Seems like a worthy upgrade over the 2.5, and even though I didn’t have it, the ramping was what still intrigues me, the 0.1” interval change is cool, but not crucial for me, 0.5 - 1 - 2s is good for me, I don’t know, maybe if I’ll have some spare money to burn I’ll finally give it a go 🤷🏼♂️ but it was a good review 👍🏻
Another amazing review video Matt! I've been making timelapses for about a year, the ramping sounds quite interesting. Thanks for sharing, this was very helpful and informative.
I own the 2.5 version, the only thing I thought to improve was the knob. The new one looks way better! Also usb-c would be great for maybe the next version? Definitely the best remote on the market.
I own the Pro Timer 3 I love it for the awesome simplicity size and versatility. I like the interval options as far as the ability to shoot less than 1 second and in ten second increments. I also own the Timelapse + View which adds to my options. Both work great with my Dynamic Perception motion slide and the Sapphire plus. I also own the discontinued Promote Control which also allows intervals below 1 second in tenth of a second increments down to .1 if your card and camera buffer permits. I love the manual programable bulb ramping time lapse features and focus stacking features. This device was ingenious for its time and still has nice features for today. All around the Pro Timer 3 is a great device and I was not disappointed and very pleased to add this to my arsenal of camera triggers.
I'm currently using in internal timer options on my Sony cameras for everything except night work as the exposure ramping and timelapse options are very good. I use an inexpensive timer for astro simply to trigger the camera in conditions where it's so dark the camera will struggle for a correct exposure, or when I need very long exposure shots on the tracker. The LRT device looks like a good product (and would use the same cable as my SYRP gear) but the only thing I would be getting it for would be the
Great info! I use the Timelapse+ View. I bought a LRT 2.5 but couldn’t get it to work with the Sony a7r4, it only worked with older Sony cameras. The Timelapse+ works perfectly with the newer Sony cams.
Oh that's very interesting thanks for sharing, what didn't work with the Sony? It should work with the right cable, no? Did you talk to Gunther about it?
@@MatthewVandeputte The LRT webpage has an Amazon link for Sony cameras, and I bought the cable it recommended, but this cable didn't work - it didn't even fit any of the jacks on my camera. I bought a couple other Sony specific cables with the correct ports and none of them worked either. I asked on the LRT forum and others hadn't found a solution - it seems there are several of the latest models of Sony that have trouble here. The Timelapse+ site sold me the cable that worked, and as well had a video showing all the settings I needed to change on the a7r4 to make it work, so I ended up going with that. Maybe I should have asked Gunther directly, but I didn't.
Great review 👍🏼... Toy I would love... Been trying various time lapse on Nikon d5300 and d7000... Trying to find a working remote for an old Lumix G1... But after far to many failed holy grails I just succeeded with a GoPro 7 in raw using Lrtimelapse. Love your work and enjoyed the beer 🍻 stream... Take care dude 👍
I believe you might just need a TRRS cable for the G1, which is what the S1 uses too. Not sure though but did a quick google and it seemed like the same connector
Great review! I don't think I'll be getting it because as a sony shooter I'd rather preserve my micro USB port for portable chargers rather than an intervelometer. The sonys shoot great in aperture priority mode for holy grail tls anyways imo.
Whenever I'll upgrade my trusty and old 70D I'll be getting one of these. Looks minimal and does the job! I still use for my seldom timelapse photography the old and dismissed TriggerTrap, with a 2010 iPod! 😄 (Yes I would need an upgrade, but not much money flowing around 😞) It still gets the job done though.
Thank you Matt for your nice review! I'd just leave a comment here and offer everyone that has specific questions about the LRT PRO Timer 3 to contact me directly either via my forum: forum.lrtimelapse.com (there is a specific board for the PT) or via email to support@lrtimelapse.com
I use the 2.5 remote and love it, my only issue is the battery. When charging the indicator shows full all the time, when you remove the charging cable the indicated amount doesn't seem very reliable and I've had it switch off a couple of times. I now tend to leave it plugged into a PD source when using it, that's not really a problem cos I usually have the dew heater on the same PD anyway. I'd be keen to know if the PT3 is better in this regard.
