1 Go for a drive
The first thing you’ll notice with the intervalometer
functions is that they are similar to your camera’s drive
modes. There’s Single shot, Continuous shooting, Timer
and Bulb available on the Hama. Select a mode and you
can then use the remote as a standard cable release.
3 Do delay
The Hama displays the settings that can all be used
together for a manual shooting sequence along the top
of the screen. Yours should have similar settings. First
is the Delay option, which works identically to the timer.
This can be left blank if you like.
5 Mind the gap
The interval shooting function enables you to set how
long you’d like the camera to wait before shooting each
image in your sequence. On the Hama, ‘Intvl’ allows us to
set any value up to 100 hours, using the same controls as
the previous settings. We opted for five minutes.
2 Wait a bit
The Hama’s self-timer works in the same way as your
Nikon’s built-in function (see right), but you can set the
timer to wait up to 59 seconds before shooting, rather
than the usual 10. You select the timer with the centre
button, then move the arrow keys up and down.4 Go long
You can also set the length of exposure (in our case,
using the ‘Long’ function). Your camera must be set to
Bulb mode for this to work – in shut ter-priorit y or manual
mode, scroll the shutter speed all the way down to Bulb.
Set the length of exposure you want; we chose 50 secs.6 Pick a number
Finally, tell your camera how many photos to take. With
the Hama, ‘N’ can be set anywhere up to 10,000, but in
our case, 500 was plenty. After that, press the shutter
release (most intervalometers have a large shutter
button) and the remote will work through the sequence.STEP BY STEP / Be on time, every time
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THE VIDEO
In-camera
functions
All Nikon D-SLRs since
the D5100 (launched
in April 2011) have a
simple, built-in interval
timer which can carry
out some of the tasks
you’d use an
intervalometer for. In
the Shooting menu,
select Interval timer
shooting. Use the
arrows to move right,
and set the interval
time using the up and
down arrows. Move to
the right again to set
the number of images
to shoot.Watch the video online at bit.ly/NPhoto56 March 2016 51
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