How can I make my digital camera take pictures automatically until the card or battery runs out?

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Hi, I was wondering if you know how I can make my normal , plain, digital camera take pictures constantly until the card or battery runs out? I can solder and am experienced with electronics. Your responses are greatly appreciated

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Sorry if I made this unclear, but how can I do this without pressing any buttons, like if I wasnt even by the camera while it was taking pictures

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Pretty much all dSLR cameras can do this without any hacking. Just set the camera to continuous shooting mode and keep your finger on the shutter release button.

With cheaper dSLR models you might have to turn the resolution setting down a notch or two. With these cameras the internal transfer speed from the camera buffer to the memory card becomes a bottleneck. By reducing the file sizes you can usually keep things running smoothly - so instead of sending 3FPS at 5MB per second to the memory card, you send 3FPS at 2MB per second.

Same with digital point & shoot cameras - these are simply not built for performance.
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Sorry for the mix-up.

Try Googling for the particular application you have in mind. A remote shutter release for your camera in combination with $20 worth of hardware and an evening of your time is probably all it takes....
* A straight intervalomiter is usually built into the remote release itself.
* Trigger the shutter by motion detector: www.image-in.com/fredmiranda/Detector.doc
* By Sound or light detector (+ optional delay): http://www.hiviz.com/kits/products.htm
* Shooting with the camera teathered to a computer: http://www.digital-photo-hobby.com/shooting-tethered.html

Whatever you have in mind, it's probably been done before.

What is a great affordable camera for a beginner photographer/filmmaker?

GingerV

I want to get into film making and don't know what a good camera
Would be. I'm 24 and I'm most likely going to pursue
A career in filming. Thanks

Answer
The only camera that has video as it's primary function are the Panasonic GH series, GH3 if you can afford it, but a GH2 is much more capable than any DSLR, it offers video recording in any Mode, every thing is alterable in whilst recording, the half frame sensor matches closely 35mm film when it's running vertically through the gate, so no interpolation required.

They have 3 core processor running at over 4Gb/S, which means you can get crazy bit depth. 24Mb/S out of the box, but with a hack well over 120Mb/s. Bit depth controls how big each frame is, 24Mb/s equals a 2Mp jpeg for each frame, 120Mb/S equates to a 6Mp frame, it will fill an 8Gb SD card in around 5 minutes, there's so much data. You'll need a UHS Class 1 card to get that level of detail recoded, the GH series is the only camera I know of that can work this fast. Forget HD and TV quality these video files are Cinema Quality, as the only device that can make use of all this data is the 16bit projectors found in cinemas, but it's like looking at an Imax movie!

You can use most any lens on them, including Leica, Zeiss, Angenieux and other optical wonders, even lenses designed for TV cameras, how does a 12 - 200mm f1.8 sound to you?

Chris

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