his has that feature.

On my "lower end" :) Canon T4i, I have to use a delay timer to get the pictures to shoot automatically. If I use a 2 sec delay and press the shutter button once the three bracketed shots fire automatically in succession. Without the delay I must press the shutter three times. Do Nikon cameras work in a similar fashion?