Panasonic GH4 Time-lapse problem

[Jason Jenkins]

[Lewis Stiefel] “Has anyone else had the problem where when you set a time for the
camera to start a time-lapse instead of starting the time-lapse the camera shuts down?”

Just did a quick test on my GH4. It looks like you need to push the shutter button once, half-way, to get things started.

Jason Jenkins
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[Lewis Stiefel]

Hi Jason the last post I saw said your cam went to sleep
That actually is what happens to mine. So it’s not my cam… guess it’s a bug in the gh4 which panasonic does not know about.

[Jason Jenkins]

[Lewis Stiefel] “Hi Jason the last post I saw said your cam went to sleep
That actually is what happens to mine. So it’s not my cam… guess it’s a bug in the gh4 which panasonic does not know about.”

I think it only goes to sleep if the time-lapse hasn’t been started correctly. It took me a few tries to figure it out, but mine is working.

Jason Jenkins
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[Lewis Stiefel]

ok lets see if I am missing something after you program the time-lapse and hit set what do you do?
If I press the shutter it says on bottom left of screen that time-lapse has been set but when it is supposed
to start the Lumix logo comes on and the cam goes to sleep….what am I doing wrong….if anything?

[Bill Bruner]

Hi Lewis – I just tested the timelapse function on my GH4 and it works. A few questions – did you:

– Set the drive mode dial (top left of camera) to time lapse (fully clockwise)?

– Select “Time Lapse Shot” in the menu?

– Set the Start Time as “Now” (otherwise the camera will go to sleep, waiting for the start time)

– Set the shot number?

– Set the image count?

– Press the shutter button fully?

The full procedure is on pp 46-47 of the manual.

If the procedures in the manual don’t work, you may have a faulty camera. Hopefully, you’re still within your retailer’s return period.

Good luck!

Bill
Hybrid Camera Revolution

[Lewis Stiefel]

Don’t have a problem when set to now
My cam goes to sleep when I set a time

[Bill Bruner]

It’s supposed to do that. Mine does it too. It’s a feature, not a bug.

If you set a time far in the future (which you can – up to 23 hours and 59 minutes, according to the manual), it makes sense for the camera to go to sleep until it’s time to capture the first frame. Otherwise, it might run out of batteries.

Cheers,

Bill

[Lewis Stiefel]

HI Bill

Yes that does make sense…. but what is happening is the cam does not “wake up”
when it is time for the time-lapse to start.

[Bill Bruner]

I finally understand! I apologize for being so slow to comprehend what your challenge is. I just set mine up for timelapse with the delay and got it to work by setting the drive mode dial to time lapse as the last step instead of the first.

Once I set the drive mode dial, I set the camera up and pressed the shutter button.

It is sitting next to me right now, happily firing away after it sat there for a 5 minute delay.

Cheers and hope this is finally helpful,

Bill
Hybrid Camera Revolution

[Lewis Stiefel]

Hi Bill

I tried everything you did but the cam still does not wake up when it is supposed to. I appreciate
your help….I just can’t figure out if I am missing something. After you set the time do you press
shutter halfway or fully down….what happens to your screen when you do that. Thanks.