1. Camera Control Pro 2 Help
2. Interval Timer Shooting

Using Camera Control Pro 2, you can take a series of photographs automatically at a time interval you select. Interval timer shooting options can be accessed via Interval Timer Shooting in the Camera menu. In the case of the Z 9 or Z 8, Camera Control Pro 2 offers an On-camera interval-timer photography option that can be used to take pictures using the interval-timer photography settings selected on the camera.

• Interval Timer Shooting
• “On-Camera Interval-Timer Photography” (Z 9 / Z 8)

Interval Timer Shooting

Camera Control Pro 2 can be configured via Interval Timer Shooting in the Camera menu to take a selected number of shots at a preset interval using the settings currently selected on the camera or in Camera Control Pro 2’s various settings tabs.

1. Select Interval Timer Shooting from the Camera menu. The Interval Timer Shooting dialog will be displayed.

   

   Bulb Photography Exposure Time (D3 Series / D700 / D300 Series / D90 / D7000 / D5100 / D5000 Excluded)

   The following dialog is displayed when “Bulb” is selected for shutter speed. Choose an exposure time.

   

2. Before shooting starts, adjust the following settings:

   Autofocus before each shot (Nikon 1 V3 excluded)

   If this option is checked, the camera will perform an autofocus operation before each shot. If the focus mode selected with cameras other than the D6, D780, Z 9, Z 8, Z 7II, Z 6II, Z 7, Z 6, Z 5, or Z 50 is AF-S (single AF) or AF-A with AF-S chosen automatically by the camera (supported cameras only), an autofocus operation will be performed even when the check box is off. This option is not available when “Bulb” is selected for shutter speed.

   Keep shooting until canceled

   If this option is checked, the camera will continue to take photographs until you click Stop Shooting in the “Interval Timer Shooting” dialog.

   “Shots”

   Choose a number of shots from 2 to 9,999. This option is not available when Keep shooting until canceled is selected.

   “Delay”

   The delay between shots can be set to any value between one second and ninety-nine hours, fifty-nine minutes, and fifty-nine seconds.

   Auto bracketing (Nikon 1 V3 excluded)

   Select this option to perform exposure, flash, white balance, or ADL bracketing during shooting. For more information, see “Bracketing”.

3. Click Start. New photographs will be processed according to the option selected for When a new image is received from the camera in the “Transfer Options” dialog.

4. Follow the progress of interval timer shooting in the progress dialog.

   Click Stop Shooting to end interval timer shooting at any time. If a number of shots was specified in the “Interval Timer Shooting” dialog, shooting will end when the specified number of shots has been taken.

   

5. Once the specified number of shots has been taken, the Stop Shooting button will change to Shooting Complete. Click Shooting Complete to exit the “Interval Timer Shooting” dialog.

“On-Camera Interval-Timer Photography” (Z 9 / Z 8)

To perform interval-timer photography using the interval-timer photography settings currently in effect on the camera, use On-camera interval-timer photography in the Camera menu. Camera Control Pro 2 serves only to start, stop, and end interval-timer photography.

1. Adjust interval-timer photography settings on the camera. For details, see the documentation provided with the camera.

2. Select On-camera interval-timer photography in the Camera menu to display the “Interval-timer photography (on-camera)” dialog.

   

3. Click Start to start interval-timer photography using the settings currently selected on the camera. Progress is shown in the interval-timer photography dialog. To end interval-timer photography, click End.

4. Click Exit to close the dialog when shooting is complete. To exit earlier, click End before clicking Exit.