Using an intervalometer for timelapse when your shutter speed is faster than 1 second
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I'm learning timelapse photography with a Shoot intervalometer. The shortest time I can set on the intervalometer is 1 second, but I want to shoot in daylight at much faster shutter speeds, such as 1/320s. Does the intervalometer's 1-second limit control the actual exposure length, or just how often the camera takes a shot? How should I set up the camera and intervalometer for this?
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I suspect you might be misunderstanding how an intervalometer works. My suspicion is that the 1 second minimum is the duration between exposures and not the shutter speed. For your example if you'd like a shutter speed of 1/320th of a second, configure that on your camera, and then configure the intervalometer to trigger the shutter however often you like. With a minimum time of one second, in a minute you'd end up with 60 images each created with a shutter speed of 1/320th of a second.
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The intervalometer’s time setting is typically the interval between shutter releases, not the shutter speed itself.
So if you want each frame exposed at 1/320s, set 1/320s on the camera. Then set the intervalometer to trigger a shot as often as you want for the timelapse sequence. If its shortest interval is 1 second, that means it can take one photo every second. In that case, over one minute you’d get 60 photos, each exposed at 1/320s.
In short:
- Set shutter speed on the camera.
- Set shot frequency on the intervalometer.
- A 1-second minimum interval does not mean every exposure must last 1 second.
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