G9, G10 help...
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- colab
Looking for help from someone who knows the G9 or G10.
I'm trying to do a timelapse of a sunrise... I have a G10 with a cable release that I can lock on while the camera is in burst mode. I'm on shutter priority mode with burst shooting and continuous AF on. My settings seem to have it so that the camera only meters for the first shot so as the light increases (sun rises) it becomes overexposed.
Is there any way to set it to re-meter each shot. Seems like a simple enough thing.
- benfal990
G20 is the shit
- ok_not_ok0
Set the exposure manually?
- colab0
i want it to auto meter on burst mode over the course of two hours. Manually isn't a option.
- zarkonite0
you're not going to be able to "burst" for 2 hours.
- colab0
Hmmm. Can I do that with the G10? What software do I need?
- ETM0
- colab0
Pffft.
There should be a way to do it in camera.
- sky2x0
You need a higher-res than what the time lapse will do in movie mode? I *think* it meters before every shot (either 1 or 2 second intervals). I've never used it for something as extreme as a sunrise on range though, but I do recommend taking it off auto white balance.
- colab0
There should be a simple way to do it in a mid range camera like this. Honestly... answers like "google it" and "buy a more expensive camera" are oh so kind... but i'm looking for help from someone who knows a thing or two about cameras.
- Sorry that we can't re-engineer your camera to add a rather specific feature.ETM
- version30
why won't my pencil draw in blue like that one? that's a colored pencil boy. they look the same they both write, it should be able to be blue.
- ETM0
Google is an amazing thing. Took 2 seconds to find this person's blog who is trying to do what you want, and with a G9. Here's an excerpt.
"Another thing is that you will have no control whatsoever over the exposure values of the camera and as you can see, at the end, on the photo video I made I was getting a lot of noise on because the camera adjusted the exposure and ISO automatically."
- Not saying you shouldn't ever ask for help. But we can't help with the impossible.ETM
- colab0
Typical.
To expect that a camera would meter for each exposure isn't asking too much. This isn't exactly an entry level camera. It's among the top of the p/s range.
- colab0
FFS. I tried google first bozo.
Thanks for the link.
- colab0
Oh... And ETM. That isn't what I'm trying to do... So google failed you there. I'm telling you AGAIN that I've tried google... Part of the reason I was asking for advice from someone who knows this camera.
But either way. Thanks for chiming in with the google quip. That knee slapper never gets old.
- At this point, it looks like no one gives a fuck what you're trying to do.ETM
- ETM0
I am telling you as someone who has owned a G9 for some time. I am pretty damn sure it can't be done in camera. You seem to not wish to comprehend this.
Its a fucking G9, and there are a lot of better cameras that can't do it. My 20D can't either. You need to rig an external meter and use software or just make the adjustments manually.
- I believe comicsans basically told you this 11 posts ago.ETM
- DoktorDavid0
I've owned two G9's over the past several years - first one fell off a 16 story balcony last summer while shooting a timelapse sunset =]. Regardless, the second one has the same issue as the first: no exposure controls - what it "sees" is what you "gets". Post processing is the way to go here. The other possibility is to fake the timelapse look and feel - shoot 720P video, then speed up the resulting movie - I know, I know - but it is all for the art, right?