Any D200 owners have/had this problem?

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last night i set one of the d200's on a tripod to take timelapse images of the stars, etc. i set the camera for 300, 30sec exposures, waited while the first 2-3 fired, then walked away and began to paint with light with my other camera. Turns out, as i come back to the timelapse camera, it only took 10 shots. i checked the battery life, still full, the camera was still on as well.:shrug:
 
anyone?
 
Nikonian said:
last night i set one of the d200's on a tripod to take timelapse images of the stars, etc. i set the camera for 300, 30sec exposures, waited while the first 2-3 fired, then walked away and began to paint with light with my other camera. Turns out, as i come back to the timelapse camera, it only took 10 shots. i checked the battery life, still full, the camera was still on as well.:shrug:
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How do you "set" the camera to take 300, 30sec shots?

I assume your using some sort of timer via the 10pin plug, or am I missing something.:thinking:
 
interval timer shooting built in the camera
 
yep, had a very similar problem, set it up to do 250 shots at 4 minute intervals (just messing about at work doing a switchboard install) and for no reason at all it stopped shooting after 70 or so, again battery nearly on full and 300+ left on card, restarted interval timer and it carried on as normal, pain in the arse though as you dont know when its going to do it.
 
i guess im just gonna have to keep an eye on it. it sure sucks when you have 3 cameras spread out roughly 50 feet apart.
 
Not entirely certain, but something in the back of mind is nudging me. Something about sensor temperatures and auto shutdown, which will increase with that amount of exposure/time.

Just a distant thought from the past :(
 
Hey Barry, how you two doin', long time no see/speak... :wave:

chuckles said:
Not entirely certain, but something in the back of mind is nudging me. Something about sensor temperatures and auto shutdown, which will increase with that amount of exposure/time.
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Sounds quite logical... :thinking: ... but what about buffer issues with longer exposures taking much longer write to card and clear the buffer... :shrug: ...just a thought... :D

I was quite surprised at the extended card write times when I was doing my light writing experiments... :eek:





:p
 
Venomator said:
Hey Barry, how you two doin', long time no see/speak... :wave:



Sounds quite logical... :thinking: ... but what about buffer issues with longer exposures taking much longer write to card and clear the buffer... :shrug: ...just a thought... :D

I was quite surprised at the extended card write times when I was doing my light writing experiments... :eek:





:p
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Fine thanks - lost our photo mojo a bit though :(

Buffers exist to 'store' the shots if you can't get to write to the card quick enough, which would stop you taking a serious of shots in quick succession. Can't quite think that one shot every 30 secs (min) is going to outrun a buffer designed to handle 3.5+ fps :thinking:

Does it really take a long time to 'write' with long exposures? I know there is a time penalty if you employ long exposure, noise reduction.

Certainly can't seeing the camera shutting down because of that.... good thought though.

Are still seeing the world in GREEN? Things good for you?
 
chuckles said:
Buffers exist to 'store' the shots if you can't get to write to the card quick enough, which would stop you taking a serious of shots in quick succession. Can't quite think that one shot every 30 secs (min) is going to outrun a buffer designed to handle 3.5+ fps :thinking:
Does it really take a long time to 'write' with long exposures? I know there is a time penalty if you employ long exposure, noise reduction.
Certainly can't seeing the camera shutting down because of that.... good thought though.

Are still seeing the world in GREEN? Things good for you?
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I hadn't really given it much thought before this discussion but I do recall a couple of weeks ago when doing 'black' 25 second exposures with light writing in them the images were taking an awful lot longer to write to card than I have previously experienced... :shrug:

Might need to look more at why this should be the case... :suspect:

But your comment about buffer size relative to fps is quite valid so, in theory at least, it should not be a problem... :thinking:


Sorry to hear about your two mojos m8... :shrug: ... only just starting to regain mine after an extended period and this was brought about by getting a thing about iPhone photography and The Best Camera thing... :D

And YES... :gag: ... my world is Greener than ever thanx... :cuckoo:



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That'll be long exposure noise reduction, the cam takes a second exposure for the same time but with the shutter closed and subtracts the noise from the first shot. Shouldn't fill the buffer though.
 
cyclone said:
That'll be long exposure noise reduction, the cam takes a second exposure for the same time but with the shutter closed and subtracts the noise from the first shot. Shouldn't fill the buffer though.
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Thanx Cyclone... :thumbs:

So if I'm reading that right, and it sounds plausible, you cannot take another exposure for, in my case, 25 seconds until that process has finished... :shrug:




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Exactly, that's why I always turn it off and if I need to I use software to reduce noise.
 
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