topic Re: R6 II Remote shutter release and interval Timer in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

EOS R6 Mark II - Remote shutter release and interval Timer

Jim-R — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:26:18 GMT

I want to use a remote shutter release to prevent shake when initiating a set of photos using the interval timer. This is for night astro photography.

So far I have found that a wired shutter release (RS-60E3) will work correctly and that I could not get Camera Connect to work because it uses WIFI over Bluetooth. WIFI disables the interval timer.

So, three questions;

1) I am missing something on using Camera Connect? Camera Connect works with WIFI turned on, but the interval timer is turned off

2) Is there another app (Android) that I can use over Bluetooth to fire the camera and initiate the interval timer sequence

3) Will the BR-E1 let me do what I want over Bluetooth or will it also disable the interval timer. I don't have access to one to try.

Thanks.

Re: R6 II Remote shutter release and interval Timer

Waddizzle — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:14:41 GMT

How long are your exposures?

What about using the electronic shutter with the 2/10 second shutter delay timer?

if your shutter speeds exceed 30 seconds, then I recommend an external intervalometer.

Re: R6 II Remote shutter release and interval Timer

Jim-R — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:47:48 GMT

My shutter times are in the order of 20 seconds and I take from 30 to 50 exposures in a sequence.

I have thought about the 2 second delay timer. However I have not tried how it interacts with the interval timer. Without the 2 second delay timer, I set my camera timer at 20 seconds and the interval timer at 22 sec/30 shots. I would need to figure out if each of the 30 frames is delayed by the two second time delay and if the two second time delay I have put in the interval timer for saving the individual frame are consecutive or concurrent.

I don't like an intervalometer because of the connecting cable hanging from the camera. The RS-60E3 would work with the internal intervalometer, but it also has the hanging cable. I'm clumsy in the dark.

As a last resort I could take 31 frames, and throw the first one away when I stack them.

Re: R6 II Remote shutter release and interval Timer

Waddizzle — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 01:02:46 GMT

The interval timer blindly tries to fire shutter at whatever interval that you have set. The interval needs to be longer than the shutter speed plus however much time it takes to write to the memory card.

The camera needs to be set to Continuous Drive mode to fully execute the interval sequence. The 2/10 second delay timer starts the process. The delay only applies to the first shot.

Re: R6 II Remote shutter release and interval Timer

Jim-R — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 05:51:27 GMT

Thank you for this answer. If the 2 second delay functions on only the first frame and not the rest in the interval, then using it and starting the sequence will prevent any vibration and I will get the intervals that I want. I will not need to use a remote for the shots.

I will give it a try.