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No cable for my Nikon? what do I do?

::verenabloo
01/10/08 10:21 AM GMT
I have a Nikon Coolpix 4800 digital camera. It has a place to screw in a tripod. But evidently the camera doesn't use a cable so that it won't have the "shakes" when I click..what does it do? I mean is there a particular setting that I put it on to use as if I were using a cable or what? I can't figure it out from the manual.
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Simplicity is Elegance..

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+KEIFER
01/10/08 10:46 AM GMT
2 second timer

heck, even the 10 second timer, and you can toast a bagel while you wait
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=mayne
01/11/08 12:52 AM GMT
With a couple popsicle sticks, duct tape and one of these you can have a remote shutter release;-)
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Darryl
::verenabloo
01/11/08 1:03 AM GMT
Darryl:::but where does that plug in? I'm so confused with this.
thank KEith..I dont eat bagles, but interesting about the timer.
I will for sure have to try. Thx
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=mayne
01/11/08 1:08 AM GMT
Actually it sits vertically above your shutter button via the sticks and duct tape...are you handy?
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Darryl
LoDollar
01/11/08 1:33 AM GMT
Verena, I have tried the timer thing and it works quite well. You fasten the camera to the tripod. Compose your picture. Set the timer for 2 sec or 10 sec. push the shutter button. Now this is very important! "STEP AWAY FROM THE CAMERA" 99.99% of the time the tripod will eliminate any shake before the shutter is triggered, and in very short time - Presto! - a clear shake free picture. NEATO ! No cables needed. When you hear the "click", you can consider it safe to handle the camera. Good Luck.
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LoDollar
01/11/08 1:42 AM GMT
Verena, I forgot to mention that Manuals make absolutely no sense or logic until after you have tried to use a unfamiliar features. I suggest you push all the buttons on your camera and see what happens. When it is no longer any fun to push all the buttons, consult the Manual. You will find that you have already experienced the action it is directing you to do. Then when you realize you now understand how to make the camera work for you, pushing buttons will be fun again.
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::verenabloo
01/11/08 4:44 AM GMT
Ok...I will take a look at my camera and see what I can figure out..handy? well, I'm not too bad at it, let me give it a shot.. (yes, pun intended..lol) V
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=mayne
01/11/08 5:00 AM GMT
On second thought, I would use the self timer rather than DIY. Happy shooting Verena
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Darryl
::Hottrockin
01/11/08 11:38 AM GMT
Hi, hi, hi V!!

I found your camera RIGHT HERE !! On the right side you'll see "Live Manuals"...click on that and a new box will open up. Once it loads at the top of the new box click on "User Manual" and that'll open another new box, then click on the left "More on Photography" then the second one in the list is "Taking a Self Portrait: Self Timer Mode" click on that one. It will guide you through how to set your camera up for a self-timer (10 seconds I think yours is) that way when you press the shutter button and move your hand away it won't take a pic until 10 seconds has past. This allows the camera shake to subside allowing for a more crisp capture.

Also, I noticed if you click on "Menu Guide" on that manual you pulled up and then to the right click on "BSS". The BSS mode option in the "best-shot selector" (BSS) menu are recommended for situations in which inadvertent camera movement can produce blurred pictures, or when parts of the image are prone to under- or over-exposure. You may wanna see if your is set to on or off.

Hope this info helps!!
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Why do the pictures come out square when the lens is round?? Picture Purrrfect .
+KEIFER
01/11/08 11:51 AM GMT
all you need to do is ... get yourself some cables and pulleys, a bowling ball (16 lbs), some chutes and ladders, about 36 dominoes, an electric train set, and a baby's arm holding an apple

you'll need to set up some scaffolding in order to drape your assembled Rube Goldberg's device, tweak and twiddle the timing of the rolling bowling ball so that it triggers the lined up dominoes to fall into one another, and switch on the train set ...

regulating the voltage of the train set can cause it to run faster\slower, depending on your needs ... all of this, when set up properly, will tip the 36 ton boulder, chiseled by Tibetan Monks to be perfectly round and balanced, (oh, you'll need one of these too) to roll down the chute and make contact, gently, with your shutter button

and, all of this, while you stand a full 6 meters away, cheering with the baby's arm, and happily munching a bagel, your newly discovered favorite food

any questions?


oh, and, an experienced user can time this to catch a Gazelle leaping over a log, as the flock of birds is silhouetted in the morning sunrise .. it's also good for sport photography where YOU have to move and react to the action, if that's your bag ... once, again, experience is the key
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