Reddit mentions of Aputure Timer Camera Remote Control Shutter Cable 1C for Canon EOS Rebel XT, XTi, XSi, XS, T1i, T2i, EOS 60D, 1000D, 550D, 500D, 450D, 400D, 350D, 300D, Canon Powershot G10, G11, G12 Fully Compatible with Canon RS 60-E3, Inexpensive Intervalometer for Time Lapse

Built in intervalometer (which can do timelapse) is one of the things I love about my D7000.

For cameras without it built-in, you can get a cheap stand-alone intervalometer.

That said, I will be picking one of these up as I love arduino and was planning on making a trigger like this anyways.

http://www.amazon.com/Aputure-Powershot-Compatible-Inexpensive-Intervalometer/dp/B003Y35VJA/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1373244043&sr=8-12&keywords=canon+remote

best investment I've made for my camera for long exposures (aside from tripod). I know there are Nikon ones about the same price

Certainly! For example, it comes with an intervalometer, which would normally costs $20-40 on its own. Everything I mentioned in my original comment (except movie remap) works for photo mode as well. Honestly, there's no reason to not install it!

An external intervalometer still works

This one can't be programmed for interval shooting, I think. You might want something like this

So to be clear. I could do this with any camera that is compatible with an intervalometer. Such as this one; could be used with a Canon

https://www.amazon.com/Aputure-Remote-Shutter-Release-Intervalometer/dp/B003Y35VJA

How do you deal with the camera's battery dying? Are they able to be plugged in the wall, say if I required the camera to film for a month.

Does the intervalometer turn the camera on and off to combat having an excessively long video.


I fell in love with stop motion. My uncle gifted me a digital camera when I was a kid. It was just some run of the mill $80 but it came with a build in stop motion. I would leave it on my window sill and watch the moon set. It was wicked.

Thank you very much for your response !

Good timer/intervalometer I can get for my camera? I've been using one from Apperature up until it just recently broke. Anything better I could get?

This is not a bad purchase

http://www.amazon.com/Aputure-Powershot-Compatible-Inexpensive-Intervalometer/dp/B003Y35VJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376081142&sr=8-1&keywords=canon-intervalometer

or you could buy an intervolameter and use it on bulb mode. That's what I'm using, something like this

This was shot on a Canon 5d Mark II with a Tokina 16-28mm f/2.8. These were taken at 16mm, f/2.8, 25 seconds (I think). There are 250 photos in this sequence.

I used an iOptron SkyTracker Pro on a tripod for the tracking. The stars aren't supposed to move that much, but my camera set up weighs more than the recommended weight for the mount and I didn't have a counterweight. I used a cheap intervalometer.

You can use a manual release like this.

Or, if night photo is something you get really into, I suggest a cable release with a built in timer. Not only will it time your shots for you, but usually they let you program any number of shots. This is perfect for star trail stacking and the like.

You may be able to get something like this for your DSLR. http://www.amazon.com/Aputure-Powershot-Compatible-Inexpensive-Intervalometer/dp/B003Y35VJA/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=photo&ie=UTF8&qid=1326320491&sr=1-1-spell

You need an intervalometer. I've read on this sub that you don't need to get the expensive ones, a 20-25 USD one would do the job. I cant recommend you one as I haven't bought any, but others have suggested this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aputure-Powershot-Compatible-Inexpensive-Intervalometer/dp/B003Y35VJA