X-T2 Interval Timer Question / Exposure Indicator Display

[ernest56]

How do I get the LCD display on the X-T2 to display the Exposure Indicator while using the built-in Interval Timer?

Is this even possible with any XT series or do I need to use an external Intervalometer with the X-T2 to fire the shutter?

I would like to try a Day to Night timelapse and manually change/ramp the shutter speed and ISO during the interval shooting process.

I have checked the X-T2 manual. I have manually tried shooting using the Interval Timer with a 8 second interval. No Exposure Indicator displays.

Yes the Timelapse+ View is a hardware add-on option.

Suggestions appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Bobo Hodls]

How do I get the LCD display on the X-T2 to display the Exposure Indicator while using the built-in Interval Timer?

Not that I can recall. All it offers is a countdown between exposures.

Is this even possible with any X-T series or do I need to use an external Intervalometer with the X-T2 to fire the shutter?

I treasure the XT's and Fuji's in general for the built-in intervalometer. Not being able to adjust the shutter speed during the TL is a bit disappointing.

I would like to try a Day to Night timelapse and manually change/ramp the shutter speed and ISO during the interval shooting process.

When I've done that I resort to starting with a closed down aperture, so I can open it up between exposures as necessary. Or, I just quickly shut off the camera and adjust the shutter. If its calls for a few more seconds than that and it's evident, I cut the compiled video at that point and apply some kind of transition (a zoom in or out comes to mind at the moment).

I have checked the X-T2 manual. I have manually tried shooting using the Interval Timer with a 8 second interval. No Exposure Indicator displays.

If not paying attention to ramp with the aperture, again I stop the process to assess a new exposure (and have the histogram displayed).

Not ideal, but that's how I've coped. LRTimelapse(.com) helps to tweak the ramping issues as well. Gunther offers an intervalometer that seems to help a great deal, as well (I haven't bought into that - yet).

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[ernest56]

Is this even possible with any X-T series or do I need to use an external Intervalometer with the X-T2 to fire the shutter?

I treasure the XT's and Fuji's in general for the built-in intervalometer. Not being able to adjust the shutter speed during the TL is a bit disappointing.

I would like to try a Day to Night timelapse and manually change/ramp the shutter speed and ISO during the interval shooting process.

When I've done that I resort to starting with a closed down aperture, so I can open it up between exposures as necessary. Or, I just quickly shut off the camera and adjust the shutter. If its calls for a few more seconds than that and it's evident, I cut the compiled video at that point and apply some kind of transition (a zoom in or out comes to mind at the moment).

I have checked the X-T2 manual. I have manually tried shooting using the Interval Timer with a 8 second interval. No Exposure Indicator displays.

If not paying attention to ramp with the aperture, again I stop the process to assess a new exposure (and have the histogram displayed).

Not ideal, but that's how I've coped. LRTimelapse(.com) helps to tweak the ramping issues as well. Gunther offers an intervalometer that seems to help a great deal, as well (I haven't bought into that - yet).

Thanks Bob. I did not know about not being able to change the shutter on the XT series using the internal timer .

Agree LRTimelapse is a great piece of software. I forgot about the Gunther's intervalometer pro. I'll have to take a look as an option.

Stopping the camera to check exposure is an option but I worried I'll move the camera.

 

[Bobo Hodls]

Stopping the camera to check exposure is an option but I worried I'll move the camera.

I generally have a light touch, but it happens. That, or a noticeable gap in time between making changes to settings, was I was talking about when talking of cutting the compiled TL video and introducing a transition of some kind (pan, zoom, etc.). In a perfect world it wouldn't be necessary - but then again it helps break up the monotony at times too.

It's that sort of thing that had me banging my head on how to do what I wanted with the video application - but eventually I figure it out, and the hours of frustration turns out to be worth the effort in the long run.

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"Well, sometimes the magic works. . . Sometimes, it doesn't."
------ Chief Dan George, Little Big Man
@ bobtullis.com & flickr.com/photos/bobtullis
.
My opinions are my own and not those of DPR or its administration.