Nikon d5100 help

[kev_1664]

Cant seem to fined anything in the manual so hopeing someone can help me out ....is it possible to set the self timer off by remote im useing my cam for self takes holding fish so dont realy want the remote in my hand and cant get up to press the button for timer as i have the fish in my hand ...any help please anyone ....thanks kev

 

[kendo1]

No.
But you can use the self timer and set it to take a number of shots. You can also set the delay for the self timer from 2 to 20 seconds.
P160 in the manual

 

[kev_1664]

Thanks for the reply ...and ye i have set it for 20s and 3 shots ....but the problem i have is the fish i will be holding are pritty big and its hard to press button and get back to the fish pick it up ready for the shots in time .....

 

[kendo1]

I think you can set it for 9 shots at 3s intervals- so 27 seconds with a 20 second delay.
Looking again at page 161- remote on duration can be set for 15 mins.

It would be worth trying:
set self timer, don't press shutter button.
press remote and see if that sets the self timer off.

There is also an interval timer- page 56
I think this is your best option
You can set it for 999 pics and delay the start for when you want, also interval time for hours, minutes and seconds.

I have the 5200 and knew you could do this, wasn't sure about the 5100.

 

[kev_1664]

Hi kendo and tjanks for all your help and advice ...will have a play round and see what suits me best ....just be alot less hassle if i could turn self timer from remote lol

 

[kendo1]

Good luck!