Problem with Nikon Z7 II Time Lapse and Interval Timer Shooting
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- Опубліковано 25 бер 2021
- Total blackout of camera and inability to set manual exposure when shooting less than 3 seconds intervals.
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Thanks so much. I was fiffling with my Z7II before a shoot. and somehow noticed these effects. I'm stuck. how do I clear the interval settings? I have to fall back on my D800 as it left my Z7II useless for doing Stills. following this video I will make adjustment to see if I can rresolve this. back to image mode
Thank you for the video. Have any changes been made in the latest firmware versions regarding this problem? I'm thinking of buying this camera, but this problem stops me because I shoot a lot of different time-lapses...
It sounds like the issue may be occurring when the camera is writing the image to the memory cards, it locks you out during that brief time. Do you have the storage settings set to write to both cards (redundancy) or just writing to one card and then the other (overflow)? If you have it set to write to both cards, try switching to overflow (write to one card) and see if that helps?
Excellent point but I always shoot in overflow and my primary card is the super fast CF Express.
why did you horizontal flip your video ?
i do timelapse work of products, not storms. i had the D750 and D850 for that and traded them in for the Sony A1. i am going back to Nikon but unsure about the Z7 II. timelapse work is shot in a studio with more then a few seconds interval but they extend over multiple days or even weeks. you see the Z7 ii as a good camera for this ?
I also immediately picked this up on my first atempt to shoot a timelapse with the Z7 II as I also fo0llow the same workflow as you described. Shooting manual and watching the meter. I also agree with you that the raw files on the Z7 II does have a very nice look to them, but other than that, the camera is a major step back in ergonomics and usablity. Personally I think it not just Nikon related but more mirroless related. Way too much emphasis were placed on making mirrorless cameras smaller at the expense of ergonomics. Hopefully and the mirrorless eara age we will see a return of solid design and workflow options.
I feel your pain. Gone from the 850 to the z7. Love the camera. Except the interval timer.
I do 45 secs between frames and on the 850 the easiest way to turn off the timer was to turn camera on and off.
Z7 seems to turn off at the drop of the hat when making adjustments. Still haven’t worked out why.
It's the same in Canon R5/R6 and it's documented in the user manual. The camera is blocked for 2 sec for exposure changes. I guess it's a "feature" in mirrorless cameras :) Unfortunately I don't remember how it was in Sony A7III. As You said, the workaround is to use external timer.
I cannot even activate the interval timer on my z7ii. Says that it is not "available in current settings or in the camera's current state" Any help would be appreciated!
I haven't had that issue as of yet but I'll try to replicate it and let you know.
I got that message using my z5. I believe I adjusted my focus settings and got it to work. Tonight was having trouble using it again.
Same here. I shoot astro, and this is very frustrating.
I’m feeling frustrated… storms in MN today … want to do lightning … my D850 , I just put it on Timer , choose my settings . When I set my settings for 9 shots with 1 second in between , I get ONE shot …. HOW do I get the 9 continuous shots …???? Love lightning storms !! But help plz !!!!!!
The thing to keep in mind is that Nikon's definition of Interval is from the start of one image to the start of the next image. Not the time from the end of one image to the start of the next. You didn't state how long your exposures are, but I'll assume that they were set for longer than 9 seconds. If so, that is why you only get one image because the camera will have "taken all 9 of those images by the time the exposure of the first image ended because you asked it to start the next image 1 second after starting the previous image and it will just count them down one second at a time then stop. See my reply to Terry Kontopoulos elsewhere in the comments where I delve deeper into that and the fact that longer exposures, such as 15 and 30 seconds, are longer than you think they are.
Is your Z7ii a left handed camera? I've never seen this. The grip and buttons look like they are on the opposite sides.
It's his recording... look at the flag on his hat. It's backwards.
Can’t you use the auto iso to overcome this issue? Using the auto iso you may not need to adjust exposure manually and the iso variation between shot won’t be noticeable on a 4K video I guess
He clearly said that he doesn't want the ISO jump up which can ruin the shot...
I like your videos Adam 😁. I don't use Nikon just Olympus 🙃😉 but it was interesting 😊. How do you like Olympus cameras and lenses? Have you tried this brand? 😁
Thank you Natalia! I've never tried Olympus before.
