How to take timelapses with the 1DxMkii

[malbster]

Please help!

I am currently visting New York for the sole purpose of taking landscape photos. I recently purchased the 1DXmkii and the WFT-8A wireless trigger. I assumed that the setup would be a breeze and that the interval settings would be self explanatory. They are not by any means, I have been sitting in my AirBnB for an hour now trying to get this figured out. I have my camera connected to my iphone and am able to shoot wirelessly, but I have no clue how to setup interval photos from the phone or camera. Can someone please help me before I throw this thing off a bridge!

Thanks in advance,

Matt

[Crista]

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[jrhoffman75]

http://www.superstokedmagazine.com/article/2013/10/how-to-time-lapse-with-canon-eos-1ds-mark-ii-a-ho...

Maybe this will help.

[RobertTheFat]

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@jrhoffman75 wrote:

http://www.superstokedmagazine.com/article/2013/10/how-to-time-lapse-with-canon-eos-1ds-mark-ii-a-ho...

Maybe this will help.

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I don't mean this as a knock at the OP (he's suffering enough), but as a warning to other overequipped newbies. For God's sake, do your homework before heading to a remote photo shoot! If you doh't understand your equipment, you make yourself look like a fool. I would have thought that this would be obvious to everybody, but maybe it isn't.

[Waddizzle]

"I am currently visting New York for the sole purpose of taking landscape photos. I recently purchased the 1DXmkii and the WFT-8A wireless trigger. I assumed that the setup would be a breeze and that the interval settings would be self explanatory."

The WFT-8A is not a wireless trigger.  It is a Wireless File Transfer accessory. 

Unless the camera has a built-in intervalometer, which I'm not sure if it does [surprisingly], then you will need an external one, like the Canon Timer Remote Controller, TC-80N3.

[malbster]

Thanks @jrhoffman!

@RobertTheFat. Totally agree, I was foolish to assume that Canon would include an intervalometer in their wireless trigger/app. Sadly I travel too much to do efficient research before embarking on my photo journeys. Maybe some day I'll wise up.

Thanks @Waddizle. I purposely left my trigger at home, thinking I wouldn't need it with this fancy new trigger.

Thanks for the help everyone! Looks like I'm not doing any timelapses on this trip 🙈

[docusync]

You are going to New York, right? Just go to any camera store like Adorama, B&H, it's like a billion of camera stores in NY 🙂 and buy any cheap 3-pin off-brand remote release trigger with a timer. This is what I use: [link removed per forum guidelines]

The Canon official remote is limited to 99 exposures. HTH!