Question about HVX200 timelapse and battery life

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00Nader00

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How can I do a time lapse of something that would take 12 or more hours to film?

I apologize if this is a silly question.

I know I can't record on my hvx while it's plugged into the wall, so how would I get around the battery life?

Also, I am assuming there must be a way to record what I am recording directly on my computer or an external HD to deal with the long shoot time.

If anyone can give me any answers, or links to the answers, I would very much appreciate it.

Thank you all for your help and cooperation!
 
00Nader00 said:
I know I can't record on my hvx while it's plugged into the wall, so how would I get around the battery life?
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You don't have power for your HVX but you have laptop that will stay running for 12 hours? Do a search for "hvx frame rate hack", get a couple charged batteries (or a really long extension cord), a solid tripod and at least 32Gb of total P2 space. If the tripod is locked of well (maybe even sandbags) a battery swap or two should not effect your timelapse to much.
 
kgimedia said:
You don't have power for your HVX but you have laptop that will stay running for 12 hours?
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I will excuse your inability to read my question. My problem is not computer battery life, as I can always plug that into a wall. My problem is that I can't plug in my HVX and have it record. Bringing an extension cord will not solve that problem.

I have a 64GB card, so I have a but of space, and as for swapping my battery out, it would affect my time lapse and my shot since I would have to move the camera....
 
Buy an external power supply/emergency jump start kit like what you can get from pep boys. Plug in the HVX using AC power supply. Enough watt hours to keep you up and running for a week or more.
 
I know I can't record on my hvx while it's plugged into the wall
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why cant you record with the hvx plugged into the wall?
not sure where you got that assumption. but YES you can.

and at least 32Gb of total P2 space.
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thats may or may not be necessary. depending on your frame rate, you wont need a ton of space to do time lapses. heck an 8 gig card might be fine...
 
00Nader00 said:
I will excuse your inability to read my question. My problem is not computer battery life, as I can always plug that into a wall. My problem is that I can't plug in my HVX and have it record. Bringing an extension cord will not solve that problem.

I have a 64GB card, so I have a but of space, and as for swapping my battery out, it would affect my time lapse and my shot since I would have to move the camera....
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Usually this would be solved by getting you a cheap dslr and a timer remote or magic lantern firmware hack for achieving best results at the easiest way, but....

I also think powering and "tripodding" your HVX would be just fine by the way kgimedia suggested...

64gb should be enough with 2fps hack... i calculated 15 hours of recording... am i right?

Another thing for saving space on your computer would be buying a Firestore FS-100 with the actual firmware. You would be able to set exact intervalls for the shot, e.g. 00:30:21, maximum time is 24 hours between frames. all frames get stored as a "normal" p2 video file.

This would help you figuring out which intervalls you would need: http://www.time-science.com/timescience/timelapse.asp#calculator


cheers
 
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