How do I change the duration of a still image in iMovie to less than 0.1 second?

I am creating a movie using iMovie where I need the still images to be 0.05 seconds each or maybe even less., but whenever I select the still images and go to "Clip Adjustments" and under duration change 0.1s to 0.05s and select "Done", iMovie changes the duration back to 0.1s. I'm fairly new to iMovie and I've been messing around with it for quite a while now and still can't figure it out. Could someone help me?

AppleMan1958 wrote:
… I have found there is a practical limit of about 3 to 5 frames where iMovie does not want to go shorter when using the Duration popup box.
for stop-motion there are perhaps better tools avail
istopmotion is a commercial app (starting at 40€ in the AppStore) offering additional tools for the animation master, such as onioning or tilt-shift.
http://www.dayofthenewdan.com/projects/time-lapse-assembler-1
is some very basic stills-assembler, stitches stills together only, therefor free ..........

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