Buy A Digital Camera

i have a canon ixus 85IS with timelapse feature @ 1 to 2 sec shot intervals. check out my timelapse videos. it is automatically saved as an avi file without having to go through quicktime pro, etc for compositing. thanks for this informative series of yours.

thanks for the legwork, i have been looking for a time lapse camera for years
i had a pentax that arbitrarilly stopped at 1000 shots, lame.

I also remembered that… :p i have a 5800 and i have made a time-lapse script in python (sadly python just has access to 1280×960 resolutions).
Now days most of phones have a camera with enough quality for timelapse, so any phone programable with camera API are able to do it.

Another solution is an inexpensive CHDK compatible camera… CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit) allows motion detection, intervalometer, manual controls and other goodies that aren’t usually available.

I love your videos. I wrote a freeware java program for my phone to take time lapse. Depending on the model, it will capture nearly every second for a virtually unlimited number of frames. It only works on newish Sony Ericsson phones. More info and examples on my channel. Nokia n97 has it built in, but 10 sec minimum. I’m sure there are time-lapse apps for the iphone as well. It’s a cheap solution for anyone who has a compatible phone.

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Thank you, I just wanted to check with the experts before I spent my money.

Keep up the good work.

Just looked at the R10 manual online.. looks like a winner… Has the 5sec minimum interval (thanks ricoh!). I suppose the gx200 has a little better optics and noise characteristic but if that’s not important to you should rock.

I’m thinking of buying a Ricoh R10 to do time lapse. Is this a good purchase, or would you recommend spending the extra on the GX200?

I want a camera with a zoom, which kind of rules out the GR series.

Great video! Thanks for uploading.

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I talked about this in part 1… It’s not ‘standard’ but many cameras have that interval length and it’s way too long.

I have a nikon p6000, it has a time lapse mode which can snap a picture every 30secs. I kinda feel like it’s a little too long, is that the standard?

I’m going to guess that it doesn’t have a plug for an external shutter release?? If not it’s going to be tough…

I have a Sony Cybershot DSC-S650, will that work or not?

Just brought myself a Ricoh GX200, for £265 from Ebay. It’s basically a compact SLR, has amazing reviews and most importantly, has timelapse built in. Recommended.

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again excellent information ! going to watch part 3 now !

is my camera good to use i have a sony hdr-cx7

now that chdk is the rage… just about any canon compact can be converted! It’s just a bit of work to get it rolling.

the canon A570 give you great photos and you can finalize your video on full HD, the thing is you have to press the shutter after every 15 photos, so you can’t just let the camera do the job, the good thing is you don’t have to pay more that U$700 for a DSLR camera and intervalometer

I knew about time lapse because I was looking for a miniDV camera and finally I choose the Sony H62 and it have the feature, you can use intervals from 1 sec to 120sec betew shots, you can leave the camcorder 99 hours taking videos with the intervals. is a really nice camera BUT, when you compare the quality with the digital camera timelapse the miniDV camcorder lost the round.

Right now I’m using a Canon Powershot A570IS 7MP (around U$170 when I bought in 2007)

okay thanks
Yeah I guess ill have to
im saving up for a 40D
and wanted a timelapse creating cam for cheap
but as you said in the vid the more you pay
the more you get

just looked it up in the S850 manual…
1 min to 60 min interval @ 2-99 pics
That’s basically useless. Just like I said in the video “ridiculously long intervals and/or few frames” lots of cameras have those limits and those limits totally suck for timelapse. If you want a GX100 just order it from Adorama or Popflash photo (or the bay of E). Ricoh rocks timelapse.

Great video
ummm
do you know if the intervalometer on the samsung S850 is anygood?
I want a Ricoh GX100
but I cant seem to get it anywhere in Canada