Video Involometer?

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phrige

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I know this is realistically pushing the camera out of its normal operating bounds. But I was curious to know if anyone has found anything in the way of a video involometer? Instead of taking stills at a set period of time, what if it was able to activate video recording, and say every 5minutes (or preset time) to stop and restart recording. So you would end with 5 minute clips on the card, and capture video of a whole event.

Its my dream B camera, gathering wide angle or something of the sort. I realize there will be missing second/seconds between clips, but you wouldn't have to nurse the camera constantly.. follow the old TV Infomercial adage, 'Set it, and Forget it.'

Possible, or just out of electronic possibility at the moment?
 
Electronically it's perfectly possible, but I don't really understand why it would be desirable. I believe one of the DVX models came with interval recording that did just what you're asking for.

Otherwise, all you need is a remote start/stop signal that can be repeatedly produced. The issue is that if it's an actual remote control for the camera that has this button, which it would almost certainly be, the signal is too complicated to easily put something together. It's just a question of what the camera is designed to respond to. And I don't think any of these can actually take a remote.
 
I think you'd find the results are not going to be what you're expecting look-wise. It's like some is hitting fast forward on a DVD every 5 seconds- kinda annoying. Besides- any HD camera could do this better. The glory of timelapse on a 7D is you have enormous frames in intervalometer mode= higher image quality. Or you can slow the shutter way down and get into incredibly low lighting.

Noah
 
I was looking for a way to get constant recording, so i can have a B camera set up while filming live event type stuff. instead of me going over and making sure to hit record when the 12minute limit gets near, get something to do it electronically. say every 5minutes it electronically hits record/stop to stop recording then hits it again to start a new clip. that way you avoid the 12 minute bar and dont have to constantly babysit the camera.. but i guess, best way is to just hire someone else to man it.
 
That's why I didn't go with the 7D. It's a limitation of the camera you just have to deal with, and no matter how you do it you'll get stops and starts. Which is never good in live events. If it's something like a concert you can stop and start after every song, otherwise you have to pick your best stop and start moments wherever possible. Or get a different camera.
 
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