I am curious what the best approach is when using the D700 without a remote release for bracketing shots with mirror lockup with the timer.
My goal is to prevent touching the camera while on Tripod, while I bracket a series of shots.. and to prevent camera shake with the mirror flapping around.
I have not done this sort of thing since shooting with my Canon 40D, but I am pretty sure that camera had the ability to combine both mirror lockup and the timer.. so I could press the button once.. the mirror would lock up.. with a pause for a couple of seconds.. and then it would expose image all with one button press.
Is there a similar way to do this on the D700? It would be even more functional if there was a way to press the button once.. and have the camera "Mirror lockup.. delay.. open shutter expose image... repeat" for an entire set of however many images I am bracketing so I don't have to keep touching the camera.
Use "exposure delay" mode. It will flip the mirror when you push the shutter button, then expose a second or two later. You'll have to do this for each shot. It won't fire off the whole sequence with one push.
Couldn't you just use the interval timer mode set to 001x## where ## is the number of exposures you want bracketed? Then set the camera to auto bracket mode and enable exposure delay mode, make sure you're in A-Priority (or set auto-bracket control to "speed"). Compose and select 'start now'. I know it seems like a lot of work, but you can always set a custom bank just for this. Just a thought.
Honestly Chris, do yourself a favor and just buy a stinkin cable release. In comparison to other things your gonna buy, this constitutes a minor purchase. This stuff is only useful if your out in the field and you forget to bring it along. And don't buy the cheapo Hong Kong Ebay stuff - I learned my lesson with those some time back. The MC-36 will do the interval exposures without wasting your camera's battery. That just leaves the mirror lockup which you can set at the menu level and the bracketing which you can assign from your function button (if you have it set up for that) and your top LCD screen.
Tincam wrote:
Use "exposure delay" mode. It will flip the mirror when you push the shutter button, then expose a second or two later. You'll have to do this for each shot. It won't fire off the whole sequence with one push.
Exposure delay works well for this. I'd combine it with the remote shutter release for the ultimate in anti-shake, Adorama sells one that works fine for $16.
I'm just waiting for my Phottix stuff to die so I can spend much more on the Nikon branded stuff. Trouble is, the Phottix stuff just keeps on working and working.
