Thanks Greg - I'm using the Nikon MC-36. Silly thing is I've been using it for a year without any problem, and I can't for the life of me figure out what I did! I think it's a combination of the shutter pre-fire and download time plus exposure length being longer than the exposure cycle interval I'd picked.
I didn't know you could set the intervals in the camera to expose longer than 30s, I certainly haven't been able to in Camera Control Pro - but I'll have another look as it would save a lot of faffing about in the dark.
Although I'm a bit cross about the loss of data, it's all part of the learning experience. Now I'm trying to work out why the stars in the final stack aren't as tight as I think they should be...
cheers,
Andrew.
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Originally Posted by gregbradley
Nice shot. Are you using an external intervalometer? They are a bit tricky and I only just started using one myself. Not exactly user friendly with the tiny little LCD and instruction manual which consists of 1 page!
If so I think when using the D800 you'd be better off using the in camera interval exposures feature. You can save to either jpeg, tiff or RAW.
Those 2 time lapse features in the D800/E are sensational.
Greg.
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