Unless anyone has a solid argument for manual mode, I'd probably just go aperture-priority.
Ordinarily I'd shoot in raw, edit in LR4 and then export a time lapse, but I think like 3.2MP JPG fine mode or equivalent would probably be fine for this project.
The main thing being, can the camera handle the torture for an acceptible length of time. I don't care if I have to go through 2-3 cameras over the course of this project, I don't think the final product would be hurt much if I had a day or so go missing from the shoot. I would go for more time in between intervals, except we might be doing updates once or twice a month. shooting 10hrs a day (say 7AM to 5PM) @ 5 min intervals is about 5 seconds a day. In a "final" render, I can probably just pull every X frame as needed to shorten the whole thing up, as the video would be like 40 minutes long if I left all the frames in.
Quote from: matt314159 on 08 / May / 2012, 16:28:08Unless anyone has a solid argument for manual mode, I'd probably just go aperture-priority. Many of the smaller / cheaper Canon's don't actually have a variable aperature so you actually don't have a lot of choice there.QuoteOrdinarily I'd shoot in raw, edit in LR4 and then export a time lapse, but I think like 3.2MP JPG fine mode or equivalent would probably be fine for this project. If the goal is a time lapse video, then there doesn't seem to be much point in shooting RAW and dealing with all the potential issue with image correction. Don't forget that CHDK RAW gets you exactly what the sensor sees - which can be pretty rough as the Canon JPEG conversion takes much of that out automatically.QuoteThe main thing being, can the camera handle the torture for an acceptible length of time. I don't care if I have to go through 2-3 cameras over the course of this project, I don't think the final product would be hurt much if I had a day or so go missing from the shoot. I would go for more time in between intervals, except we might be doing updates once or twice a month. shooting 10hrs a day (say 7AM to 5PM) @ 5 min intervals is about 5 seconds a day. In a "final" render, I can probably just pull every X frame as needed to shorten the whole thing up, as the video would be like 40 minutes long if I left all the frames in. That looks like a pretty nice CCTV enclosure. I'd worry more about the -20 deg F weather than the +100 - is there anyway you can install a small heater ?
I will look at what there are for heaters. I know for Dish satellite subscribers you can get a little peel-n-stick heater thing that warms the dish enough that ice melts off it. maybe something like that? I dunno.
Is there any one specific model that stands out as being a good candidate to accomplish this? ca
is it a safe assumption that ANY camera running CHDK will have what it takes to run the various timelapse scripts?
Are certain features enabled/disabled depending on hardware limitations?
Any guidelines at all?
I'm all ears for even the most general guidance. There are so many compatible cameras out there, and many under $50, that it's kind of overwhelming...a good problem to have, don't get me wrong!
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