Do snapshots require motion recording?

Good afternoon, This may be an unusual situation. I have some battery stick-up cams, and for one of them there is frequent motion that I don't want to record. But, I do want to capture snapshots every few minutes so I can review if something changed. I've turned off the 'Record Motion' switch, but have 'Snapshot Capture' enabled in Device Settings. However, I'm not seeing any snapshots, just the motion events that have been recorded when I have been messing around and enabled 'Record Motion'. I've tried turning the motion sensitivity way down, but it still records all the time, so that won't work for me. Does motion recording have to be enabled for the snapshot capture to work? Thank you, Alfie