Is there any alternatives to this one for 0.5 sec interval? I've had this for a year and it's been working fine so far, until on my last trip. I turned it off after use, and cannot turn it on anymore. The battery was about 50% on last time I see. A friend of mine had the previous option and warned me to keep this unit charged, as he has depleted its battery once and then cannot charge/turn on anymore.
I’m using the Timelapse+ View and Mini’s for day to night and reverse. Full of bugs/issues, have you ever had View? I’m thinking of switching or buying this one
"Little bit pricey" LOL! It's very pricey! Every camera stuff is 6-8x overpiced. This is just a 25$ thing, but it is very nice! Also I prefer TimelapseScanner than LRTimelapse. Much professional.
A super niche item custom made for a super niche community, it's not that expensive. Timelapsescanner seems honestly like a joke? To even compare it to LRTimelapse in the same sentence is ridiculous.
@@MatthewVandeputte Ok-ok, it's super nice, but still to expensive imo. No, no. Timelapse Scanner is not a joke! It's not an super fantastic software, but helps a lot to make much better time lapse footage in After Effects. Very helpful software. It could be better, but unfortunately no one supports its developer... :/
Would love to see some examples of how it performs when paired with a full motion timelapse rig. So far I haven't been able to find a single video. Or maybe it's only meant for static shooting.
It would likely trigger the moco in slave mode, where the moco setup waits for the signal of the remote to trigger shoot/move/shoot etc. Used to have that with my old Kessler rig
Thanks for this great review! One question: can it compensate for increasing shutterspeeds? This is a problem I had before when shooting a timelapse including a sunrise / sunset. If you have strong varying light conditions and you need to change shutterspeeds DURING the timelapse, ideally the interval should compensate for this. For example, you start with a shutterspeed of 1s + interval 29s but you end with a shutterspeed of 10s + interval 20s. So the interval get's shorter while the shutterspeed get's longer.
Generally you'd just change the shutter speed then ramp the speed of the clip in Premier or whatever software you're using to make your composition. Ramping clip speed in post has the same effect as shortening the interval (but does not compensate for wanting your shutter speed to be the same proportion of your interval). I think you would need a laptop connected to your camera to achieve this.
So this does away with the intervalometer? I just got my warming sleeve.. hope to get some cloudless nights soon... I find astrophotography to be prefect for my addiction recovery tactics... idle hands
good review. i am not technical but i do timelaps but not the holy grale (day to night) has this thing auto day to night or do i have to change the settings when it becomes dark . i danot want thats becouse that is way to complex.
I haven't used the RamperPro in years, I suggest using QDSLRDashboard instead. It is quite outdated now with a very complicated setup and post-process. I still use the LRTimelapse Pro timer but it has different features ofcourse
Awesome ... so now i just gotta save up! 😀 I made sure I was following on Instagram and randomly clicked FlemishFridays ... "anyway" is Flemish?? Who knew! 😁
I wonder if its going to be a good investment if you already own Lumix S1 which does most of what the remote does pretty much perfectly, especially holly grail timelapse, what is your opinion?
