LRTimelapse Pro Timer

Congratulations, you’ve just obtained one of the most advanced intervalometers for timelapse and astro photography!

You can download the User manual as PDF or just follow along here on the website, the contents are identical.

In the following, I will give you a quick overview on how easily get started with your new LRT PRO Timer.

Charge the battery

After unboxing your new LRTimelapse PRO Timer please make sure to fully charge the battery.

With the PT 3.5 you can use any USB-C cable.
With the PT 3.0 you need to use an USB-A to USB-C cable.

While the timer is switched off, you won’t see any indication that the timer is charging, this is by design, to avoid any light emitting LED on the timer.

While charging, however, you can turn on your timer with the small switch on the right side next to the rotator. Then you’ll see a battery charging indication and you can start experimenting with your new timer right away.

Just let it charge fully, before you disconnect the charger.

As always with Li-Ion Batteries: please avoid deep discharge since this could reduce the lifetime of the battery.

Set Date/Time

You’ll see the welcome screen and since the timer has a battery powered real time clock, you will be prompted to set the current date time – you’ll only have to do this once.

To set the date and time, just use the rotator to increase/decrease the number. Clicking shortly on the rotator selects the next value, pressing the button a bit longer (>1/4 sec) goes back to the previous value.

Update the Firmware

You can update the firmware of your new timer, before you start using it. There might be a newer firmware than on the shipped unit. Check out the Firmware Update Page, there you’ll also find the instructions on how to update. Don’t worry, the update process as easy as it can be!

You’ll see the firmware which is currently installed during the boot process of the Timer or in the Status-Screen which you can access from the main menu.

Basic Operation – the Rotator

Having this done, you’ve already learned about the basic navigation in the menu of the LRT PRO Timer. It couldn’t be easier:

Pressing the button shortly (I’ll call this “click” from now on) is like “Ok / Next / Enter”, holding the button a bit longer (I’ll call this “long press” from now on) is like “Back / Cancel”.

Rotating the knob, changes values or navigates the menu up or down. The faster you rotate, the faster the values change.

Attaching the LRT PRO Timer to your camera

The LRT PRO Timer features two hot shoe mounts to attach it to your camera. The most they allow you to put the LRT PRO Timer in two angles on top of your camera.

Choosing the right cable to connect your camera

The specific cable for your camera is not included, because most timelapse photographers will usually already possess such a cable. If you don’t, you can buy it at any camera store, Amazon, Ebay etc. Just search for “camera remote shutter release cable <your camera>“.

More information about the right cables and some links to where you could get them online.

Your first interval shooting

From the main screen, select Timelapse (M) with a click.
Dial in the desired interval by rotating up/down, click.
Select, if you would like to define a certain number of shots, by default the timer will shoot until you stop him, this is been shown as unlimited.
If you dial down from here, you’ll be able to define the number of shots and the time will show you how long it will take to shoot those with the given interval.
Also you’ll now see, the estimated ending time, the length of the recording and the play time of the resulting video with the given frames per second (fps). You can change that fps value in the settings.
The next click will show you a confirmation screen:
Now you can start the timelapse with another click.