Can the Nikon D750 interval timer shoot exposures longer than 30 seconds?

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I’m using the Nikon D750’s built-in Interval Timer Shooting and can set the interval, number of intervals, and shots per interval, but I can’t find any setting for exposure length. Can the D750 make exposures longer than 30 seconds with its built-in interval timer, or do I need another method?

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No, the shutter will not go longer than 30 seconds unless you use Bulb shutter mode with an external timer that allows longer than 30 seconds. Then in Bulb mode, the timer can control it. There are several external such timers available for $20 to $25, search Amazon for Interval Timer D750.

If using the camera interval timer, you just set whatever shutter speed the camera can do, up to 30 seconds. Be aware that 30 seconds is actually 32 seconds, so the interval will need to be 33 seconds.

To avoid that causing a stir from readers, I should add that camera shutters MUST have speeds in the sequence of 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 seconds, each exactly 2x longer, so that each stop is exactly 1 EV. Same for fractional speeds, the actual times must be 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/64, 1/128, 1/256, 1/512, 1/1024 seconds, etc. This is simply how digital works, each shutter speed is exactly 2x. Has to be that way. The marked numbers are simply nominal values, for the convenience of humans.

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No. With the Nikon D750’s built-in interval timer, exposure length is limited to the shutter speeds available in-camera, which top out at 30 seconds. There is no separate interval-timer setting to make each exposure longer than that.

If you need exposures longer than 30 seconds, use Bulb mode with an external intervalometer/timer release that can hold the shutter open for the required time and repeat it at set intervals.

Also make sure your interval is longer than the exposure itself. On many cameras, the marked “30s” setting is effectively the standard full-stop timing (about 32 seconds), so leave a little margin when setting the interval.

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