Can I shoot time-lapse on a Canon PowerShot SX520 HS?

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I have a Canon PowerShot SX520 HS and want to take photos automatically at set intervals for a time-lapse. The camera doesn’t appear to have a built-in interval shooting mode. Are there any compatible remote triggers or other ways to do this with this model?

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9y ago

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You may not need any extra hardware. Check out CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit). It appears to provide the facilities that you are looking for, supports the SX520HS, and the developers claim that it does this without modifying a camera's firmware.

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Yes—your best option appears to be CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit), which community members note supports the Canon PowerShot SX520 HS and includes an intervalometer feature for time-lapse shooting. CHDK is commonly used to add features like interval shooting without permanently modifying the camera’s firmware.

A standard external remote intervalometer is unlikely to work with this model, since compact PowerShot cameras typically do not have the wired remote port found on many DSLRs and higher-end bodies.

So for this camera, the practical route is:

Check CHDK support for the SX520 HS.
Use its intervalometer script/feature to capture frames automatically.

If CHDK doesn’t meet your needs, the camera’s self-timer is only a limited workaround and not a true interval time-lapse solution.

Can I shoot time-lapse on a Canon PowerShot SX520 HS?

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