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Gunther
I've just brought a LR Timer Pro 3 - a great addition to my kit. But I have noticed some variability of the intervals between shots (but no dropped frames). I tried two tests; firstly controlling day to night Holy Grail with qDslrDashboard with LR Timer on a Sony A7S and then a home just using LT Timer (without qDslrDashboard). My settings on the camera where
All auto corrections off
Manual exposure
Manual focus
Silent (electronic shutter)
fixed aperture (manual lens - no electric coupling)
8sec shutter speed (for non qDslrDashboard test) otherwise 1/60 to 8sec max for qDslrDashboard Holy Grail test
LR Timer Pro settings
Firmware 27
Manual timelapse
10 second interval
360 frames
Release time 330ms (increased from default to allow for electronic shutter)
autofocus time 100ms
DLSM standby 15sec
As can be seen in the attached PDF the interval between frames can vary. The snapshots 1 and 2 from LRtimelapse shows the intervals for the qDslrDashboard timelapse whilst the 3rd snapshot is for the non-qDslrDashboard test. Note that in snapshot 1 that there's variable interval even with a short shutter speed (long dark interval). But that there's variability in snapshot 3 suggests that qDslrDashboard isn't the problem.
Again, I stress that there where no dropped frames. So should I be worried about variable interval between frames or could these be apparent differences in interval due to the camera recording time to the nearest second rather than using milliseconds?
Regards, Martin
I've just brought a LR Timer Pro 3 - a great addition to my kit. But I have noticed some variability of the intervals between shots (but no dropped frames). I tried two tests; firstly controlling day to night Holy Grail with qDslrDashboard with LR Timer on a Sony A7S and then a home just using LT Timer (without qDslrDashboard). My settings on the camera where
All auto corrections off
Manual exposure
Manual focus
Silent (electronic shutter)
fixed aperture (manual lens - no electric coupling)
8sec shutter speed (for non qDslrDashboard test) otherwise 1/60 to 8sec max for qDslrDashboard Holy Grail test
LR Timer Pro settings
Firmware 27
Manual timelapse
10 second interval
360 frames
Release time 330ms (increased from default to allow for electronic shutter)
autofocus time 100ms
DLSM standby 15sec
As can be seen in the attached PDF the interval between frames can vary. The snapshots 1 and 2 from LRtimelapse shows the intervals for the qDslrDashboard timelapse whilst the 3rd snapshot is for the non-qDslrDashboard test. Note that in snapshot 1 that there's variable interval even with a short shutter speed (long dark interval). But that there's variability in snapshot 3 suggests that qDslrDashboard isn't the problem.
Again, I stress that there where no dropped frames. So should I be worried about variable interval between frames or could these be apparent differences in interval due to the camera recording time to the nearest second rather than using milliseconds?
Regards, Martin