How to use an INTERVALOMETER!

[@greadore]

Good video. One comment though regarding the interval setting. I have the Vello Shutterboss intervalometer and also do astrophotography. If I take 1 minute exposures and want to have the camera wait 3 seconds between each shot I need to set the interval to 1 min 3 sec and not just 3 seconds. In the manual under the interval setting section it says to use an interval that is longer than your exposure time. This confused me at first but I realized this was correct and what I needed to do because when I tried just setting the interval to 3 sec it didn’t work.

[@forestchaput]

Weird! I’ve never run into that with mine. Thanks for adding that in!!!

[@greadore]

Rocky Mountain School of Photography I’m not sure, perhaps there is a setting I need to change but haven’t been able to find that. Also I have seen someone on another video reference the same procedure I do and another video that says the same thing you do. Yeah, strange.

[@forestchaput]

Must be different depending on the intervalometer. Huh. Well, thanks for letting me know!

[@danborjaa]

bro thanks! I was losing it.

[@Talespinner35]

@@greadore I saw in another video the same issue, but it turned out that the guy's intervalometer required at least 4 or 5 seconds between shots (not just 2 or 3). Thus, I believe he didn't have to set a 2 min 5 sec interval for a 2-minute exposure; they just had to have at least 4 or 5 secs in between. I need to test mine the same way...see if it has a sweet spot.

[@fierrojc]

Your "how to" on the Intervalometer is the BEST on KZbin! To the point, concise... perfect! Thank you,

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@linkage8700]

I don't think I ever thanked you. Two years ago, I started exploring astronomy, photography, and timelapse astrophotography, and this video was one of the first that explained this essential tool perfectly. I feel bad that I never subscribed, but I have taken care of that now. Thanks again, and wish you clear skies!

[@donnatheimer9767]

Finally...someone who explains this device in simple terms. Soooo excited to set up my device. Thank you sooooo much for creating this excellent educational video!

[@nik.rodrigues]

One of the BEST VIDEOS about _'How to use an INTERVALOMETER'_ out there on youtube. Straight to the point. Great Work Brother.

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@charade97]

This is, without exception, the most concise explanation of anything I have heard on this channel. My congratulations. I understood perfectly, everything that you explained. I feel that you most certainly have a career in teaching!! Thank you. I am just starting astrophotography and, with my new intertravolemeter this will be a big help.

[@forestchaput]

Wow, thank you!

[@MarkSmith-of5fe]

Thanks a million! You made that crystal clear. Way better than the instructions that came with mine.

[@tamiami41]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! I've tried and given up multiple times trying to figure this out on my own. This video helped me get set up and shooting in 5 minutes!!

[@MasonintheUSA]

Thank you so much. Mine came with instructions, but i need a telephoto lens to read them. This video was so on point and what I needed. Thank you again for taking the time to make this video. You got my sub.

[@Kennb17]

Love your clear and concise explanations w/out fluff and a bunch of nonsense. Great Job! Thank you.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jriis2010]

The best and most comprehensive guide I have seen so far. Good job :-)

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@anzaeria]

Great tutorial. My intervalometer looks almost identical to yours except that it is the JJC brand. That's a great tip about using the dashes for an unlimited number of shots. I was actually wondering how to override the 399 photo limit on my unit. Yes, that is very restrictive - 399 photos. I was shooting time lapse of a cruise ship out at sea today and I had to do a few sequences after reaching the photo limit each time. I'm using the intervalometer with a Panasonic G7 which does have an internal time lapse feature but it's not very reliable. Actually, most of the time, it refuses to start the time lapse. But this unit works like a charm.

[@ahmedm.fathie6124]

Best explanation on the internet. He is clear and to the point, Forget all other explanation there!

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@cathygneiting6933]

I have had mine for several months and had no idea how to interpret the manual. Thanks so much for a clear instructional tutorial!

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@thecrowsblow]

A perfect tutorial. Thank you. The random words at the top of the intervalometer screen make perfect sense when they're explained to you.

[@forestchaput]

Glad you liked it!

[@edmonton1338]

Not only is the content on this channel excellent, I had a question I just couldn’t work out for my intervalometer. It was answered very quickly and clearly and most of all it worked! Well done!!! Lots of others don’t ever reply.......

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@geoffmoore7525]

Excellent video, very clear and concise. Thank you.

[@forestchaput]

You are welcome!

[@beverlycoleman1916]

That was so informative! I was thinking about purchasing this product and after watching you explain it I will. Thank you.

[@forestchaput]

You're welcome!

