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From: GarryJones on 30 Jun 2010 07:11 I am about to buy a new compact digitial camera. I want to be able to do something that can be solved in 2 ways. 1) A remote control shutter. I can't find any reference to any remote control ever existing on a digital compact camera. Do such things exist? And or 2) A non-stop shooting sequence that continues taking pictures until the battery runs out or the memory card is full.. A slight variation to the above is a self timer with a long delay (3-4 minutes) that then takes many shots, I cant find any camera that takes more than a series of 23 pictures but these have to be taken when pressed as I cant find a self-timer function that takes more than one shot. Do they exist? (Self timers with longer delays that 10 seconds, do they exist? Can anyone point me in the right direction to any of these solutions?
From: Better Info on 30 Jun 2010 08:29 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:11:18 -0700 (PDT), GarryJones <vasatrampet(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I am about to buy a new compact digitial camera. > >I want to be able to do something that can be solved in 2 ways. > >1) A remote control shutter. >I can't find any reference to any remote control ever existing on a >digital compact camera. Do such things exist? > Most do not. Higher end ones can and do have them. It's not very common though. Some people came up with an inexpensive and easy solution for a whole line of compact and superzoom P&S cameras. http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/USB_Remote_Cable >And or 2) A non-stop shooting sequence that continues taking pictures >until the battery runs out or the memory card is full.. http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/UBASIC/Scripts#Intervalometer > >A slight variation to the above is a self timer with a long delay (3-4 >minutes) that then takes many shots, I cant find any camera that takes >more than a series of 23 pictures but these have to be taken when >pressed as I cant find a self-timer function that takes more than one >shot. Do they exist? (Self timers with longer delays that 10 seconds, >do they exist? http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/UBASIC/Scripts:_Ultra_Intervalometer > >Can anyone point me in the right direction to any of these solutions? http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page See the list on the right of that page for all the camera models supported. None of those models released this year have had CHDK ported to them yet, and it may not be possible because Canon changed some of their firmware encryption. But I no longer say anything is impossible when it comes to the CHDK programmers. There used to be a long "List of requested features that are impossible, so don't ask!" that had to be deleted from the Wiki eventually, after some clever programmers found a way to implement them.
From: Neil Harrington on 30 Jun 2010 12:54 "GarryJones" <vasatrampet(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:f11e3477-81f5-463b-b0e4-428da12762f8(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >I am about to buy a new compact digitial camera. > > I want to be able to do something that can be solved in 2 ways. > > 1) A remote control shutter. > I can't find any reference to any remote control ever existing on a > digital compact camera. Do such things exist? I have several older compact digital cameras that have wireless (infrared) remote controls, but these require that the control be operated from in front of the camera. Presumably this could be gotten around by the use of some sort of reflector. The brands that used such devices included Nikon, Minolta (now kaput), Pentax and Canon. Not in all models, of course. I don't know whether any current models use them. > > And or 2) A non-stop shooting sequence that continues taking pictures > until the battery runs out or the memory card is full.. > > A slight variation to the above is a self timer with a long delay (3-4 > minutes) that then takes many shots, I cant find any camera that takes > more than a series of 23 pictures but these have to be taken when > pressed as I cant find a self-timer function that takes more than one > shot. Do they exist? (Self timers with longer delays that 10 seconds, > do they exist? > > Can anyone point me in the right direction to any of these solutions? The old Nikon Coolpix 8700 could do time-lapse photography with an accessory (wired) control. Since you could set the interval to whatever you liked, within limits, that would pretty much do what you want. I don't know of any other models offhand, but there probably were some others.
From: John Navas on 30 Jun 2010 14:20 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:54:00 -0400, in <yPqdne_gtqQx67bRnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com>, "Neil Harrington" <nobody(a)homehere.net> wrote: >"GarryJones" <vasatrampet(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >news:f11e3477-81f5-463b-b0e4-428da12762f8(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >>I am about to buy a new compact digitial camera. >> >> I want to be able to do something that can be solved in 2 ways. >> >> 1) A remote control shutter. >> I can't find any reference to any remote control ever existing on a >> digital compact camera. Do such things exist? > >I have several older compact digital cameras that have wireless (infrared) >remote controls, but these require that the control be operated from in >front of the camera. Presumably this could be gotten around by the use of >some sort of reflector. The brands that used such devices included Nikon, >Minolta (now kaput), Pentax and Canon. Not in all models, of course. I don't >know whether any current models use them. Also Olympus. -- Best regards, John Buying a dSLR doesn't make you a photographer, it makes you a dSLR owner. "The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it." -Ansel Adams
From: eatmorepies on 30 Jun 2010 16:19 "GarryJones" <vasatrampet(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:f11e3477-81f5-463b-b0e4-428da12762f8(a)k39g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >I am about to buy a new compact digitial camera. > > I want to be able to do something that can be solved in 2 ways. > > 1) A remote control shutter. > I can't find any reference to any remote control ever existing on a > digital compact camera. Do such things exist? > > And or 2) A non-stop shooting sequence that continues taking pictures > until the battery runs out or the memory card is full.. > I have a Canon G5 which does what you want it to do. The remote control is IR and operates from as sensor on the front so a reflector is needed if you are standing behind the camera. What it does do is take a picture every so often (set by you) until the battery runs out or the card is full. I used it indoors (so I put it on the charger so the battery did not run out) to take a series of 120 shots of a flower opening over 10 hours or so. It worked. A 4 Gb card is massive capacity for the G5 as it has a 5Mb sensor - I think. The G5 has now been superseded many times and I have no idea if the latest G Big Number does the same as the G5. But the up side is that G5s are old and very much cheaper than when they were new. My wife still uses the G5 and the technical quality of the images from it are remarkably good for old technology. John
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