NIKON COOLPIC 9XX and Continous Imaging

You can use Nikon's MC-EU1 corded remote (they cost approximately $100US).
It will allow rapid-fire sequences up to the limit of the buffer. You may
want to fashion a strain-relief bracket, so as to prevent damage to the USB
connector.

Here's the MC-EU1 and a home-made bracket:

http://www.astro-nut.com/nikon2.jpg

Paul

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"Jake" wrote in message
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When setup for afocal imaging when you need to take 100 shots for
stacking: how do you take continous images without having to hold down
the shutter button by hand (and induce vibrations)?

I've tried the self-timer but it takes forever because it cancels out
after every shot.

"Jake" wrote in message
om...
When setup for afocal imaging when you need to take 100 shots for
stacking: how do you take continous images without having to hold down
the shutter button by hand (and induce vibrations)?

I've tried the self-timer but it takes forever because it cancels out
after every shot.

Hi,

You can do that by using a serial cable (Nikon SC-EW3) connected to your PC
and some clever softwa

See he

http://velatron.com/dca/theforce/

or this page from the same site:

http://velatron.com/dca/Personal/Setup/Laptop.htm

There's also this site which describes making your own serial cable, but it
seems to be down at the moment.

http://www.math.ualberta.ca/imaging/

On my own web site, there's a small tutorial on using a digital camera for
long exposure astrophotography.

http://www.smaal.info/astro_en/index...olpix995_astro


Regards,

Jeroen

Paul & Jeroen,

Thanks for the info. I didn't know such options were possible.

In the mean-time I've fashioned a conventional cable-release with a an
elastic strap that holds it to the camera. Seems to slip off the
shutter button though. I wonder why Nikon didn't just include a
conventional cable release socket to trigger the shutter? For that
matter, why have the SLR manufacturers eschewed the cable release
socket on their auto-everything film cameras?