[@RileyGoss99]

I’ve looked at tons of other videos but this is the most helpful out of them all. I can finally do my astrophotography the correct way .

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidjacob9548]

Quick clear and concise explanation. I like the fact that you didn't waste any time before giving a clear description of the Intervalometer. Thanks

[@stuartfrick3008]

Thanks for this! I’m a total amateur just starting to do painting time lapses and this helped me greatly.

[@forestchaput]

Great to hear!

[@FD545]

Perfect explanation, many thanks.

[@gomcse]

Amazing video. Best description of this tool I've seen...ever. Thanks you.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jljones4839]

Fantastic, straight-foreward instructions. Very helpful. I just needed to be sure that I understood my IV correctly. Thanks.

[@forestchaput]

You're very welcome!

[@alanalain4884]

The smartest explanation and tips I've seen on YT for these devices. And I saw a few...

[@forestchaput]

Haha thank you so much!

[@steveteare3865]

Very concise explanation and zero time wasting. Thank you. Subbed.

[@forestchaput]

Thanks for the sub!

[@moriahaasted5918]

Thank you, this was SO HELPFUL. I thought it was much harder, but you've quickly and efficiently simplified.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it helped!

[@chefgregorydean]

Thank you. Simple and concise for a guy who just bought one.

[@TheMathyzz]

Hands down THE best most clearly explanation! Thank you! 🎉

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TomSwickWasHere]

Thank you for such a great explanation. Now I fully understand how to use this.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jessicaeiss2541]

well this is definitely the best video on how to use this. Appreciate the simple and straight forward explanation of long and interval. Other videos are confusing about that! Thanks!

[@forestchaput]

You're welcome!

[@mptarmigan4507]

Excellent description :) I use mine so infrequently (clouds in England !) that I forget how during each interregnum, and this time I could not even find the instruction leaflet. You just rescued me THANK YOU !! (and the interval between exposures works exactly as you describe on my cheap no-name ebay device.)

[@forestchaput]

Wonderful!

[@newtonsantos_photo963]

Straight to the point, quite direct and useful tutorial !!! Thanks a lot 🤙

[@forestchaput]

You’re welcome!

[@JamesSmith-fv6vb]

Excellent. Clear and to the point.

[@vixdname]

Really helpful video sir, am just gathering my equipment for starting astrophotography and i couldn't figure thid out, now it seems pretty simple !!!

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@rpurdum]

Excellent, detailed video! Thanks for the hard work to produce the video.

[@forestchaput]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dr.breath8008]

Just found this. Great and concise. Best one I have seen re an intervalometer.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tamartin7001]

Very much appreciated - I bought the same intervalometer (unbranded) so these instructions cleared up a few things for me, there were no clear instructions with it but it was only $30 AUS

[@forestchaput]

Glad to hear it!

[@sgrams3578]

Thank you for a simple thorough explanation, I just wasn't getting it until I followed your video.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it helped!

[@captainkevski566]

Just ordered one. Thanks for helping me to begin using one, and also for helping me with the extra info. Brilliant vid.

[@forestchaput]

No problem 👍

[@colinbradfield72]

Great video man thank you so much. I’m getting in the Astro photography and about to do my first shoot of Orion Nebula

[@deantiger1390]

Best and most simple explanation, thanks for your help.

[@forestchaput]

You're welcome!

[@mymagicmurals]

Thank you. At laaaaast, a straight forward, simply explained video on how to use this little gadget. I have the TW-283 and your video will also cover it.

[@forestchaput]

You are welcome!

[@Big-Foot-Randy]

Fabulous job on this video! Thank you - you made my Milky Way Photography session a success!

[@dianestirk8037]

Oh my goodness - I'm so glad I found your video on how to use an intervalometer. I'm an aspiring astrophotographer. :). Thank you thank you!

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful! Happy Astro-photographing!

[@karenwarnock532]

CRYSTAL CLEAR! Thanks so much!

[@bartruzik21]

Thanks soo much. Wonderful video very comprehensive easy to understand and not too long. Perfect thing to to understand an intervalometer. Watch video as you are setting up and practicing with your 📷 camera.

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@artgiulietti7178]

I really liked the video. I received a unit for Christmas and now I want to use it. Showed my how to use a INTERVALOMER

[@forestchaput]

Glad I could help!

[@sethwhitfield01]

Appreciate this very much. Super easy to use now with this kind of instruction.

