Your chronos look sick! Sorry, at first I didnt know that u made them. I think we are in the same page. Compact equipments for timelapse photography. Can you hook me up with one of those?

Yeah we have one on every Continent now except Africa.

The spirit of the system is a DIY (do it yourself) concept. I have published the code, schematics, wiring diagrams, step by step instructions on how to build them online as well as complete parts list.

However sometimes people do not have the tools or desire to build thier own, so we do build them for a price.

I do not know the rules on this forum about this sort of stuff, so if you are interested in learning more you can contact me at ProjectChronosHelp@gmail.com for pricing and such.

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Olympus OM-D + grip
Oly 12-50 kit, Panny 14mm f/2.5, Panny 12-35 f/2.8
Fuji XE-1 + 18-55 f/2.8-f/4

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Awesome. I'm in USA, so it shouldn't be a problem. I will email you or perhaps pm to get more details. Yeah, we cannot post any affiliate link here.

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OMD EM5, 45mm f1.8

Worrying about your shutter count is usually pretty much ridiculous.

If the OMD is rated at 100,000 that doesn't mean at 100,001 it will break and stop functioning. I've talked to pros with DSLRs that have upward of 400,000 shots on a body when the manufacturer rates it at 150,000.

I dont think anyone even remotely suggested that it would break right after 100,000.

I get it, you dont worry about your shutter count, That's cool. I dont assume you do time lapse, which is sort of what this thread is all about. When doing timelapse it is normal for people to worry about such things as a 100k vs 50,000 shutter life camera and the average cost of shutter replacement. It certainly does not make it ridiculous to be concerned about it.

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Olympus OM-D + grip
Oly 12-50 kit, Panny 14mm f/2.5, Panny 12-35 f/2.8
Fuji XE-1 + 18-55 f/2.8-f/4

Project Chronos Timelapse page
Project Chronos Facebook page
Project Chronos Vimeo channel

I get it, you worry about little things that are you not likely to encounter with your equipment. You should worry about things like timelapse and things like 100k vs 50k shutter life and the average cost of replacement. It does not make it look ridiculous to not be concerned about it.

Right, it can fail much earlier, even below 10,000!

I know people who take a LOT of pictures who burn out the shutter in a year.

For this purpose a camera with electronic shutter may be a better choice, especially since M4/3 cameras require twice the actuations for each picture...the shutter is normally open for live view, then it has to close and clear the buffer, then open and close to take the picture, and then open again to restore the live view (that's why I miss the E-330 with its two sensors).

Are you serious? Did you even bother to read the thread? Have you looked at the title of the thread? or do you normally just go trolling in and causing trouble?



This thread was specific about shutter life for timelapse photography.

coming in and being a smartass does not change the origional post, if this was a thread about anything else i would agree, but it is not uncommon to rack up 40-50,000 shutter actuations in a year, I have put over 100,000 shutter counts on my 3 cameras in the course of a year and a half.

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Olympus OM-D + grip
Oly 12-50 kit, Panny 14mm f/2.5, Panny 12-35 f/2.8
Fuji XE-1 + 18-55 f/2.8-f/4

Project Chronos Timelapse page
Project Chronos Facebook page
Project Chronos Vimeo channel

I guess the question that needs to be asked, is in the routine that a mirrorless camera triggers do they consider that 1 or 2 actuations?

If they rate it for 100,000 i would think that takes into account the entire routine needed in order to take an image. But hey, i could be wrong there.

My only gripe with most cameras with an electronic shutter is they are generally lacking when it comes to optics. (let me clarify, that is a general assumption, and i could be wrong, I am making the assumption that most electronic shutter cameras are just point and shoots)

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Olympus OM-D + grip
Oly 12-50 kit, Panny 14mm f/2.5, Panny 12-35 f/2.8
Fuji XE-1 + 18-55 f/2.8-f/4

Project Chronos Timelapse page
Project Chronos Facebook page
Project Chronos Vimeo channel

Here's my first timelapse video with the OM-D: https://vimeo.com/54120932

Haven't made timelapses since my ex-5d2 and 60d, which was more than a year ago. I have many more nicer timelapse clips around the city and will make more new videos soon...stay tuned