Best self-timer mode method
Oct 17, 2018 17:15:15 #
Dear Hog Colleagues,
Question on best option for using self-timer release with family group shots.
My latest grandchild was born a few weeks ago so we all went to see the baby, mom and dad when they came home from the hospital.
I set up the Nikon D850 on a tripod to shoot 5 pictures per a sequence. In hindsight, I should have made some adjustments, like wait for the strobe to charge for the next shot and use manual focus. (Issue is, that when I touched the screen on Live to take the shots, the camera started to focus and sometimes didnât get it just right.) Copy of one group shot is attached.
And there lies my question. Should I have used âLiveâ and tap the screen and take my place in the group. Or, simply set up the scene, compose, focus with manual, verify correct exposure, press the shutter-release button and take my place.
With some things in life you just canât go back and re-do, but I want to make sure that the next time I do this, I get it right.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Val
Question on best option for using self-timer release with family group shots.
My latest grandchild was born a few weeks ago so we all went to see the baby, mom and dad when they came home from the hospital.
I set up the Nikon D850 on a tripod to shoot 5 pictures per a sequence. In hindsight, I should have made some adjustments, like wait for the strobe to charge for the next shot and use manual focus. (Issue is, that when I touched the screen on Live to take the shots, the camera started to focus and sometimes didnât get it just right.) Copy of one group shot is attached.
And there lies my question. Should I have used âLiveâ and tap the screen and take my place in the group. Or, simply set up the scene, compose, focus with manual, verify correct exposure, press the shutter-release button and take my place.
With some things in life you just canât go back and re-do, but I want to make sure that the next time I do this, I get it right.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
Val
Oct 17, 2018 18:15:09 #
quenepas wrote:
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I personally hate self-timers and never use them. I much prefer to use a wireless remote trigger so I can orchestrate the shot and shoot EXACTLY when I want to.
Oct 17, 2018 18:20:43 #
Before there is a next time, why not start experimenting right now with your camera and see which approach works best for you? And the more you practice, the better you will be prepared for your next group shot.
Oct 17, 2018 18:26:46 #
Based on what you were working with I would have set it all up and pressed the shutter release. You could even take a test shot without you in it. The self timer needs to be set so you have enough time to sit comfortably and not just fall into place. 
Oct 17, 2018 19:09:20 #
Oct 18, 2018 05:23:59 #
Oct 18, 2018 07:53:47 #
Kiriakos wrote:
Does anyone knows if the iPhone can be used for remote triggering and how to set it up?
I use the Nikon WMU app. It works OK but lot of time it refuse to connect to the camera.
Oct 18, 2018 09:05:29 #
Kiriakos wrote:
Does anyone knows if the iPhone can be used for remote triggering and how to set it up?
Yes - with the MIOPS Dongle. Works great, although it is tethered to the camera.
Oct 18, 2018 09:08:23 #
peterg
Loc: Santa Rosa, CA
Kiriakos wrote:
There are a few options including MIOPS, Arsenal, Nikon's Snapbridge. None are as simple, cheap or convenient as a basic wireless remote; but they have more camera-control features.Does anyone knows if the iPhone can be used for remote triggering and how to set it up?
Oct 18, 2018 09:08:34 #
MT Shooter wrote:
I personally hate self-timers and never use them. I much prefer to use a wireless remote trigger so I can orchestrate the shot and shoot EXACTLY when I want to.
Beat me to it. A basic wireless RF remote is relatively inexpensive and need not be visible. Also you can take multiple shots to merge later. Since yo are in the shot, you cannot see or control what everyone is doing. The remote allows you to take insurance shots.
Oct 18, 2018 11:26:12 #
dsmeltz wrote:
Beat me to it. A basic wireless RF remote is relatively inexpensive and need not be visible. Also you can take multiple shots to merge later. Since yo are in the shot, you cannot see or control what everyone is doing. The remote allows you to take insurance shots.
I use Fuji remote app. You can toitally control the camera from your cell phone, zoom 3etc and control the shutter.
Probably many other cameras have similar remote control apps
Oct 18, 2018 15:06:28 #
If using the touch screen caused problems, don't use it. I would use auto focus with single point and the timer or a remote control.
Oct 18, 2018 16:05:59 #
MT Shooter wrote:
I personally hate self-timers and never use them. I much prefer to use a wireless remote trigger so I can orchestrate the shot and shoot EXACTLY when I want to.
Which is what I did in 1971, except it was a rubber squeeze bulb hidden in my hand
connected to the camera by a small diameter rubber tube which carried the air pressure
to the mechanical shutter release on the SLR. Many of you old-timers probably did the
same. I thought it was pretty cool technology at the time. In the sample photo, my hand
in the foreground is holding the squeeze bulb, and the air tube is hidden in the hay.
Think we might have been hippies? No comment.
Oct 18, 2018 16:13:45 #
aellman wrote:
Which is what I did in 1970, except it was a rubber squeeze bulb hidden in my hand
connected to the camera by a small rubber tube which carried the air pressure to the shutter release.
Many of you of a certain age may have done the same. I thought it was pretty cool technology at the time. LOL.
connected to the camera by a small rubber tube which carried the air pressure to the shutter release.
Many of you of a certain age may have done the same. I thought it was pretty cool technology at the time. LOL.
I still have one of those, it has 35 feet of 1/8" plastic tube rolled up on a spool as an extension! Haven't used it in years though.
Oct 18, 2018 16:32:25 #
MT Shooter wrote:
I still have one of those, it has 35 feet of 1/8" plastic tube rolled up on a spool as an extension! Haven't used it in years though.
And I can still use one of those on my DSLR
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