Thanks very much waterwingz!
I'm haveing the same issue as drillthrall did . what did you do turn that off?
Quote from: n6mod on 23 / December / 2013, 21:12:41I tried the naive implementation, adding shoot() to the inner until() loop in fast_md(). This works, but the total cycle time of that shot is about 4s. If I'm aiming for a 15s timelapse, that means there's only about a 70% chance of catching a motion event. Is there a different strategy that will reduce the cycle time of the shot?The problem you are having is related using the shoot() command, which causes the camera to focus and set exposure. However, in the inner loop that has already been done by the press("shoot_half") statement so there is no need to do it twice.Try this :Code: [Select]function fast_md() splash("Fast Reaction Photo MD") repeat press("shoot_half") repeat sleep(10) until (get_shooting()==true) motion = detect_motion(e,f,1,9) if ( motion == 0 ) then click("shoot_full_only") else if (post_shot_delay> 0) then sleep(post_shot_delay) end release("shoot_full") end release("shoot_half") repeat sleep(10) until (get_shooting()==false) wait_click(50) until not( is_key("no_key"))endSorry - have not had time to test this myself. If it doesn't work, I'll take a look later this week when I have my development machine and cameras back.Note : there was also a one second delay related to the need to turn the backlight off after every shot. If we use the new set_lcd_display() command that is no longer needed. We can look at that after we get the loop time down.
I tried the naive implementation, adding shoot() to the inner until() loop in fast_md(). This works, but the total cycle time of that shot is about 4s. If I'm aiming for a 15s timelapse, that means there's only about a 70% chance of catching a motion event. Is there a different strategy that will reduce the cycle time of the shot?
function fast_md() splash("Fast Reaction Photo MD") repeat press("shoot_half") repeat sleep(10) until (get_shooting()==true) motion = detect_motion(e,f,1,9) if ( motion == 0 ) then click("shoot_full_only") else if (post_shot_delay> 0) then sleep(post_shot_delay) end release("shoot_full") end release("shoot_half") repeat sleep(10) until (get_shooting()==false) wait_click(50) until not( is_key("no_key"))end
How would we go about saving that in file form? Thanks
Where it says Code : [Select] , just left click on the word Select. Then cut the selected area (using a mouse right click). Open the MDFB2013.lua script, find the fast_md( ) function and pasting the stuff you just copied over it.On the assumption you are going to struggle a bit with the instructions I just posted, I have attached a copy of the script modified as per my earlier post. I even tested it this time and found that it was not turning off the display, so I fixed that.Note that you need to set Reaction Mode [ Fast ] and if you want the display to stay off completely, select Display Power Saving [ LCD ] ( and be sure the Canon shot review mode is set to OFF ).
Quote from: waterwingz on 10 / May / 2015, 10:21:51Where it says Code : [Select] , just left click on the word Select. Then cut the selected area (using a mouse right click). Open the MDFB2013.lua script, find the fast_md( ) function and pasting the stuff you just copied over it.On the assumption you are going to struggle a bit with the instructions I just posted, I have attached a copy of the script modified as per my earlier post. I even tested it this time and found that it was not turning off the display, so I fixed that.Note that you need to set Reaction Mode [ Fast ] and if you want the display to stay off completely, select Display Power Saving [ LCD ] ( and be sure the Canon shot review mode is set to OFF ).Thanks.
Quote from: Stormrunner25 on 13 / May / 2015, 23:48:48Quote from: waterwingz on 10 / May / 2015, 10:21:51Where it says Code : [Select] , just left click on the word Select. Then cut the selected area (using a mouse right click). Open the MDFB2013.lua script, find the fast_md( ) function and pasting the stuff you just copied over it.On the assumption you are going to struggle a bit with the instructions I just posted, I have attached a copy of the script modified as per my earlier post. I even tested it this time and found that it was not turning off the display, so I fixed that.Note that you need to set Reaction Mode [ Fast ] and if you want the display to stay off completely, select Display Power Saving [ LCD ] ( and be sure the Canon shot review mode is set to OFF ).Thanks.Guess I'm just stupied but no matter what I do I can't get it to work. I've even tried flashing a flashlight in front of it and nothing is working
Hey waterwingz,I'm new here (just joined today) but I've been using your updated script for a few days now, and it is great!There is one thing that I've experienced with it that I'm wondering if you (or anyone else) could confirm.I'm using the script on an A590 and an SX110 and both exhibit the same results.Under the "Masking" heading, It appears that the "mask columns right" and "mask rows top" variables may be transposed. In order to mask columns right, I have to change the "mask rows top" value and vise versa.I'm sure I could fix it myself, if I knew what I was doing (but I don't) Thanks again for the great update to a fast script!
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