EOS D60: time lapse photography

I've read on a couple of reviews that a D60 can be used for time

lapse photography - I'm interested to know whether anyone has

actually tried it and if they have, whether they got it to work.

 

The reason I'm asking, is that I do low speed, constant rate servo-

hydraulic impact tests as part of my PhD. Each test takes 30 seconds

or a minute to complete and setting up a camera to automatically take

a frame at regular intervals would give me a sequence covering the

impact from start to finish.

 

If this is possible to achieve, it would be more accessible than

other imaging equipment that is available to me - the camera is my

own so I can use it whenever I want - and provide me with a far more

manageable quantity of data. It would also be better than an EOS 5,

remote release & stopwatch at any rate...

Using an LPA Pocket Wizard MultiMAX remote system you can set up a motor driven

(or digital) camera to shot sequences at any interval for as many frames as you need.

The camera has to have an electronic remote control system input. I do this all of the

time using either a Nikon D1x or F5, but the Canon should not be any problem.

Hi Witolda, I'm not sure if it's any better or less expensive - and I've never tried it - but the Canon Timer Remote Controller TC80N3 says it has an "interval timer". Best wishes . . .

Hello Witolda--I use the Canon Timer Remote Controller TC80N3. It has an interval timer, long exposure timer and some other features that I can't remember off the top of my head. It should be useful if your exposure intervals are very consistent. It's around $130 at B&H.

 

Best of luck--

With the remote timer TC80N3 you can take photos with minimum time

intervall 1 s (max: some hours). You can set up something like:

after a delay of 1:45 min take a photo every 2s until 99 photos

are taken (or more until CF-card is full).

Make shure focus is adjusted and AF disabled, same with

exposure.

 

A similar program should be possible with the canon software that

comes with the camera, I think it's called "remote capture".

Yes - Remote Capture running on a PC or Mac and hooked up to

the camera via a USB cable should work. No need for a TC80N3

or anything. You can download the images to the computer's

hard drive as well, so you could let it run for a very long time.

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I did a time lapse with my Nikon 990 using a DigiSnap 2000. Pretty cool of a night time blooming flower called "Queen of the Night". I will post it to my singles photos if your interested.