Nikon D500 User Manual

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A

Choose an interval longer than the time needed to take the selected 
number of shots and, if you are using a flash, the time needed for the 
flash to charge. If the interval is too short, the number of photos taken 
may be less than the total listed in Step 2 (the number of intervals 
multiplied by the number of shots per interval) or the flash may fire at 
less than the power needed for full exposure. Flash output may also 
fall below the desired level if more than one shot is taken per interval. 
Interval timer photography can not be combined with long time-
exposures (bulb or time photography, 

0 137) or time-lapse movies 

(

0 74) and is not available in live view (0 43, 58) or when Record 

movies is selected for Custom Setting g1 (Custom control 
assignment) > Shutter-release button (

0 303). Note that because 

the shutter speed, frame rate, and time needed to record images may 
vary from one interval to the next, the time between the end of one 
interval and the beginning of the next may vary. If shooting can not 
proceed at current settings (for example, if a shutter speed of 

A or 

% is currently selected in manual exposure mode, the interval is zero, 
or the start time is in less than a minute), a warning will be displayed in 
the monitor.

Interval timer shooting will pause when 

E (self-timer) is selected or if 

the camera is turned off and then on again (when the camera is off, 
batteries and memory cards can be replaced without ending interval 
timer photography). Pausing shooting does not affect interval timer 
settings.