[stonedcamel]

Hello all....

I have just got in after going out to have some fun light painting, great fun. I also decided to have a go at star trails, so after reading a tutorial guide on here and getting some advice from a TP member i thought here we go. wasnt keen on doing the star stacks but its easiest and best option apparently.

So before i went i had a look at how to take pictures for a set time, went on youtube and tried google and thought i knew what i was doing.

So i set my camera up on tripod and pointed it at the north star, camera settings:
Manual
f4 ISO800 and shutter speed 30s
WB is sunny
single shot
RAW
and plenty of battery

then i went into the menu, shooting and down to interval timer shooting:
start time was now
interval 00:00:02
select intervals x no of shots
207 x 1 =207
START....

i went and sat in the car and i could here the camera just snapping away, then it stopped. I went to check and it had finished but had only taken 15 shots.

Checked the settings again, checked the interval timing settings again and tried again.... same thing.
So i tried youtube for help, which it seems i had. tried again and the same thing.

Can anyone help? its probably me

[Johnmcl7]

Was the shutter speed 1/30 seconds? I was a bit confused as I read it as a 30 second shutter and a 2 second interval but then on a second read realise it may be 1/30s.

John

[stonedcamel]

i have posed elsewhere the same problem, i have to increase the interval timing to 33s as it takes the time from the start of the exposure and not the end. not entirely clear from nikon or the camera.

Good to know im not entirely to blame haha :-)