Very good point, I would use this to add extra images to the sequence or to ramp the interval for example. Delayed starts are limited to the next day or so, and repeating sequences isn't possible with the Lumix and so much more. They are very, very good at timelapse, but this remote makes it even better
@@MatthewVandeputte would the auto focus actually work? I wouldn't use it for a time lapse but sometimes I like to use an intervolometer for candid shots of people
@@MatthewVandeputte Yes, was going to comment after watching. The D850 and Z series have .05 second available via the built-in intervalometer. I haven't shot a lot of fast moving subjects but I did some brief testing just to try to prepare when needed. On the Z7 was able to do 1/5 shutter without losing frames. Never completed testing with the D850 but lost frames even at 1/30. Don't now if it's the memory card speed or the difference in processor. Thanks for the review! If I get back on IG I'll follow :)
Nkons internal intervalometers got better the last years, but still the block the camera for way too long if you want to do advanced stuff. For holy grail shooting with long exposures, you will just not see what you are doing on the screen, it doesn't work for that - only for simple timelapse. And that they offer 0.5 secs intervals is nice, but again - doesn't help if you need to see what you are capturing - the dark time is way too long.
I just use a cheap intervalometer I picked up from Amazon which eats battery life and is HUGE hanging and banging on my sturdy tripod...and you know all I need to do is let out a sigh and my tripod falls over 🤣 - great it has a cold shoe
Do you use qDslrdashboard with the LRT? The developer of LRT recommended this app, but it sounds crazy for me, you have to buy a tool then third party app for the tool...
Good question, on a Canon you might have to enable 2 second delay timer and enable bracketing as well so that it works, then you have to add the time for the bracketing and the 2 seconds to your interval as well
Yes (although I don't recommend Bracketing for timelapse, it has much more disadvantages then it helps) - so if you really want to do it, use the TL Astro Mode on the timer, set the "Exposure Time" to the time that you need to press the shutter for a full Bracket cycle (usually 3 images) and the interval of course a bit longer than the 3 exposures alltogether.
Any motion controller that offers a so called "Slave Mode" can be triggered by the LRT PRO Timer (2.5 and 3). But as far as I know, Syrp is quite a closed shop - they don't really allow for any interfacing unfortunately. But with other "more open" devices like Emotimo, Black Forest Motion, Dynamic Perception the go perfectly together with the LRT PRO Timer!
ill make you 20 videos for it! and document it all as professionally as I can for both the client and you ;) =)- Need a break my astro is going nowhere and it's my biggest dream....
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Finally a proper screen for this remote!
Seems like a worthy upgrade over the 2.5, and even though I didn’t have it, the ramping was what still intrigues me, the 0.1” interval change is cool, but not crucial for me, 0.5 - 1 - 2s is good for me, I don’t know, maybe if I’ll have some spare money to burn I’ll finally give it a go 🤷🏼♂️ but it was a good review 👍🏻
Thank you Michael!
Another amazing review video Matt! I've been making timelapses for about a year, the ramping sounds quite interesting. Thanks for sharing, this was very helpful and informative.
That looks really cool. Thanks for the intro to a new product I didn't know I "needed."
I know the feeling all too well 😂
I own the 2.5 version, the only thing I thought to improve was the knob. The new one looks way better! Also usb-c would be great for maybe the next version? Definitely the best remote on the market.
New knob is nice indeed, and yes agreed on usb c!
Merci beaucoup pour ce test, il est sur ma liste d'achat - Thank you very much for this test
, he is on my shopping list
Merci Bernard! I can understand most of French, so feel free to just comment in French. If I don't understand I'll use translate hehe
Thank you for the review, Matthew. I'm sold on it for the larger screen. Keep up the good work and videos. 👍👍😎
Thank you!
Great video mate! Maybe then I can stay with my ProTimer 2.5 because the difference is not so big. Thanks for the explanation 🙏
Yup! No worries 😊
I own the Pro Timer 3 I love it for the awesome simplicity size and versatility. I like the interval options as far as the ability to shoot less than 1 second and in ten second increments. I also own the Timelapse + View which adds to my options. Both work great with my Dynamic Perception motion slide and the Sapphire plus. I also own the discontinued Promote Control which also allows intervals below 1 second in tenth of a second increments down to .1 if your card and camera buffer permits. I love the manual programable bulb ramping time lapse features and focus stacking features. This device was ingenious for its time and still has nice features for today. All around the Pro Timer 3 is a great device and I was not disappointed and very pleased to add this to my arsenal of camera triggers.
