Can the Nikon Coolpix L820 shoot a sunrise/sunset time-lapse?

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I want to create a sunrise or sunset time-lapse with a Nikon Coolpix L820. Does this camera have a built-in interval timer or support an external intervalometer, and are there any settings I can use to shoot a true time-lapse? If not, what is the closest workaround?

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This isn't possible in-camera. The L820 has no intervalometer (ability to take images at set intervals, e.g., every 10 seconds), and there is no shutter cable release port for you to use an external intervalometer. You can take a video and manipulate it in post production to speed it up or drop frames, but the L820 has no timelapse capability.

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The Nikon Coolpix L820 cannot shoot a true still-image time-lapse. It does not have a built-in intervalometer, and it also lacks a shutter release port for connecting an external intervalometer.

So there aren’t any camera settings that will make it capture one frame every few seconds or minutes for a sunrise/sunset sequence.

Your practical workaround is to record normal video and then speed it up in editing, or remove frames in post to create a time-lapse-like effect. That won’t be the same as a traditional interval-shot time-lapse, but it’s the closest option available with this camera.

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