time-lapse for T2i

[Dave Klee]

Hey Stephen, it’s getting there — cool that you could post some progress. It’s hard to say for sure what’s going on without seeing the original images, but manual white balance is definitely important. Worth trying again.

It can also be useful to pull time lapse images into Adobe Bridge (or that Canon file browser that isn’t bad) and scroll though them looking at the EXIF metadata. Sometimes you can see subtle shifts in exposure, ISO or white balance from frame-to-frame that explain problems like these. So, if you look at your white balance frame-by-frame and see different numbers, you know that might be causing problems.

I’d be interested to see how things look with manual white balance — I haven’t shot with the T2i, so I’m actually very interested in the results.

I’ve heard there’s an Auto Lighting Optimizer feature in the menu, too, and I would imagine you would want this set to “off” if it’s not already. Saw it in a review here: https://www.dcresource.com/reviews/canon/eos_rebel_t2i-review/using#alo_test Also, any kind of auto exposure compensation that can be turned off should be turned off. I’m not familiar enough with the T2i menus to know what all the options are, so maybe all you need to worry about is that Auto Lighting Optimizer.

Hope that helps, and I’ll be looking forward to seeing more!

[Stephen Smith]

I’ve been told this intervalometer will work with the T2i.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002IPQQPI/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

I’ve purchased it and will report back on whether it does or doesn’t

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[Stephen Smith]

Here is time-lapse test 2:

Much better.

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[Dave Klee]

Hey Stephen, looking nice! What were the setting changes (if any) that made it work for you?

That timer looks great, by the way — looks like it has the right plug for the Rebel. I’ll be interested to hear how you like it!

[Stephen Smith]

Once again, thanks for your help Dave. I don’t have the settings with me, I’ll post them later. As for the program that comes with the camera that works on the laptop, I like it a lot. A matter of fact, I’ll try to use it whenever I can over the intervalometer. Once it stats it places each photo into a gallery which is another program that comes with the camera. There you can look at side by side comparisons of all of the photos. If you scroll up and down the gallery real fast it creates the effect of you watching the photos stitched together in a movie. That way I know if I got a problem early into the process where as seeing a still as it is taken from the cameras viewfinder won’t help me.

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[Brandon Morris]

looks great.
so the second mov was using the canon software or intervalometer?
did you turn anything on/off?

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[Stephen Smith]

Both clips where captured with the Cannon Software. Everything is in full manual. I used the M (manual) setting on the round dial. Hope this is the answer you where looking for.

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[Stephen Smith]

Here is a time-lapse I did shot with an intervalometer instead of a laptop.

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[Dave Klee]

Hey Stephen, nice work!

Is this with that Opteka timer you were looking at earlier? You happy with it?

[Stephen Smith]

Sorry about the compression on the video. It looks super sharp and colorful on my broadcast monitor. It is not the Opteka timer. They never got any in. I checked back months later and they still did not have any. I even called Opteka and no go. So I got the Studiohut Timer Remote Control on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IPQQPI/ref=oss_product
It was great. I was in an area where I did not want to hike with a laptop. Set it to go and it worked perfect. Plus, I was able to fish while it worked its magic. That is a win win.

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