How to fire a D200 with a Pocketwizard

[todd1664878707]

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't find any info on it.

Is it possible to fire the D200 using a Pocketwizard? If so, how?

What cables should be used?

[arnabdas]

I'm exploring the same thing in anticipation, I don't have a D200 yet.

 

Anyway.. this may be helpful: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1021&thread=12478790

[frank_skomial]

D200 remote control is posisble via Nikon software. You can do it using wires - easy way, or can wait for Nikon to release long promisses wireless adapter. I did not keep track, I believe it is comming soon ?

 

D200 can certainly fire remotely devices connected to Pocketwizard, but perhaps the other way around may not be possible yet?

[Ed_Ingold]

The D200 has a 10 pin jack for a remote control. Use the Pocket Wizard N90m3-P Pre-trigger adapter with any PW receiver. The pre-trigger feature wakes the camera up prior to taking the exposure. You could also use a non-pre-trigger adapter and turn off the sleep feature in the D200, but you don't save much on the adapter and lose battery life in the D200.

[klix]

Don't know about the Pocket Wizard, but if you're just looking for remote control, the Nikon ML-3 does a great job. Yes, the same ML-3 that you can use with an F5 or any Nikon body with a 10-pin terminal.

 

Nice thing about the ML-3 is the fact that you can set a "critter trap" where you set up the transmitter and receiver (mounted on the camera) a few feet from each other, and take pictures of anything that crosses the gap.

 

KL

[arnabdas]

KL, is that trap auto-repeating?

[klix]

KL, is that trap auto-repeating? - Arnab

 

Yes, it is -- it'll keep taking pictures as long as something "trips" the signal between transmitter and receiver.

 

A couple of thing to consider:

 

- the critter has to be big enough for your lens' AF to lock on to.

 

- your lens' AF has to be fast enough

 

OR

 

- If you want to take AF speed out of the equation, you can set it to manual focus at a pre-defined distance, giving yourself sufficient DOF, since you never know where in the gap the critter will cross.

 

- It takes a lot of patience, and there's never a 100% guarantee that anything will cross the gap. Of course, you have a lot more experience in "critter photography" than I do, so you probably have better ideas on where to set up.

 

Good luck.

 

KL

[klix]

KL, is that trap auto-repeating? - Arnab

 

Yes, it is -- it'll keep taking pictures as long as something "trips" the signal between transmitter and receiver.

 

A couple of thing to consider:

 

- the critter has to be big enough for your lens' AF to lock on to.

 

- your lens' AF has to be fast enough

 

OR

 

- If you want to take AF speed out of the equation, you can set it to manual focus at a pre-defined distance, giving yourself sufficient DOF, since you never know where in the gap the critter will cross.

 

- It takes a lot of patience, and there's never a 100% guarantee that anything will cross the gap. Of course, you have a lot more experience in "critter photography" than I do, so you probably have better ideas on where to set up.

 

Good luck.

 

KL

[klix]

Sorry for the repeat post, but one more thing to add --

 

the ML-3 actually has a setting for single shot or continuous shooting -- obviously, in conjuntion with the correct setting on your camera body.

 

So, yes, 3 or even 5 fps is possible with the ML-3 -- whatever the camera body will support.

[todd1664878707]

Thank you for your responses. I will check out the cables that were mentioned and investigate it a little more.