Author Topic: Anyone with timelapse and intervalometer experience? (Read 2635 times)

inkyblue · « **on:** February 17, 2011, 03:14:36 PM »

Hi, I'm embarking on a timelapse project, and I'm tinkering with some motion rigs for movement at the moment. Has anyone any recommendations on an intervalomer? Theres some on ebay for £38 made by pixel which is about my budget. I'm open to suggestion if anyone has used any other though, and would welcome a bit of input. Thanks all
Terry

adash · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2011, 09:52:16 PM »

I have a non-intervalometer remote by Pixel and it works just fine. I guess you should buy the correct type from a reputable seller and it will be okay. Please note that there may be two types of connectors for Oly cameras, so if unsure, ask the seller to confirm compatibility with E-P1/2. E-PL1 can not be tethered so it will not work with it for sure. No idea about E-PL2.

inkyblue · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2011, 04:28:31 AM »

Thanks. Yeah, the pens are a different connecter than the E cameras. He sells the spare cables for £7, so I'll pick up one of thoose too. Just building a motion rig for it, and hoping to get 4 speeds. 360, 425, 720, and 850mm per hour from a combination of two motors and two threaded rods. Rigging an old turntable up too, to give me a revolve of 360 degrees in an hour. Ambitious, but hope it all works! Thanks for letting me know about the pixel!

adash · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2011, 05:30:15 AM »

If you live in UK, buy one located in UK, thus you'll have to wait less for it to arrive.
I can't say anything about the motion rig however. What exactly do you want to accomplish?

inkyblue · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2011, 11:27:29 AM »

Something a little more cinematic than the traditional static timelapse. I love ulrawide, and feel I can get some good moving perspective shots with the 7-14.
Mindrelic does some nice stuff. He uses a bought motion rig, I'm making my own, but I want to introduce pans to the tracking shots also. Check his stuff out.


NYC - Mindrelic Timelapse

adash · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:08:28 PM »

Wow! I wish you best luck. I have no idea how that's going to work, they used both rotation and lateral movement....that's got to be a complicated rig!

cheguevara · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2011, 06:45:25 AM »

Is there any way of doing timelapse on E-PL1 with at least wireless trigger.
I think we are getting screwed by Olympus by not applying a thethered mode on E-PL1 (it is the same camera with the same hardware exept for the material and in build flash wich is very very unusable exept if you pull it back and bounce of the wall). Whats up with them they put OS in their cameras to protect it like they are fort nox. I'm almost sure that everything in that camera is altered only in OS (firmvare).
I'm thinking of copying firmware from E-P1 or E-P2 and flash it to an E-PL1 or from PL2 to PL1.
i mean cmon 1/2000 shutter speed and no thetering.
I dont even want to get started with only 1/30 and iso 200 to 1600 for video an of course same old just 30fps video, and we all know it is hard to and almost imposible to convert it to 24 or 25fps (mostly becouse of the audio).
I have something to for you to chew on. Red cameras sensor is something in between 4/3 and APSC-H exactly its 24.4 mm by 13.7 mm and it has full video resolution and even canon 5d m2 has FF and only 1090p resolution. Of course there is a overheating and processor speed isue. Storage could be overridden by external drive thethered to the camera easily.
And as long as it is considered with m4/3 cameras why shutter does not protect a sensor when you turn it off to change the lens. or even an option in menu to say lenschange wich would pull down the shutter.
Are they serious.
Maybe im being a bit conspiracy theory oriented. But so much products in any category (not just cameras) is not good by any means even for them (as to me they lack of guideance).

cheguevara · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2011, 03:44:20 PM »

im seriously considering buying an canon powershoot camera on used market, couse almosrt any of them can be altered via chdk and off course becouse CCD sensor with global shutter you can use it without of fear of shutter failure.
If only someone could do chdk for all cameras

ahhh dreams...

adash · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2011, 11:11:25 AM »

The lack of remote shutter release of E-PL1 has been severely criticized not only here. I guess it was not only software, or they could enable it via an update.
No E-Px camera so far can be truly tethered...in the way that SLRs could be. One could think that constant LiveView and tethering go hand by hand, but they don't.
BTW, I've been thinking about an used PowerShot too, only because of the CHDK. I've managed to live through the years without one however.

E-M5 Pete · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2011, 03:58:41 PM »

I had a Canon S-200? powershot (12x zoom) anyway, I had the CKDK on a SD card and loved being able to shoot RAW "CR2". it is a big plus for the powershot series.

cheguevara · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2011, 09:24:33 AM »

Actualy thetering is enabled in E-P1 E-P2 and E-PL2 i've seen some pictures with first two on microscopes and telescopes. i will look throug and post a link here.

adash · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2011, 09:41:09 AM »

There is an official SDK (Software Development Kit) by Oly, allowing real tethering through a computer. Oly PEN models are NOT supported by it:

http://developer.olympus.com/cameras_25.html

E-P1, E-P2, E-PL2(?) have remote triggering capability. That's not a true tethering.

cheguevara · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2011, 10:03:39 AM »

too bad i cant find photos of it with cables and everything. i just found on FTuser forum that this works with E-P1 and E-P2 http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Timer-Remote-Cord-Olympus-E-410-E-420-E-510-etc-RM-UC1-/220608251404?pt=AU_Cameras_Photographic_Accessories&hash=item335d46c60c#ht_3126wt_905 and all that with intervalometer. I have no experience with it so dont hold me responsable for anything

Anyone with timelapse and intervalometer experience?