Howdy!
Firstly, thanks to everyone helping get the 7D on the map, LOVING what ML is doing to my camera!
I have a situation where I want to make a time lapse video of a fireworks display however I am not sure how I should proceed.
I COULD set my camera to, say, take a picture every second or so, as I would with normal time lapse videos however fireworks are kind of flash n gone so one second apart is, I think, too long. Perhaps two or three frames per second would be better. Problem is I'm taking about 2 second exposures and even on the "like crazy" setting (0 second delay) It still takes a second or two to process the picture and move to the next one.
I *COULD* set the image quality down and tape a rock or something on the shutter button and it would take pictures like mad, however that is going to be a HELL of a lot of actuations, I really dont want to torment my camera like that for an hour or so.
Now if I were on, say, a T2I i'd set the video mode and using FPS override however I dont yet believe that is available (although things are added weekly so perhaps I missed it?
Anyways, I'm kind of at a standstill, I dont know what I can do. If I could have it lock the mirror up and just suck the sensor data that would be optimal, no need to move the shutter up n down anyways, since im taking pics like mad. Modifying the video mode to slow down from 30fps to, say, 2-5, that would be ideal IF i can get the exposure right for fireworks.
As it stands I'm likely going to try to record the video on my G12 (it does pretty good in low light) and see what I can do just taking stills, but thats kind of boring.
Any support would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading!
Firstly, thanks to everyone helping get the 7D on the map, LOVING what ML is doing to my camera!
I have a situation where I want to make a time lapse video of a fireworks display however I am not sure how I should proceed.
I COULD set my camera to, say, take a picture every second or so, as I would with normal time lapse videos however fireworks are kind of flash n gone so one second apart is, I think, too long. Perhaps two or three frames per second would be better. Problem is I'm taking about 2 second exposures and even on the "like crazy" setting (0 second delay) It still takes a second or two to process the picture and move to the next one.
I *COULD* set the image quality down and tape a rock or something on the shutter button and it would take pictures like mad, however that is going to be a HELL of a lot of actuations, I really dont want to torment my camera like that for an hour or so.
Now if I were on, say, a T2I i'd set the video mode and using FPS override however I dont yet believe that is available (although things are added weekly so perhaps I missed it?
Anyways, I'm kind of at a standstill, I dont know what I can do. If I could have it lock the mirror up and just suck the sensor data that would be optimal, no need to move the shutter up n down anyways, since im taking pics like mad. Modifying the video mode to slow down from 30fps to, say, 2-5, that would be ideal IF i can get the exposure right for fireworks.
As it stands I'm likely going to try to record the video on my G12 (it does pretty good in low light) and see what I can do just taking stills, but thats kind of boring.
Any support would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for reading!