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boringgit
Posted 17 years ago
Thought I would try some time lapse with my 10d. On zoombrowser it says you can control the camera thru the pc and set the shutter to whatever you want.
Set it all uop with my laptop and all I got was busy showing in the cameras lcd display.
Any body else tried this. At the moment I cant afford a timer.
Thanks.
Robert
Set it all uop with my laptop and all I got was busy showing in the cameras lcd display.
Any body else tried this. At the moment I cant afford a timer.
Thanks.
Robert
alxndrwy
Posted 17 years ago
I think you need to use the EOS Utility (you can find it on the CD that came with the 10D) and go into the camera control from there. YOu can set continuos shooting in there and specify the time between exposures and whether the photos are saved to the camera or computer.
Most of the time the camera will be busy, since the 10D isn't particularly quick at moving images.
Alternatively, you might have the wrong USB mode on the camera, off the top of my head I think you go into the menu and it offers an option with Normal or PTP, you want the normal setting.
The 10D is very good for time lapses (there's one somewhere on my photostream of the sky darkening) and as long as it's all configured, they turn out well.
Most of the time the camera will be busy, since the 10D isn't particularly quick at moving images.
Alternatively, you might have the wrong USB mode on the camera, off the top of my head I think you go into the menu and it offers an option with Normal or PTP, you want the normal setting.
The 10D is very good for time lapses (there's one somewhere on my photostream of the sky darkening) and as long as it's all configured, they turn out well.
I just did this with a 10D for the first time this week. As was said, download a program from the canon site called Remote Capture. You also need for the laptop to recognize the 10D, that is called the WIA driver.
Here's the canon link
www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&am...
All the files you need are there, just select your operating system.
Here's the video I shot.
vimeo.com/2226917?pg=embed&sec=2226917
I set it to shoot every 15 seconds, medium/fine so the picture files weren't too large. ISO 800 for indoors, and ISO 200 for outdoors. Aperature priority f8.
I ended up with 1100+ photos, and just used the free Picasa software to make the time lapse for me. The camera battery lasted for all of these shots! I turned off the auto display and the beep in an attempt to save power as much as possible. They recommend an AC adapter if you do this a lot but this was my first time and I'm not sure it's needed.
Good luck and let us see what you've shot!
Here's the canon link
www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&am...
All the files you need are there, just select your operating system.
Here's the video I shot.
vimeo.com/2226917?pg=embed&sec=2226917
I set it to shoot every 15 seconds, medium/fine so the picture files weren't too large. ISO 800 for indoors, and ISO 200 for outdoors. Aperature priority f8.
I ended up with 1100+ photos, and just used the free Picasa software to make the time lapse for me. The camera battery lasted for all of these shots! I turned off the auto display and the beep in an attempt to save power as much as possible. They recommend an AC adapter if you do this a lot but this was my first time and I'm not sure it's needed.
Good luck and let us see what you've shot!