{"id":777,"date":"2024-04-06T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=777"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:17:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:17:49","slug":"camera_latency","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/product\/camera_latency\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera Shutter Latency Measuring Tool (NEXTA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Price Update:<\/strong> We started using genuine Arduino Due&#8217;s instead of clones for consistency reasons. This does however mean a price increase. If you are interested in a version that can lower the price follow <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\/issues\/12\">Issue #12<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>International:<\/strong> We have struggled to figure out international orders. Packages often never arrive and are extra expensive to ship. If you live outside the United States and are interested in this, maybe we can help you get your own made using an assembly house. Feel free to <a href=\"mailto:sales@starsynctrackers.com\">contact us<\/a> if you need help.<\/p>\r\n<p>This contains electronics needed to measure the camera latency of your astrophotography setup. It is based off the paper: Kami\u0144ski, K., Weber, C., Marciniak, A., \u017bo\u0142nowski, M., &amp; G\u0119dek, M. (2023). Reaching sub-millisecond accuracy in stellar occultations and artificial satellites tracking. arXiv. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/ARXIV.2301.06378\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.48550\/ARXIV.2301.06378<\/a> And the open source project&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\">https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing<\/a> It contains:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Timing board with registration faceplate (<strong>Color may vary from images<\/strong>)<\/li>\r\n<li>Arduino Due with firmware programmed<\/li>\r\n<li>USB Cable<\/li>\r\n<li>Plastic Stand<\/li>\r\n<li>GPS Module<\/li>\r\n<li>GPS Antenna<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>To power the device, you just need a USB port, a USB charger, or a computer will do. Videos and manual instructing it what camera latency is and how to use this device are available at our <a href=\"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/learn\/nexta\">learning center<\/a>. We are still trying to gather how much interest there is in a device. If it happens to be out of stock, signing up for in-stock notification would help us know this interest.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/astra180.com\/videos\/quickstart_guide_shutter_latency.pdf\">Quick Start Guide<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\/releases\/download\/1.1.0\/read_time_gui_1.1.0.macos.tar.gz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\/releases\/download\/1.1.0\/read_time_gui_1.1.0.macos.tar.gz\">MacOS v1.1.0 Analysis Software<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\/releases\/download\/1.1.0\/read_time_gui_1.1.0.windows.zip\">Windows v1.1.0 Analysis Software<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\/releases\/download\/1.1.0\/read_time_gui_1.1.0.ubuntu.tar.gz\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\/releases\/download\/1.1.0\/read_time_gui_1.1.0.ubuntu.tar.gz\">Linux v1.1.0 Analysis Software<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bluthen\/exposure_timing\">Github Project<\/a>\r\n<ul><!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item \/-->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list-item \/--><\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"overflow: hidden;\" title=\"Video: Calibration Frames\" src=\"https:\/\/astra180.com\/videos\/shutter_latency.html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A board to help you quantify your camera&#8217;s shutter latency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[26],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-777","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-uncategorized","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"sale","11":"taxable","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=777"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starsynctrackers.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}