gary navarre on thu 20 aug 09
Well Ivor, I don't know much about the Canon Pro-Shot or that software but =
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ld workaround that) Other than the ACDSee software that comes with the came=
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ra for loading and editing all you need to do is view all shots as a slide =
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a inside with the flash on and freeze, might be possible to watch the water=
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Carl Finch on fri 21 aug 09
At 06:48 PM 8/20/2009, ivor & olive lewis wrote:
>Though this may seem to be off topic I have been using the Intervalometer =
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>my Canon Pro-Shot to make sequential images of Clay and Water in action.
>This facility has limitations of time interval and a maximum on the number
>of images that can be stored.
>
>Granite Bay Software have a product which enables the Canon camera to be
>interlinked to a computer. This program is claimed to overcome these
>shortcomings.
>
>Have any of you ever made use of this program or dealt with Granite Bay
>Software?
>
>All information about this topic is welcome as my experience is limited.
There are "trial" versions of both GBTimelapse and GBDeflicker. Why not
give 'em a try?
I did determine that GBTimelapse will run on my Windows Vista 64 system
without using compatibility mode (as the web site cautions). However I
don't have a Canon camera with the required time-lapse feature to actually
try it out.
The program looks pretty intimidating to me--a great many parameters that
can (must?) be set. But perhaps the default values give reasonable results=
.
The problem I've had with time-lapse on the digital cameras I've owned, is
that the smallest interval the cameras allow has been longer than I've
wanted (e.g., cloud movement, fog lifting, tree felling).
My oldest camera, a 10 year old Kodak DC 290, having a programmable
operating system (yes, really!) could be programmed, from its built-in
minimum of a minute, down to about 12 seconds between exposures. There was
an active Yahoo group back then (kodak-digita-camera), and folks wrote and
distributed various programs for the camera. It still exists, but it's
pretty quiet these days because, somehow, programmable cameras just didn't
catch on in a big way!
--Carl
in Medford, Oregon
ivor & olive lewis on sat 22 aug 09
Gary,
My sentiments exactly !
But with my setup there is not enough camera memory for more that 15 mins o=
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low resolution video and it does need high resolution, probably greater tha=
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commercial HD. With the Interval Meter there is a limit of 60 frames though
the shortest time interval is one min. Compensation is high definition,
3264 X 2446 pixels. But it would only be 2 seconds of video !
I do have a composite image of fourteen frames but its over 300 megabytes.
What amazes me is the size of those agglomerations of clay and water.
Thanks for sharing your views with me. Best regards,
Ivor
----- Original Message -----
From: gary navarre
To: ivor & olive lewis
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Clayart] Time Lapse Photography
Ivor.
If I understand what you are doing that would look pretty neat as a slid=
e
show since sitting there and observing is like watching paint dry. Converte=
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to the right video format in windows movie maker you could post it on
YouTube. Or my fotki albums have a button for viewing as a slide show,
although it tends to lag on dialup. I've seen other photo sites that work
better but lack other fotki features.
Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
http://www.youtube.com/GindaUP
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/
--- On Fri, 8/21/09, ivor & olive lewis wrote:
> From: ivor & olive lewis
> Subject: Re: [Clayart] Time Lapse Photography
> To: "gary navarre"
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 9:07 PM
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> Gary
> I have attached the final
> image of a sequence taken
> at 1 min intervals showing the growth of structures as
> capillary activity draws
> water into dry ball clay. In this state the paste is
> delightfully plastic.
> Mixture by weight is 70% clay, 30% water. The powder was
> sifted onto the water.
> The gaps between the structures are 2-3 mm
> wide.
> Best regards,
> Ivor
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