I'm currently using in internal timer options on my Sony cameras for everything except night work as the exposure ramping and timelapse options are very good. I use an inexpensive timer for astro simply to trigger the camera in conditions where it's so dark the camera will struggle for a correct exposure, or when I need very long exposure shots on the tracker. The LRT device looks like a good product (and would use the same cable as my SYRP gear) but the only thing I would be getting it for would be the
Great info!
I use the Timelapse+ View. I bought a LRT 2.5 but couldn’t get it to work with the Sony a7r4, it only worked with older Sony cameras. The Timelapse+ works perfectly with the newer Sony cams.
Oh that's very interesting thanks for sharing, what didn't work with the Sony? It should work with the right cable, no? Did you talk to Gunther about it?
@@MatthewVandeputte The LRT webpage has an Amazon link for Sony cameras, and I bought the cable it recommended, but this cable didn't work - it didn't even fit any of the jacks on my camera. I bought a couple other Sony specific cables with the correct ports and none of them worked either. I asked on the LRT forum and others hadn't found a solution - it seems there are several of the latest models of Sony that have trouble here. The Timelapse+ site sold me the cable that worked, and as well had a video showing all the settings I needed to change on the a7r4 to make it work, so I ended up going with that. Maybe I should have asked Gunther directly, but I didn't.
@@stevefines1887 Sony remote cable is similar to micro USB with 2.5mm jack.
Great review 👍🏼... Toy I would love... Been trying various time lapse on Nikon d5300 and d7000... Trying to find a working remote for an old Lumix G1... But after far to many failed holy grails I just succeeded with a GoPro 7 in raw using Lrtimelapse. Love your work and enjoyed the beer 🍻 stream... Take care dude 👍
I believe you might just need a TRRS cable for the G1, which is what the S1 uses too. Not sure though but did a quick google and it seemed like the same connector
Great review! I don't think I'll be getting it because as a sony shooter I'd rather preserve my micro USB port for portable chargers rather than an intervelometer. The sonys shoot great in aperture priority mode for holy grail tls anyways imo.
Awesome work man!
Whenever I'll upgrade my trusty and old 70D I'll be getting one of these. Looks minimal and does the job! I still use for my seldom timelapse photography the old and dismissed TriggerTrap, with a 2010 iPod! 😄 (Yes I would need an upgrade, but not much money flowing around 😞) It still gets the job done though.
haha that is an OG setup!! Whatever gets the job done ✌🏻
Hi, I like your videos and that is a nice endscreen in this video!
Thank you Matt for your nice review! I'd just leave a comment here and offer everyone that has specific questions about the LRT PRO Timer 3 to contact me directly either via my forum: forum.lrtimelapse.com (there is a specific board for the PT) or via email to support@lrtimelapse.com
I use the 2.5 remote and love it, my only issue is the battery. When charging the indicator shows full all the time, when you remove the charging cable the indicated amount doesn't seem very reliable and I've had it switch off a couple of times. I now tend to leave it plugged into a PD source when using it, that's not really a problem cos I usually have the dew heater on the same PD anyway. I'd be keen to know if the PT3 is better in this regard.
Ah interesting! Maybe flag that with Gunther as that seems like a firmware fix hopefully
This sounds like you might have got a defective unit. Just send me an email to support@lrtimelapse.com and we'll find a solution.
Is there any alternatives to this one for 0.5 sec interval? I've had this for a year and it's been working fine so far, until on my last trip. I turned it off after use, and cannot turn it on anymore. The battery was about 50% on last time I see. A friend of mine had the previous option and warned me to keep this unit charged, as he has depleted its battery once and then cannot charge/turn on anymore.
The BMP4K has frame rates of 2-10 and then 1 sec+, just what would 2 frames (frame rate) mean and how is it different than 1 sec.??? Thanks!
