Pause button on D800 interval timer
Aug 23, 2015 10:11:37 #
Some how I managed to pause the interval timer on my d800 and cannot seem to deactivate it. Anyone familiar with this feature? Thanks
Aug 23, 2015 10:15:55 #
A few times when I got a strange setting on a camera and could not figure out how to deactivate it, I just reformated the camera to factory settings. Its very easy to do.
Aug 23, 2015 10:34:13 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
Kalina54 wrote:
Some how I managed to pause the interval timer on my d800 and cannot seem to deactivate it. Anyone familiar with this feature? Thanks
Page 205 in your manual...
Aug 23, 2015 10:41:35 #
Thanks but I have no idea where the manual is
rfmaude41 wrote:
Page 205 in your manual...
Aug 23, 2015 10:58:44 #
Kalina54 wrote:
Thanks but I have no idea where the manual is
You can download from Nikon.
Aug 23, 2015 11:26:09 #
I am no where near home and all I have is my phone at the moment..I am stuck!
jeep_daddy wrote:
You can download from Nikon.
Aug 23, 2015 11:56:30 #
rfmaude41
Loc: Lancaster, Texas (DFW area)
Kalina54 wrote:
I am no where near home and all I have is my phone at the moment..I am stuck!
Here's what you need:
Aug 23, 2015 11:58:21 #
Aug 24, 2015 07:07:36 #
Kalina54 wrote:
I am no where near home and all I have is my phone at the moment..I am stuck!
Get the "Nikon Manual Viewer 2" app and download the manual.
EDIT: Built-in interval timers are handy, but I also like those cheap intervalometers that attach with a wire. They come in different brand names, but they all work about the same. I was in a time lapse workshop recently, and I was using a $15 intervalometer. Another guy had the Nikon ($160), and they were just about identical.
http://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Digital-Intervalometer-Control-Fujifilm/dp/B003G40EGC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440414523&sr=8-1&keywords=nikon+d800+intervalometer
Aug 24, 2015 09:19:29 #
Leon S wrote:
A few times when I got a strange setting on a camera and could not figure out how to deactivate it, I just reformated the camera to factory settings. Its very easy to do.
With the camera on, press and hold simultaneously for two seconds the two buttons with a green dot next to them.
Aug 24, 2015 09:30:32 #
Kalina54 wrote:
I am no where near home and all I have is my phone at the moment..I am stuck!
How do you post to UHH when you are nowhere near home? Shouldn't your phone work for downloading manuals as well as asking questions on UHH? I know I have downloaded a couple of manuals to my phone just in case I need it away from home (but I did the downloads at home using Wi-Fi). Luckily I haven't had the need to use either manual so far.
Aug 24, 2015 09:48:46 #
My phone has a tiny little screen..Thank y ou all for the help..Fixed the problem!!
Aug 24, 2015 12:07:28 #
Leon S wrote:
A few times when I got a strange setting on a camera and could not figure out how to deactivate it, I just reformated the camera to factory settings. Its very easy to do.
ssymeono wrote:
With the camera on, press and hold simultaneously for two seconds the two buttons with a green dot next to them.
Whoa, whoa, whoa and STOP!
Totally unnecessary overkill for a situation that can be resolved with a couple of clicks in the menu! Why would she want to reset everything? You guys should spend more time learning the menu functions instead of handing out bad advice. :roll:
Aug 24, 2015 13:50:24 #
OddJobber wrote:
Whoa, whoa, whoa and STOP!
Totally unnecessary overkill for a situation that can be resolved with a couple of clicks in the menu! Why would she want to reset everything? You guys should spend more time learning the menu functions instead of handing out bad advice. :roll:
Totally unnecessary overkill for a situation that can be resolved with a couple of clicks in the menu! Why would she want to reset everything? You guys should spend more time learning the menu functions instead of handing out bad advice. :roll:
Knowing how to set up your camera and how to use your manual is always the best way to handle a problem, but finding out what is causing the problem can take a lot of time. It also is difficult to find what page the solution can be found on a 500 page manual. It has been stated many time on UHH that the manual is written in a confusion manner and often requires the person to go to several different sections of the book to find the problem let alone the solution. Pushing two buttons will usually eliminate the problem and reset the camera to usable specs. Resetting your preferred settings from there should be easy. When you are out on a shoot and the camera stops acting as you expect it to, do you have the time to look up the solution to a problem you can't diagnose. A digital camera is a computer. When a computer stops working and you can't diagnose the problem, don't you eventually rely on restoring the computer. I chose to believe that's why manufacturers put that two button feature on the camera. Just another feature to learn to use.
Aug 24, 2015 14:11:57 #
Leon S wrote:
Knowing how to set up your camera and how to use y... (show quote)
Resetting should always be the last resort.
A "factory reset" will change everything: white balance, image quality, autofocus choices, AE, etc, etc-- and the photographer now has to go through all of those menus (no manual present!) and try to remember what changes they've made to the menu.
And, I bet she will now remember how to reset this one change. That's more helpful than not knowing the "next time." Given that Murphy was a photographer, it will happen.
;-)
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