Timelapse photography complements night photography well since we’re typically dealing with long shutter speeds and using techniques that require lots of exposures, such as image stacking. The easiest way to make a timelapse is to buy an accessory intervalometer for your camera but I don’t always like carrying a bunch of gear around and an intervalometer is just an extra piece of equipment. So if possible, I prefer a camera that has the interval timer built-in. I’ve scoured the internet to find all the large sensor cameras that have built in intervalometers in their software / firmware. Here’s the list so far:
All of the cameras below feature a sensor that’s 4/3, APS-C or full-frame (or medium format in the case of the 645D/Z) so they should also be great for night photography, especially when paired with a fast wide angle lens. Some of them, however, are fixed lens cameras.
Note that I have not included cameras with which the interval timer shooting only outputs a video file. Only cameras that can record RAW photos with their internal interval timers were included in this list. I’m trying to keep this list relatively complete so if you know of any other cameras that include a built-in intervalometer, or if you see a mistake, please let me know in the comments section below!
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Nikon
D200
D300
D300s
D3
D3s
D3x
D4
D4s
D5000
D5100
D5200
D5300
D5500
D5600
D500
D600
D610
D700
D750
D780
D7000
D7100
D7200
D7500
D750
D800
D800E
D810
D810A
D850
Z6
Z7
Z5
Z50
Samsung
NX1
NX500
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Canon
EOS R5
EOS R6
7D Mark II
1100D*
500D*
50D*
550D*
5DS/R
5D Mark II*
5D Mark III*
5D Mark IV
80D
600D*
60D*
650D*
6D*
700D*
7D*
EOS M*
Sigma
fp
sd Quattro
sd Quattro h
DP2 Quattro
DP2x
DP2s
DP2
Hasselblad
X1D 50C
X1D II 50C
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Leica
Leica Q
Leica Q2
Pentax
K-1
K-1 II
K-70
KP
K-3
K-3 II
K-5
K-5 II
K-5 IIs
K-7
K-50
K-30
K-01
K-r
K-500
645D
645Z
Panasonic
S1
S1H
S1R
GH5
GH4
GH3
GX8
GM1
GM5
G7
G9
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Fujifilm
X-Pro2
X-Pro3
X-T4
X-T3
X-T2
X-T1
X-T10
X-T20
X-T30
X-T100
X-T200
X100T
X100F
X100V
X-E2***
X-E3
X-A7
GFX 50S
GFX 50R
GFX 100
Olympus
E-M10
E-M10II
E-M10III
E-M10IV
E-M1
E-M1II
E-M1III
E-M1X
E-M5II
E-M5III
E-P5
E-PL9
E-PL10
PEN-F
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Sony
NEX-5R**
NEX-5T**
NEX-6**
a5000**
a5100**
a6000**
a6100
a6300**
a6400
a6500**
a6600
a7**
a7II**
a7III****
a7R**
a7RII**
a7RIII****
a7RIV
a7S**
a7SII**
a7SIII
a9****
a9II
RX1**
RX1R**
RX1RII**
RX100M3**
RX100M4**
RX100M5**
RX100M7
ZV-1
Ricoh
GR
GR II
GR III
GXR A16
GXR A12
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*Certain Canon EOS cameras require the Magic Lantern firmware hack to be installed to enable a built in intervalometer function
**These Sony cameras require the Time Lapse downloadable app
***Requires Fujifilm X-E2 downloadable firmware version 3.00
****Requires latest Sony firmware
UPDATED: Aug 11, 2020
Thank you for useful information!
Nikon D780 which just came out this year has it
The Nikon Z6 & Z7 should be on the list of cameras with a list of build in intervalometers.
Separate functions for Interval and Timelapse available in the Picture-recording menu. Works like a charm 🙂
Thanks, I just added them.
excellent article, should develop to add new cameras!