C300: C300 has a lousy interval record function

bluedisk

bluedisk

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I compared some timelapses of clouds over buildings shot with my C300 with my other camera a Sony PMW 350.
The C300 footage looked very stuttery and the Sony pictures looked much smoother.
Both cameras were set to one frame a second for 10 minutes.

I would like to keep using the C300 for low light timelapses that are coming up soon.
 
what shutter speed are you using?
for smooth clouds with a interval setting of 1 frame/sec the shutter should stay open for 0,5 sec.
the c300 in speed mode doesn't go lower than 1/25th
however in the menu under shutter you'll find the modes (speed/angle/syn.scan/slow)
and with "slow" you get the options of 1/12,1/6 & 1/3

give those a try.
 
Interval record is different than undercranking (S&Q motion/reduced frame rate). To have motion play back naturally, you typically want a 180-degree shutter. At 1fps, this is 1/2 second.

Remember to use your ND filters :)
 
Using a C300 to shoot time-lapse is a waste of sin. There are far better things you can shoot with a mirror- less camera like those from Panasonic or any other Camera MFG, an intervalometer, and some ND's .

Shooting digital stills are time lapse sequences requires a bit of extra work to assemble the image sequence and the trade off is that you have far greater control photographically than you do with the C 300 or almost any other HD video camera.
 
This is another area where the little XC10 steps up. It won't reach the levels of hand manipulated raw photos, but the sheer convenience of shooting ready-out-of-camera timelapse movies at UHD in Canon Log is very nice.


I really hope this basic timelapse functionality makes its way to the C100-500 line. I for one don't feel the need to waste shutter actuations on my still bodies.
 
Mark Smith said:
Using a C300 to shoot time-lapse is a waste of sin. There are far better things you can shoot with a mirror- less camera like those from Panasonic or any other Camera MFG, an intervalometer, and some ND's .

Shooting digital stills are time lapse sequences requires a bit of extra work to assemble the image sequence and the trade off is that you have far greater control photographically than you do with the C 300 or almost any other HD video camera.
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Yes I'm sure that using a C300 to shoot time lapses "is a waste of sin", but I don't always have my Canon 5d Mk2 with intervalometer with me when I want to shoot one. I must try the slow shutter speed at 1/25th second as suggested.
i know there are better ways to shoot time lapses but it would be nice if the C300 would do them as well as some of their cheaper cameras.
 
bluedisk said:
I must try the slow shutter speed at 1/25th second as suggested.
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actualy for smooth motion you should put the shutter in slowmode and use 1/6 or 1/12 as shutterspeed.
if you use 1/25 you'll lose much of the movement of fast moving clouds
 
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bluedisk said:
I compared some timelapses of clouds over buildings shot with my C300 with my other camera a Sony PMW 350.
The C300 footage looked very stuttery and the Sony pictures looked much smoother.
Both cameras were set to one frame a second for 10 minutes.

I would like to keep using the C300 for low light timelapses that are coming up soon.
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Hmmmm works great on mine. You must have a duff camera or didnt set up right.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions, I'm shooting tests this afternoon taking into account the various settings suggested. The XC10 looks terrific for this purpose, thanks Andree for posting.
 
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