Anyone use an intravolometer for fireworks?

I normally set my camera to manual mode and set my aperture to f9 and use my Shutter release to time my shutter.

Does anyone use an intravolometer set to continuous? Say 6 sec shutter speeds and just let it run through the show?

Don't even need an intervelometer, a cable release with a locking switch and drive mode will do the job nicely

In fact no need for a locking switch, just hold it yourself and let the camera shoot in drive, that way you can let go during pauses in the show

I use f/11, ISO 100, and BULB. And a wired shutter release. My open shutter varies from about 5 seconds to almost 20 seconds. It seems to work really well. Don't forget the tripod. I can't see that an intervalometer would be of any use. Here is one at 17s.

How long you hold the shutter open will vary depending on how long the firework bursts are...You also need to time the opening of the shutter with the initial burst of the fireworks....so you'd want to use a shutter release cable...not a intervalometer.

I've done two time-lapses of fireworks with an intervalometer. For single still image the intervalometer, even over time can't by happenstance capture the "moment". My own timing is better even if I miss some moments. Not going to say that a time-lapse couldn't be cool but remember it can look funky (or bad) because the nature of the time-lapse stutters time and misses some of the needed downtime with rocket launches, etc..

I think I might be more inclined to try and speed up video of the show depending upon what you want to do.

I have used it when I had two cameras setup on tripods. I let one, with the intravolometer on it, just do its thing, while I took control of the 2nd as described above.

abacus022 wrote in post #18039233
I have used it when I had two cameras setup on tripods. I let one, with the intravolometer on it, just do its thing, while I took control of the 2nd as described above.

How were the results?

i used my trigger trap last time...set it to take a photo i think every 11 seconds or so...then was adjusting my settings between 8-10 seconds depending on how many fireworks were going off...towards the end when they go nuts i'd have to drop the shutter time otherwise it would just be over-exposed...took a bunch of shots, some better than others obviously, but i doubt trying to time it would be any better...and i got to just sit back and watch the show

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I'm going to set up multiple cameras, and I would like to automate the process. And I was thinking about using an intravolometer set to continuous shooting maybe 8-12 second shutter times.

And I would keep one camera fully manual.

I was also thinking about setting 1 camera to f9 and control the shutter manually and set the other to maybe 20-30 second shutter time with the smallest aperture available.

With the multiple exposure option now on the latest cameras, has anyone tried to do an in-camera composite of multiple firework bursts?

TeamSpeed wrote in post #18040029
With the multiple exposure option now on the latest cameras, has anyone tried to do an in-camera composite of multiple firework bursts?

Maybe I'm not good enough in post, but I since the scene in these shots are basically exposed by the firework bursts, I found it hard to balance the exposure between different shots.

Curious to know if aynone has a method of doing this.

nathancarter wrote in post #18039239
How were the results?

I ended up combining the two different versions, syncing the time. It was interesting. I did like the way they all came out, though the one with the intravolometer had more dead shots, since I wasn't directly controlling it. Times when nothing was shooting off at that exact moment.

I would do that again if I was able. If I only had one camera, I think I would do the bulb manual timing and shooting.

mystik610 wrote in post #18040066
Maybe I'm not good enough in post, but I since the scene in these shots are basically exposed by the firework bursts, I found it hard to balance the exposure between different shots.

Curious to know if aynone has a method of doing this.

I kept all shots and both cameras one single exposure setting. This meant that some of the longer bulb exposures were a little over exposed, but not so much I couldn't recover the highlights.

I would have to check what those settings were, but I am thinking something like F9 and ISO200, or similar. Don't quote me on that.