So along with my Phottix wireless remote (see previous post) I also purchased a Phottix TR-80 remote switch with digital timer. I purchased this with the sole purpose of using it to create time lapse movies from digital still images (see post on Timelapse) using the interval timer and long exposure settings. This remote has a similar function to the Canon TC-80N3 but at a fraction of the price. There are 4 different modes: Self-Timer, Interval Timer, Long Exposure and Exposure Count Setting. With the self-timer you can set the time delay before the picture is taken which works just like the self-timer on your camera. The difference is that you can adjust the time delay to anything between 1 second and 100 hours. With the interval timer you can program the camera to what intervals it will take a photo. So for example if you wanted to take a photo once every 2 minutes you would set the interval timer to 2 minutes using the handy job wheel on the side. With the long exposure mode you can take an exposure up to 100 hours. With the exposure count mode you can select the number of exposures that will be taken up to a total of 99. And the real cool thing is that you can combine different modes. So say for example you wanted to take a 4 second exposure every 14 seconds you would set the long exposure to 4 seconds and the interval timer to 14 seconds. One thing to mention is that there is no power button so the remote is always on. However, the expected life of the battery is 3 years so it probably isn’t an issue. I’m planning my first shoot here in town soon and will post the results and my experience from start to finish here in this blog.
let me know when you are going to do the timelapse thing. I wonder how long will you need to set the camera to get a 30 seconds worth of timelapse movie?
those ones of LA and SF were super cool!