Nikon Camera D810 Users Manual

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2Adjust interval timer settings.
Choose a start option, interval, number of shots per interval, 
and exposure smoothing option.
•To choose a start option:
To start shooting immediately, select  Now. To start shooting at a 
chosen date and time, select  Choose start day and start time , 
then choose the date and time and press  J.
•To choose the interval between shots:
Highlight  Start options  and 
press  2. Highlight an option and press 
J.
Highlight  Interval and press  2. Choose an interval...

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•To choose the number of shots per interval:
In  S (single frame) mode, the photographs for each interval will be 
taken at the rate chosen for Custom Setting d2 ( CL mode shooting 
speed , 0 321).
•To enable or disabl e exposure smoothing:
Selecting On allows the camera to adjust exposure to match the 
previous shot in  e, f , and  g modes (note that exposure smoothing 
only takes effect in mode  h if auto ISO sensitivity control is on).
Highlight 
No. of intervals × 
shots/interval  and press 2....

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3Start shooting.
Highlight Start and press  J.
 The first 
series of shots will be taken at the 
specified starting time, or after about 
3s if  Now was selected for  Start 
options  in Step 2.
 Shooting will 
continue at the selected interval until 
all shots have been taken.
ADuring Shooting
During interval timer photography, the  Q 
icon will flash in the control panel.
 Immediately before the next shooting 
interval begins, the shutter speed display 
will show the number of intervals 
remaining,...

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❚❚Pausing Interval Timer Photography
Interval timer photography can be paused between intervals by 
pressing  J or selecting  Pause in the interval timer menu.
❚❚Resuming Interval Timer Shooting
To resume shooting:
Starting Now
Starting at a Specified Time
❚❚Ending Interval Timer Shooting
To end interval timer photography and resume normal shooting 
before all the photos are taken, select  Off in the interval timer 
menu.
Highlight  Restart and 
press  J.
For  Start options , 
highlight  Choose start...

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❚❚No Photograph
The camera will skip the current interval if any of the following 
situations persist for eight seconds or more after the interval was 
due to start: the photograph or photographs for the previous 
interval have yet to be taken, the memory card is full, or single-
servo autofocus is in effect and  the camera is unable to focus 
(note that the camera focuses again before each shot).
 Shooting 
will resume with the next interval.
DOut of Memory
If the memory card is full, the interval...

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ABracketing
Adjust bracketing settings before starting interval timer photography. If exposure, flash, or ADL bracketi ng is active while interval timer 
photography is in effect, the camera will take the number of shots in 
the bracketing program at each inte rval, regardless of the number of 
shots specified in the interval timer menu.
 If white balance bracketing 
is active while interval timer photography is in effect, the camera will 
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The camera automatically takes photos at selected intervals to 
create a silent time-lapse movie using the options currently 
selected for Frame size/frame rate , Movie quality , and 
Destination  in the movie settings menu ( 062).
 For information 
on the image area used for time-lapse movies, see page 59.
1Select  Time-lapse photography .
Highlight  Time-lapse photography  
in the shooting menu and press 2 to 
display time-lapse photography 
settings.
Time-Lapse Photography
ABefore Shooting
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2Adjust time-lapse photography settings.
Choose an interval, total shooting time, and exposure 
smoothing option.
•To choose the interval between frames:
• To choose the total shooting time:
• To enable or disabl e exposure smoothing:
Selecting On smooths abrupt changes in exposure in  e, f , and  g 
modes (note that exposure smoothi ng only takes effect in mode h 
if auto ISO sensitivity control is on). Highlight 
Interval and press  2. Choose an interval longer than 
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3Start shooting.
Highlight Start and press  J. Time-
lapse photography starts after about 
3s.
 The camera takes photographs at 
the selected interval for the selected 
shooting time.
When complete, time-lapse movies 
are recorded to the memory card 
selected for  Movie settings > 
Destination  (0 63).
❚❚Ending Time-Lapse Photography
To end time-lapse photography before all the photos are taken, 
highlight  Off in the time-lapse photography menu and press  J, 
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❚❚No Photograph
The camera will skip the current frame if single-servo autofocus 
is in effect and the camera is unable to focus (note that the 
camera focuses again before each shot).
 Shooting will resume 
with the next frame.
DTime-Lapse Photography
Time-lapse is not available in live view ( 035, 49), at a shutter speed of 
A  or & (0 123), when bracketing ( 0133), High Dynamic Range 
(HDR,  0184), multiple exposure ( 0209), or interval timer 
photography ( 0216) is active.
 Note that because...