That is indeed cool, Darren. I could have used that feature a few times in the past year had I known about it.
Thanks! On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have never gotten to really know my cameras really well, but am > trying to change that. I learned something today that may be of > interest to the PDML (if I'm not the only one who didn't realize > this). > > I got a K-01 (long ago) and have planned to use it mainly as a > time-lapse camera and also for astro work mounted on my Vixen Polarie > (tracker). So most of us are well aware of the fact that our Pentax > cameras have a built-in intervalometer. If they have a jack, they can > also use external intervalometers (for example to exceed the image > number limitations of the camera settings). The images are usually > then compiled into time-lapse "movies" using Photoshop or Picasa or > some such software. > > But what I only learned today is that there is a separate way to make > time-lapse movies (in camera) using the MOVIE mode. On the K-01 and Q, > this is done by selecting "interval shooting" in the movie menu. On my > K-3 II, this is done by switching the switch to "Movie" and then > hitting the Drive Mode button (where your options are: Remote Control, > Remote Control Off, & Interval Movie Mode). Under "Interval Movie > Mode" you select your: > Recorded Pixels: 4K, HD, FullHD > Interval: (intervals of: 2 sec., 5 sec., 10 sec., 20 sec., 30 sec., 1 > min., 5 min., 10 min., 30 min., and 1 hour.) > Recording Time: HR:MIN:SEC > Start Interval: (Now, or Set Time) > If Start Interval = Set Time then Start Time can be set HR:MIN > > Interval Movie Mode results in an .AVI file. I believe you can pull > that AVI file into your video editing software to speed it up further, > if a clip is too long for your tastes. > > Here is an example someone took with a K-3: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGli2qH7ACM > > Example taken with a K-01: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj9kwWLVErw&feature=youtu.be > > As an aside, the K-01 is supposed to be GREAT at either type of > time-lapse (movie or still composites) probably because it lacks a > viewfinder (which would need to be covered) and mirror, so it delivers > superb exposure control and even is said to handle night time to > daylight transitions (and vice versa) with out the need to deflicker. > > It looks like most Pentax models since the K-01 and Q have this mode, > though minor details may vary. For example, the minimum recording > interval on a K-50 is 3 seconds (not 2). > > I'm looking forward to trying this out on both my K-3 II and the K-01. > > The downside to this movie mode (I believe) is that you don't have the > individual frames any more, and you don't have an HDR option as you > would if shooting intervals in still mode. So there are probably times > when you would want to use one mode over the other. However, The great > advantage to using the Interval Movie Mode (Movie > Interval Shooting) > is that you don’t have to deal with the hundreds or thousands of > individual high-res files in post-production to manually create the > movie file. > > Hope someone else finds this interesting. > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
