time lapse question, can i specify time of day instead of time interval?

Salvatore Chiarelli

« on: 08 / May / 2012, 11:11:54 »

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im looking to put together a time lapse of a building going up across the street from my office. i would like to take a few pictures a day, but i dont need it shooting at night. is it possible to tell my camera to shoot at specific times of the day, every day?

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outslider

Re: time lapse question, can i specify time of day instead of time interval?

« Reply #1 on: 08 / May / 2012, 11:26:13 »

Yes, you can use command get_time to check the current time. Merge this with the if and put in a loop to take a photo at exact time of the day.

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Script_commands#get_time

Idea is:

1. begin a loop
2. check the time
3. if the time has come - take a shoot
4. back to 1.

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Salvatore Chiarelli

Re: time lapse question, can i specify time of day instead of time interval?

« Reply #2 on: 08 / May / 2012, 13:41:14 »

i should have paid more attention in matlab class -_- i dont know the first thing when it comes to script writing or modifications... ill look for some help. thanks a lot, awesome!

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waterwingz

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Re: time lapse question, can i specify time of day instead of time interval?

« Reply #3 on: 08 / May / 2012, 18:42:58 »

Quote from: Salvatore Chiarelli on 08 / May / 2012, 13:41:14

i should have paid more attention in matlab class -_- i dont know the first thing when it comes to script writing or modifications... ill look for some help. thanks a lot, awesome!

You probably could have posted this http://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?topic=8095.0;topicseen#msg85235 here rather than creating another forum thread.

Here you go :

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@title DailyInteval

if get_mode = 0 then goto "in_rec"
  sleep 1000
  set_record 1
:wait_rec
  sleep 100
  if get_mode <> 0 then goto "wait_rec"
:in_rec

  print "recording started..."
:loop
   m=get_time 1
   if m=0 then
      h=get_time 2
      print "time check :",h;":00"
      if h=7 then shoot
      if h=12 then shoot
      if h=17 then shoot
      sleep 90000
   endif
   sleep 1000
   goto "loop"
end

You probably want to setup CHDK to run this automatically on startup.

« Last Edit: 08 / May / 2012, 19:36:06 by waterwingz »

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Salvatore Chiarelli

Re: time lapse question, can i specify time of day instead of time interval?

« Reply #4 on: 09 / May / 2012, 09:06:26 »

it works! waterwingz, you rock! thanks!

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