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Hi, I'm a newbie Astrophotographer and I'm trying to work out how to get the most out of my XT-30. I'm using it in Bulb mode (non Auto), with a cheap intervalometer to give me 1 min plus exposures. When setting up a image capture session on the intervalomter, I'm having to account for the processing time of each long exposure into my shoot. So for example, if I'm shooting a 59" exposure, I have to then wait whilst the camera "processes" the image, which is also exactly 59 seconds. If I'm shooting a sequence of frames then this makes a 50 frame sequence last (50 x 59") x 2 (2 hours for a total of 50ish minutes of open shutter. I wondered if anyone was aware of any buffering or burst mode on the camera, which could avoid the processing time after each long exposure? Is there any way to give the capture priority whilst the processing is queued up after the sequence is shot? I'm finding that I'm losing quite a bit of time to processing in my sessions. Forgive me if I'm just being dumb - as I say I'm new to long exposure photography. Thanks in advance! James

Have any of you tried any of the following intervalometers or know if they'd work? I require one that counts etc for night sky photography and have found one by Shoot that has the Fuji connection. However, I also like the idea of a wireless trigger that is a combination of both but it's not essential. I've seen a few that are a combination and use the cable to connect the receiver the the camera mic port or to the actual release handset itself. These use the same cable connection that the Canon RS 60E3. I know that the Canon RS 60E3 works on my XT2 as I have used one - but will these 3rd party brands with the wireless intervalometer work on the XT2? Here are two that I've been looking at. The first is wired only and fits the Fuji connection and the second is a combination that fits the mic port as a Canon RS60E3: https://www.amazon.co.uk/SHOOT-Shutter-Time-lapse-Photography-Fujifilm/dp/B019YSECSO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1488114740&sr=8-3&keywords=shoot+rr-90+remote https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013OY13D6?th=1 The following are others that are similar.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jintu-Shutter-Release-Control-Digital/dp/B01EWQZF0C/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1488114890&sr=8-14&keywords=intervalometer+remote+release https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Camcorder-Remote-Controls/PIXEL-DC0-Wireless-Timer-Shutter-Release-Cable/B01GHHBNU0/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1488114890&sr=8-17-spons&keywords=intervalometer%2Bremote%2Brelease&th=1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M6ULLSV?psc=1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01M61SZ9K?th=1 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013OY13D6?th=1 Any recommendations? Thanks in advance!