[@forestchaput]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@lisavanggg]

Superb explanation! Very easy to understand. Thank-you. 👏

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@django1364]

just got into astrophotography and this was very informative thanks you

[@oysterfleet5669]

Just a caution, found this out the hard way, Set the interval long enough for your camera to finish processing and storing the image (5 seconds works for me). I had mine set for 1 second the first time I used mine and the intervalometer would stop because the camera hadn't finished processing and storing the image. Probably only needs 2 or 3 seconds, but 5 works for my old 7D2.

[@9451shan]

Thank you very much, simple and easy tutorial 🙂🙏

[@bennienegyjr3388]

Wonderful instructions! Thanks! On Your camera,, ( I have a Canon T7i), do You set the interface( drive mode, ) to what You've set Your intervalometer has been set? Or do You leave it as is..God bless!

[@NightshadeTactical]

Thank you! I was so confused but that makes so much sense

[@akkarparkiamopas3401]

Relly simply to understand. Well done and Thanks

[@forestchaput]

You are welcome!

[@Genegenedtb]

Do you have a video of going through the entire process... like setting up the intervelometer, shooting the sequence, seeing the results. Also, how to compute camera settings too. Nice video, thanks

[@forestchaput]

Nope, but I will add that to the list.

[@jamesmgoff73]

Great job. Simple and precise.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@riccardomirto]

Really appreciate your explanation this was very clear and complete. Thank You

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@NightHawks99]

Thank you for the tutorial on the intervalometer I just bought one recent and I’ve been watching all kinds of videos on how to use one and they all confused me you were simple straight to the point and tonight I’m going to give it a try to take pictures of the night sky have subscribe to your page and I will check out some of your other videos 😎👍

[@stephenkaltenhauser2671]

Thanks Forest. Needed to set up my secondary camera for the wide angle for the upcoming eclipse. Thanks for turning a Total BLEEPING Mystery into a simple and elegant device! Thank you.

[@forestchaput]

Hahaha, thanks for watching!

[@achalanayak7930]

Thank you. Nicely explained. I now understand how to use intervalometer 🙏

[@forestchaput]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@charlesdavis6371]

Thank you so much for this. You've taken something that can be overwhelming and made it rather simple. Well done.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ECSpeed-uh3tf]

Thank you for an exceptional teaching video. You're correct - I've had the Nikon brand and really didn't know how to use it. Now I do - and will.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tomkolour3947]

Helpful, well explained I use the Canon TC80N3 and your instructions were easily adapted to this model, thank you

[@forestchaput]

So happy to help!

[@genemcloud4114]

Bingo! Absolutely crystal clear. Thanks so much.

[@forestchaput]

You are so welcome

[@2logj]

Very good explanation .may be you could given three egs one for time lapse one for stars one for non bulb mode.thanks.

[@mattcero1]

Excellent primer on this!

[@pitdoctor]

Thank you for this. So much more clear than the manual that came with mine.

[@forestchaput]

Sometimes that is the way it is, so I am glad this video helped you!

[@Odin-l-Gaming]

I'm just getting into Astrophotography, great video and very easy to follow. Thank you.

[@forestchaput]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ryanmj42]

This has been extremely helpful, thank you so much!!

[@jeffarredondo]

Wow! Very nicely explained. Thank you very much!

[@raymondperry9059]

Great video finely someone that knows how to do a how to video. Thanks

[@matthewderoche3645]

great video! lots of info on such a easy to use item really helped me out thank you im going out tonight and ill get to use mine better now

[@forestchaput]

Awesome! Glad you liked it.

[@huntfishtravel]

I very much appreciate this video! The instructions are pretty tiny so I appreciate you taking the time to do this video. I did have one question though I haven't been able to figure out how to turn it off, it seems as though it's always on, and that doesn't seem very effective when it comes to battery life. Any thoughts or tips on that?

[@Kanko.M]

Hey man! Thanks for the tips. Really helpful. Just wanted some more clearance on this. So I ll put my questions in an order. 1. If using the intervelometer do we get the set of photos that was set or we get a direct video? If getting a direct video what is a way to get the set of photographs out of the camera instead of the photos? 2. While using that if I want to change the battery or change anything to set to a different exposure can we stop/pause and do that and later it would start from the place we stopped/paused?

[@acewings_wanderlust]

Thank you Bro. I could understand and Crack the puzzle of my intervalometer. Wish for clear skies and thank you very much.

[@forestchaput]

You are welcome

[@lesliemews6272]

I took notes so I don’t forget how to set it when I get out in the field. Thanks for the video very clear and concise.

[@forestchaput]

Excellent! Glad to help!

