Jens, Batteries won't be an issue for a DS or DL (or K1x0). And you should be able to buy 2 for the cost of a Hassy.
-Adam Jens Bladt wrote: > Godfrey, I wouldn't want to rely on a digtial camera to be operational over > this long period of time - eight years is a long time. Can I still get > battteries for it in 8 years? If it dies, can I replace it with a compatible > one? > > Jens Bladt > > http://www.jensbladt.dk > +45 56 63 77 11 > +45 23 43 85 77 > Skype: jensbladt248 > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey > DiGiorgi > Sendt: 21. november 2007 23:08 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: Re: One shot a week for 6-8 years > > > Huh? Why not just dedicate one of your existing digital cameras to > the task, use it for the next five or six years with the same lens on > it? It will be much easier than trying to get coordinated scans of > 400-900 film exposures, not to mention a hell of lot less work. > > For a 30 second motion video at 24fps you'll need 720 exposures. 416 > exposures for 30 seconds is only 14fps, ... that will be pretty jerky. > > I did this with one of the faculty back in 1969-72 when I was in high > school. We used a Bolex H16 movie camera, had a "permanent" tripod > set up at an appropriate vantage point, and dedicated the camera and > lens to the task through the one and a half year exterior building > process. Made several exposures at the same times of day, every day, > throughout the process. What we learned from testing was that it was > better to build a full enclosure for that camera so that we could get > perfectly registered frames rather than the small variations that > occur from unmounting and remounting the camera from the tripod every > day. > > It came together in a 3 minute, 24fps presentation ... about 4,500 > frames. > I'd much rather have done it with a modern DSLR. > > Godfrey > > > On Nov 21, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: > >> Hello List >> I may be offered a chance to make one (two, actually) shots every >> week or >> so, for a period of perhaps 6-8 years. Thats perhaps 52x8 (416) >> shots For >> the harbour project in my home town. Perhaps you remember that I'm >> a city >> planner/architect working for the local community. >> We're buildnig a new 40 ha harbour on topof a 4.000.000 ton soil >> deposit. >> I'll arrange for two stationary tripods (steel and concrete) to be >> installed >> at different places. So the camera position is not really an issue. >> The >> result will be a small movie (30 seconds?), showing in seconds how >> the whole >> thing was built during a 6-8 year period. My question is: What kind of >> camera equipment would you use, in order to make sure all shots ar >> compatible - same angle of view, same colour rendition etc. >> I was thinking of 6x6 equipment (Pentacon or Hasselblad) and 120-film >> (bought in advance and stored in a freezer). >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1143 - Release Date: 11/21/2007 > 10:01 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1143 - Release Date: 11/21/2007 > 10:01 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
