time lapse photography

[Gauranga]

I have the EOS and I think it'll work for time lapse. I was hoping to get shots at 1-3 second intervals or so, I guess 5 second intervals would be okay but faster the better. I'd like to shot as long as possible. I there a device I can purchase that will do this automatically for me?
Thanks

[Belmondo]

Check out Canon's TC-80N3. I think it'll do exactly what you want.

Tom

[iwatkins]

Or look at the Remote Capture software that comes with the camera. Well, that assumes that the object you want to time lapse is within USB cable distance of your computer.

I've used this to very good effect producing several cloud lapse mivies of sunrises, cloud formatiosn etc.

Cheers

Ian

[robertwgross]

belmondo wrote:
Check out Canon's TC-80N3. I think it'll do exactly what you want.

Tom

It depends on what kind of camera the original poster has. The term "EOS" does not narrow it down much.

---Bob Gross---

[Belmondo]

robertwgross wrote:
It depends on what kind of camera the original poster has. The term "EOS" does not narrow it down much.

---Bob Gross---


You're absolutely correct. It fits the EOS-1Ds, EOS 10D, EOS-1D, EOS D60, but apparently NOT the Rebel G.

T.

[HoldenMan]

according to the EOS chart on the EOS website, it works with the digital rebel/300D

[Belmondo]

HoldenMan wrote:
according to the EOS chart on the EOS website, it works with the digital rebel/300D

Please post a link. Everything I'm finding suggests that it won't. The 'Accesory Annex' on the Canon website shows the Digital Rebel uses the RS-60E3 Remote Switch which is the same one used on ELAN 7/7E, II/IIE, Rebel 2000/G/X/XS/XSN, IX & IX Lite, and Rebel Ti (Date model only). That is a different one than is used on the EOS 10D, 1D, D60, D30, D2000, 1v/1vHS, 3. They use the RS-80N3.

It stands to reason that if the Digital Rebel uses a different remote switch than the 10D et al, then it probably doesn't use the same Timer/Remote Controller either. I believe it's an entirely different connector.

Don't take this as gospel---I've demonstrated many times in the past an almost infinite capacity for being wrong, so someone with a definitive answer, please let us know.

Tom

[Belmondo]

Hey, all you people contributing to the 300D upgrade-for-free survey, can you take a minute to answer this guy's question?

I'm was just guessing when I responded earlier, and I'd like to know the correct answer too.

[dvanderbrook]

ive just finished a 4 week time laps of a water tank being demolished useing a 10d and the tc-80nc you also need a ac adaptor for it or eles you battery will die quick. I was shooting at 1 frame every 2.5 min with great success. I did do a test run at shooting a fram per second and it dose work kinda the problem you run into is the memory buffer ever 9 shots it has to stop to clear itself so you lose about 3 or4 frames in that time bunmping it up to 4 or 5 secs should get around this prob. You next probs will be putting it together into a move and file size my time laps for the water tower is 9.5 gigs and the movie is only 8 min long. If you need more help feal free to drop me a email Im in the process of makeing a toutorial for othere sites about this kind of project

[MediaMagic]

One small but important thing to remember about the TC-80N3 set for time lapse is that it works just as if someone were pressing the shutter at the specified interval (which everyone surely knows, but just in case). You have to remember to switch to MF if you are capturing in low light. If you have a full time MF ring, it's easy to forget that you are not in MF mode. So, before each photo, the camera tries to refocus and if it can't find something on which to focus, it won't take the shot. Then you kick yourself for getting only a few shots (which may have focused on something strange like a passing car) when you were expecting 75. Yep, been there, done that, trying to sell the Tshirts on ebay.

Take care,
David

[Gauranga]

I use after effects for the jpeg sequances. Works fine. I can render it out as a movie quite simply.

[Gauranga]

I have the EOS 10D by the way.

[Gauranga]

I have the EOS 10D by the way.

[Belmondo]

Okay. The TC-80N3 will do what you want.