[@Scrottobaggns]

I've read the reason you set the length of your interval to the length of your actual shot length + an extra few seconds is because a lot of newer cameras have Long Exposure Noise Reduction, so it's basically doing a dark frame for you. How true that is I don't know. I have not tested it. But I'm wondering if the built in Long Exposure Noise Reduction would be better than doing the dark frames yourself. Now I've got to research this a bit more.

[@kamalalzayer3430]

Thanks , for the nice video . I have 3 cameras from Nikon D800E , Zf & Z8 . And inteding to do astrophotography , landscape , macro . But , which intervalometer should IBuy ?

[@susangreenlee2460]

Is bulb mode the only mode you use? Would you please explain the use of the part that slides onto the hot shoe and how you determine what channel to set it on (to this 67 year old not too techy lady)? Thank you for this video. The manual wasn't making much sense to me.

[@beberoli]

thank you very much for explaining all these ! Ithought it was way more difficult to use !

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pattimaclaughlin8059]

EXCELLENT video and tutorial!!

[@forestchaput]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MeiNg-cs5dy]

Could you show detail how to use vello wireless shutterboss 4.0. I have a hard time to follow the manual that comes with that. I guess I am just new into photo shooting. Appreciate that.

[@bellasvistas3463]

Very helpful. I just subscribed to your channel. I'm using an Olympus OM-1. Deep sky is new to me, I wanted to use an exposure longer than the camera intervalometer allows 60 seconds. I always shot single or star trails, tracking is totally new to me and I have had some good results so far at a Sark Sky Viewing area 4 hours away from me.

[@BRCPres1]

Thanks for the tutorial. I found it very helpful.

[@forestchaput]

Glad it was helpful!

[@swansong007]

Brilliant but how do you turn it off, ie so battery does run down after you are done? Is it just remove batteries ?

[@Gamer1235813213455]

Super clear, very helpful!

[@forestchaput]

Great to hear!

[@TraceyHodges27]

Hi, I have just started using mine. I seem to have a 2nd exposure time set which I don’t know how to completely get rid of. Do you know how I can do this so I only have to set 1 exposure time each time? Thank you

[@forestchaput]

Hmm. I'm not sure on that. Do you happen to have "Long Exposure Noise Reduction" (sometimes called LENR) turned on? That will lead to your camera capturing a second image each time you press the shutter once.

[@forgottenchildrensbooks4798]

Maybe it’s like my Hahnel Capture unit: after the “Delay”, “Long”, “INTVL 1” and “N”, this unit has “INTVL2” and “N”. I’m a bit confused why or what this second interval does or would be used for. Any clarification about this would be very helpful, especially as it seems I can’t put the time at zero (default is 1sec and 1 shot for this last special setting.

[@collharti]

You kicked ass...GREAT informational video!!!

[@forestchaput]

Thank you!

[@reginaldpearson8097]

Thank you very much! Crystal Clear Instructions!!

[@feli.o]

This was super helpful, thank you!

[@forestchaput]

You're so welcome!

[@Jeanclaude001]

great video very informative thanks a lot

[@jamespilz1529]

perfect video for beginners! Thanks man!

[@forestchaput]

You’re welcome!

[@edmonton1338]

This is the best and clearest video by far on this topic. One question, is there any reason why this should not work in aperture or shutter priority mode? For example on Nikon D3200 which does not have its own built in Intervalometer are the settings on the camera important. One big reason to get one of these is to compensate for no on board one. What I am trying to do is set up with aperture priority and take a picture every say 3 seconds. It doesn’t like it and will only do on full manual......

[@forestchaput]

Yep, that should work fine, just be sure that your "Long" setting is set too 1 second and you should be good to go!

[@Rdavis6593]

Very good explanation. Thanks.

[@forestchaput]

You are welcome!

[@ull4h]

So if not on bulb mode, and I set my camera to take 10 second exposures, and something different on my intervalometer, which one takes priority? The camera or the intervalometer?

[@andyml1]

Very helpful…just what I needed…thanks so much 👍

[@forestchaput]

Glad it helped

[@JC-gs9rg]

Thank you so much! you made my life easier

[@forestchaput]

Glad I could help!

[@munnyguyca]

I think i have the intervalometer set now.. tkx so much for the instructional vid, only had to watch it 3x (yeah.. i'm a little slow..lol) practiced with it on my desk.. but still having a challenge with long exposure settings.. and it may be more related to the camera than the intervalometer.. nikon d5600.. i'd like to try my hand at some night time star pics.. but can't seem to get the settings right. I'll explore more of your videos, hopefully i'm missing something that is fundamental, but easy to correct. cheers.

[@forestchaput]

Glad you liked it and that it helped!