Intervalometers

Post by **coors** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:19 am

Hi,
I'm wanting to shoot some timelapse footage with my Super 8 camera. Do I need to get an intervalometer that was made specifically for my camera?... or are intervalometers a universal/one size fits all? Thanks.

Owen

Post by **kentbulza** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:43 am

You really need one designed for the camera (or built in like on many Nizo and Bauer cameras), or one that uses a cable release. I'm considering buying one from here:

http://www.intervalometers.com/

which could work with any camera (theoretically) that uses a cable release for single-frame shooting. There may be some cameras that have mechanisms that require too much pressure, but the owner offered to me a money-back guarantee if it didn't work with my camera. I'm considering buying it for my Canon DS8 Zoom.

There are readily available lots of intervalometers that work like a standard remote, but most of these cannot be used with super 8 cameras because the remote runs only the multiple frame (i.e. 18,24), which means you would fire more than 1 frame during each interval. This is where "depends on your camera" applies. I haven't seen one, but I imagine there are cameras that will fire single frame from the remote socket.

Post by **Dusty** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:00 am

I haven't seen one, but I imagine there are cameras that will fire single frame from the remote socket.

The Canon 1014 is one. I believe most Minoltas are, too, but with a built-in intervalometer, an external one isn't terribly necessary.

Post by **coors** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:41 am

Thanks for that link, Kentbulza! Maybe they can help me out. I don't have a cable release on my camera (Beaulieu 1008XL), but I was hoping to find an intervalometer that would work in my camera's remote socket. This camera of mine does have a single shot mode on the shutter speed dial, but...
I don't know what I'm talking about yet, but I actually think that I'd like to capture more than just one frame at a time. I may be all wet about that, though.
Yes, I've discovered recently that at least some (if not all) of the Bauer camera models have the built in timelapse/intervalometer feature. I'm seriously thinking about aquiring one of these in the future. This Beaulieu 1008 XL, that I just bought, is my very first motion picture film camera. I'll see what my results are with this camera before committing myself to a "fine" Super 8 camera, though.
The Canon DS8 cameras look like VERY nice pieces of kit. I've been looking into the DS8 format lately, as well as learning about Super 8.
Thanks for taking the time to help.

Regards,
Owen

YouTube · Post by **Andreas Wideroe** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:20 pm

I ordered a TIV300K from Intervalometers.com a few days ago. I plan to use it with my 16mm Krasnogorsk-3 camera, but as Kentbulza says it should theoretically work with any camera that has a cable release. On my model I need to do some work on the mount and perhaps loosen the pressure on the release, but I think it will work with my Beaulieu 4008zmII aswell since it has a cable release socket on the side.

I will let you know as soon as I have tested it.

Andreas

Post by **coors** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:12 pm

Hi Andreas! How are you liking your KRASNOGORSK-3 camera? Are you using the clockwork motor or have you had it converted to electic? I looked at the K3 short, shot on 200T, that was posted here the other day... I was/am impressed with what I saw.

Regards,
Owen

YouTube · Post by **Andreas Wideroe** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 2:57 pm

I like my K-3 very much, allthough I've only shot one film and I haven't got it back from processing yet. The camera is easy to operate, it looks nice and hopefully the film will be ok too. I use the wind-up motor. It's a nice camera and a very cheap one if you wish to try out 16mm.

Post by **daddysauce** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:52 am

If you've got a maplins in the states get along and pick up a "MK111 adjustable timer with Relay Output". I did and made my own -
adjusts from 1 sec up to 1;15 and cheap as chips for about a fiver

Post by **coors** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 2:51 am

My good man, I'm having a time understanding exactly what you're saying here! "Maplins"? Is this like the equivelant to a "Radio Shack"?

Owen

Post by **Cranium** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 5:57 pm

Check HERE for your $8 intervalometer.

Post by **daddysauce** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:25 pm

Coors - Cranium is on the money with his link. Maplins is the UK equivalent to Radio shack.
Get out your solder and get busy

Post by **Cranium** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:49 pm

Only problem is... No tach.

I gotta get on doing my "Palm-o-valometer" ;)

Post by **daddysauce** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 8:16 pm

"Only problem is... No tach."

whaddya mean by tach?

Post by **Cranium** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:00 pm

OK, maybe tach wasn't the best term, but it's the one that came to mind. Sorry, I've been dealing with my '53 Ford a lot lately...

No digital readout of the frame rate.
That's one of two things I find lacking in most intervalometer setups or cams with intervalometers built-in.
It's always a guessing game with my Minolta XL400s, unless I carry a chart of the speed settings. I'd like to know precisely the frequency it's firing at.

Post by **oneatatime** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 4:33 am

For any people with cameras with a remote socket eg. Canon, Sankyo etc get one of these kits from Frank Crivelli of [http://www.ozitronics.com/counters.html] he programmed the chip to be delay only (Mode 7, read the online documentation) with a range of (pulse) relay times from 50 to 3000mS to suit the actual release time required by your particular camera.

The delay ranges available are as follows taken from the website;

Delay Ranges:
1. 1 - 255 seconds in steps of 1 second
2. 10 - 2550 seconds (42min 30sec) in steps of 10 seconds
3. 1 - 255 minutes (4hr 15min) in 1 minute steps
4. 10 - 2550 minutes (42hr 30min) in 10 minutes steps

All this for 30 Australian Dollars shipped direct out of Hong Kong.

I have been running a one of these timers on an old Canon XL which has been happily shooting one frame of glorious Super 8 every 10 minutes of the day since November, 2003 on an industrial construction project. Aside from the film changes every 20 days or so the intervalometer has been running perfectly. javascript:emoticon(':lol:')

I also use a second one for shorter timelapse projects with frame rates in the order of 2 to 5 seconds and it is superb and crystal controlled accurate.

Send Frank an email <frank@ozitronics.com> and asking him for the same chip program and you will have the best value intervalometer ever.

Enjoy guys [/url]