diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java
index 701dca8..d75f544 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/acquisitions/AcquisitionEngineSCAPE.java
@@ -882,6 +882,11 @@ private boolean doHardwareCalculations(PLogicSCAPE plc) {
             }
         }
 
+        // set imaging camera exposure
+        final CameraBase cam = model_.devices()
+                .getDevice("ImagingCamera");
+        cam.setExposure(exposureTime);
+        
         double extraChannelOffset = 0.0;
         plc.prepareControllerForAcquisition(acqSettings_, extraChannelOffset);
         return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/cameras/CameraBase.java b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/cameras/CameraBase.java
index c384fd0..5be8c5e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/cameras/CameraBase.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/micromanager/lightsheetmanager/model/devices/cameras/CameraBase.java
@@ -21,6 +21,24 @@ public CameraBase(final Studio studio, final String deviceName) {
         mode_ = CameraMode.EDGE;
     }
 
+    public void setExposure(final double milliseconds) {
+        try {
+            core_.setExposure(deviceName_, milliseconds);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            studio_.logs().logError("could not set camera exposure");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public double getExposure() {
+        double exposure = 0.0;
+        try {
+            exposure = core_.getExposure();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            studio_.logs().logError("could not get camera exposure");
+        }
+        return exposure;
+    }
+
     // TODO: take binning into account
     public Rectangle getROI() {
         Rectangle roi = new Rectangle();