Will be this little gadget good for the shooting Lightning?
thanks for the review Matt, I use my Nikon intervalometer and also a Syrp genie mini, if I want some panning in the timelapse.
Love the genie mini, I need to use mine more!
I’m using the Timelapse+ View and Mini’s for day to night and reverse. Full of bugs/issues, have you ever had View? I’m thinking of switching or buying this one
I have the view but never used it, charged it and updated it last night to finally make a video about it soon!
very informative video bro and nice shirt ...
Thanks a ton
"Little bit pricey" LOL! It's very pricey! Every camera stuff is 6-8x overpiced.
This is just a 25$ thing, but it is very nice!
Also I prefer TimelapseScanner than LRTimelapse. Much professional.
A super niche item custom made for a super niche community, it's not that expensive. Timelapsescanner seems honestly like a joke? To even compare it to LRTimelapse in the same sentence is ridiculous.
@@MatthewVandeputte Ok-ok, it's super nice, but still to expensive imo.
No, no. Timelapse Scanner is not a joke! It's not an super fantastic software, but helps a lot to make much better time lapse footage in After Effects. Very helpful software.
It could be better, but unfortunately no one supports its developer... :/
I think the Promote Control is still more versatile.
Naive question here, but I assume it auto ramps for the holy Grail? I threw my Timelapse+View into the garbage can after repeated in failures.
it does not auto ramp
Would love to see some examples of how it performs when paired with a full motion timelapse rig. So far I haven't been able to find a single video. Or maybe it's only meant for static shooting.
It would likely trigger the moco in slave mode, where the moco setup waits for the signal of the remote to trigger shoot/move/shoot etc. Used to have that with my old Kessler rig
I use magic lantern 😎
P. S. make a comparision with Timelapse+ please
Good old ML!! Don't think I have any cameras that it runs on right now.. And yes, working on the comparison 👍🏻
Thanks for this great review!
One question: can it compensate for increasing shutterspeeds? This is a problem I had before when shooting a timelapse including a sunrise / sunset. If you have strong varying light conditions and you need to change shutterspeeds DURING the timelapse, ideally the interval should compensate for this. For example, you start with a shutterspeed of 1s + interval 29s but you end with a shutterspeed of 10s + interval 20s. So the interval get's shorter while the shutterspeed get's longer.
Generally you'd just change the shutter speed then ramp the speed of the clip in Premier or whatever software you're using to make your composition. Ramping clip speed in post has the same effect as shortening the interval (but does not compensate for wanting your shutter speed to be the same proportion of your interval). I think you would need a laptop connected to your camera to achieve this.
So this does away with the intervalometer? I just got my warming sleeve.. hope to get some cloudless nights soon... I find astrophotography to be prefect for my addiction recovery tactics... idle hands
Well it IS an intervalometer, just a really advanced one, much better than the cheaper remotes you can get on amazon etc
good review. i am not technical but i do timelaps but not the holy grale (day to night) has this thing auto day to night or do i have to change the settings when it becomes dark . i danot want thats becouse that is way to complex.
You can pair it with qdslrdashboard to shoot flawless holy grail shots, I have yet to try that myself though
Are you still using the ElysiaVisuals RamperPro controler or LRTimelapse Pro Timer 3 now?
I haven't used the RamperPro in years, I suggest using QDSLRDashboard instead. It is quite outdated now with a very complicated setup and post-process. I still use the LRTimelapse Pro timer but it has different features ofcourse
Awesome ... so now i just gotta save up! 😀 I made sure I was following on Instagram and randomly clicked FlemishFridays ... "anyway" is Flemish?? Who knew! 😁
haha yeah I say anyway a lot, anyway, thanks!
Thanks Matthew, you might want to check you link for the LRTimelapse pro as it is not working for me!
Thanks for the note, where are you? It's geo-targeted, UK is having issues with supply (I wonder why).