Hah you mast to try it 😃😄
It is NOT only the Z7II or Z6II but I had D850 and now the Z9 and both have a serious problem with the "Interval Timer Shooting" they losing frames if you don't make the interval long enough... For me it is in my star-trails with settings: 30' per frame for ec 500 frames I need to input the interval to 34' (shutter speed + interval) seconds, meaning I have to have 4 seconds minimum gap between frames instead of the 1' second an external controller gives me or even almost no gap in continuous mode and locked controller... Nikon knows about it for many years as very known photographers have asked but never heard... I was hoping with Z9 they will fix it but... Thank you Nikon!!! (?)
There are two factors that most people aren't aware of when doing Interval Timer Shooting. The first, which based on your comments I believe you're aware of, is that Nikon's definition of 'Interval' is the time from the start of one image to the start of the next image. It is not the time from end of one image to the start of the next. Most people jump into it without reading the user's manual and don't realize this. I have no idea if Canon, Sony, and others operate the same way. The other factor, which hardly anyone is aware of, is that what camera manufacturers list as an exposure time, in many cases is not the actual exposure. As you know, in order to change your exposure by one full stop you need to double or halve your exposure time while ISO and aperture stay the same. The baseline starting point for the exposure scale is 1 second. Start doubling and halving the time from there and you'll quickly find out that they don't line up with the stated exposure durations in the camera. Below I've listed the indicated shutter speed in the camera from 30 seconds to 1/1000th of a second and compared it to the actual shutter speed (which is based on the 1 second baseline). Obviously there are many more exposure options, but I'm limiting this to full stop increments/decrements.
Shutter Speed Indicated (secs): 30, 15, 8, 4, 2, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000
Shutter Speed Actual (secs): 32, 16, 8, 4, 2, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, 1/128, 1/256, 1/512, 1/1024
This has nothing to do with Nikon. All cameras operate the same way in this regard. It has just been an industry standard since at least the 1950s to use the shutter speed scale that we're used to seeing. Why? Human nature. It's easier to say 1/250th or 1/500th of a second than it is to say 1/256th or 1/512th. This is not an issue when dealing with fractions of a second, and mechanical shutters aren't that accurate anyway. But with the advent of digital cameras we've had the options to take ''15" and "30" second exposures. And that's where the problems start. So, your 30 second exposure is actually 32 seconds in duration. Therefore you need to input a minimum interval of 33 secs for the camera to take the total number of images you requested since it needs a little bit of time to recycle and take the next shot. If someone wanted to take a series of one hundred 30 second images and they wanted to have 1 second between images but didn't realize that interval is start-to-start, they will set up their interval timer with 100 images and 1 second interval. When they press start the camera will start counting down the images one per second (the interval) and after one "30" second exposure the camera will have "taken" 32 images. It will then stop after taking only 4 exposures since it will have counted down all 100 of the desired exposures shortly after starting the 4th exposure.
@@Robert-R Canon R5/R6 operate in the same way.
If you do milky way timelapse you won´t see the additional 4s gap in the film because each frame will be finally 1/25 of a second within the timelapse film. However, here I think is the reson why there is the "exposure smoothing" function at z6II and z7II..
Solution: You dont need to change the exposure manually in preview in between of the exposures. Instead run your timelapse in "P" Mode. Here the camera changes the exposure time automatically depending on conditions. (Set up ISO to automatic Mode).
was about to say that
I did not understand what the issue was.
You are limited by how the camera operates to 5 second or greater intervals in interval timer mode if you want to manual adjust the shutter speed.
I see you've done a review of the Z6 II, would you do an experiment to see if you can manually adjust the shutter speed at 1 second intervals when in interval timer shooting mode?
@@AdamKyleJackson I am not sure if I understand it correct. The interval in interval timer mode is the time from one shot to anoter shot not the time between the shot, if you want to add 1s time between the shot then your interval has to be greater than 1s+ shutter speed of that shot and that way you can do 1 second interval between the shot.
@@riteshkc11 correct, my concern is when selecting 1s at the interval between shots, the camera does not have enough time to process and register the information necessary to make manual adjustments. I found that is is barely possible at 5s intervals and totally possible at 10s.
@@AdamKyleJackson I am not sure about z7, I can definitely do that in my z6ii.
you are off the topic