[AZ-Observing] Re: Large Binocular Telescope time-lapse
- From: Dan Heim <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:40:45 -0700
Hey Dean,
Just how much memory do you have on that internal flash card? Or does
your model use only built-in RAM (or even a mini-HD)? More memory could
solve your buffering problem.
Dan Heim
On 10/2/2012 1:54 PM, Ketelsen, Dean A - (ketelsen) wrote:
> Hi Dan-
> Yes, intervalometer is a fancy word from old film days, usually referring to
> some piece of fancy lab gear. It is what I've always called the 'lil units
> Canon and others put out. Not strictly shutter release, not strictly time
> delay, so intervalometer!
>
> I've owned a TC-80N3 for my old 20Da, but when I got the XSi 4+ years ago
> didn't want to spend the big bucks for another, so got a clone off Ebay for
> $20. Works fine.
>
> I'm not completely happy w/the XSi for time-lapse... If you look closely at
> the edges of the clip, you can see subtle image size changes that occur when
> you make the camera "work hard". 3 seconds per frame is about the fastest I
> can go w/o eventually filling up the buffer, and I've seen this several
> times. Would love to move up to the 5D Mk3 some day, which I assume would
> make issues like this go away, as well as ISO 102,000!
>
> -Dean
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