I wonder if its going to be a good investment if you already own Lumix S1 which does most of what the remote does pretty much perfectly, especially holly grail timelapse, what is your opinion?
Very good point, I would use this to add extra images to the sequence or to ramp the interval for example. Delayed starts are limited to the next day or so, and repeating sequences isn't possible with the Lumix and so much more. They are very, very good at timelapse, but this remote makes it even better
@@MatthewVandeputte Fair point, one has to look at the extra possibilities, I agree
Have you tried it with QdslrDashboard? If I knew I could figure that software out I’d buy it over the Timelapse+ View
Never used it but really need to!
Can you turn auto focus on if you want to shoot people for instance and not a timelapse?
I wouldn't recommend it but yes you can
@@MatthewVandeputte would the auto focus actually work?
I wouldn't use it for a time lapse but sometimes I like to use an intervolometer for candid shots of people
does internal interval do that af signal to on the Nikon D750/850 ? nikon has that build in.
Good question I'm not sure actually. I just heard from someone else that some Nikon's have sub 1 second intervals which is very interesting.
@@MatthewVandeputte Yes, was going to comment after watching. The D850 and Z series have .05 second available via the built-in intervalometer. I haven't shot a lot of fast moving subjects but I did some brief testing just to try to prepare when needed. On the Z7 was able to do 1/5 shutter without losing frames. Never completed testing with the D850 but lost frames even at 1/30. Don't now if it's the memory card speed or the difference in processor. Thanks for the review! If I get back on IG I'll follow :)
Nkons internal intervalometers got better the last years, but still the block the camera for way too long if you want to do advanced stuff. For holy grail shooting with long exposures, you will just not see what you are doing on the screen, it doesn't work for that - only for simple timelapse. And that they offer 0.5 secs intervals is nice, but again - doesn't help if you need to see what you are capturing - the dark time is way too long.
I just use a cheap intervalometer I picked up from Amazon which eats battery life and is HUGE hanging and banging on my sturdy tripod...and you know all I need to do is let out a sigh and my tripod falls over 🤣 - great it has a cold shoe
haha you need a better remote! But this one is honestly overkill for you probably
What about unleashed 22? Is it better than LRT?
I've contacted them for a review model but haven't heard back yet
Do you use qDslrdashboard with the LRT? The developer of LRT recommended this app, but it sounds crazy for me, you have to buy a tool then third party app for the tool...
@@MatthewVandeputte Strange that they don't reply to you
Can I use this in conjunction with bracketing?
Good question, on a Canon you might have to enable 2 second delay timer and enable bracketing as well so that it works, then you have to add the time for the bracketing and the 2 seconds to your interval as well
Yes (although I don't recommend Bracketing for timelapse, it has much more disadvantages then it helps) - so if you really want to do it, use the TL Astro Mode on the timer, set the "Exposure Time" to the time that you need to press the shutter for a full Bracket cycle (usually 3 images) and the interval of course a bit longer than the 3 exposures alltogether.
Would this work with motion control devices(I use Syrp)?
Yes most motion devices can take an external signal to trigger a shoot move shoot sequence, not 100% sure about syrp tho
Any motion controller that offers a so called "Slave Mode" can be triggered by the LRT PRO Timer (2.5 and 3). But as far as I know, Syrp is quite a closed shop - they don't really allow for any interfacing unfortunately. But with other "more open" devices like Emotimo, Black Forest Motion, Dynamic Perception the go perfectly together with the LRT PRO Timer!
@@LRTimelapseOfficial thank you, it seems I bought the wrong motion devices
Do you need the LRTimelapse app?
USB C would be nice.
Surely there’s Gonna be an ‘in-field’ Tutorial coming on the back of this???
I don't know what more I can share? What's the value of in field shots, it's literally so simple to set up?
ill make you 20 videos for it! and document it all as professionally as I can for both the client and you ;) =)- Need a break my astro is going nowhere and it's my biggest dream....