Tuesday was the first day since I’ve gotten my new T3i that I didn’t take a picture on it. This is probably because I fell asleep early by accident!
Something that occurred to me is that using this new timelapse remote is going to completely blow up the count of shutter actuations on the camera. The outgoing champ, my Canon XTi, has about 6,400 pictures on the counter. So far with the T3i I’m already up over 600… in less than a week! Whoa.
In a way it’s kinda scary how quick these will add up, but really it’s a good thing–I’m gonna USE this puppy. And I should. It’s got the great ISO range I’ve been wishing for, and pretty much all the movie-making goodness a camera-nerd could wish for. Ahhhhh
I have been doing some trial runs of timelapse, some of which I’ll begin posting on here soon. I thought some of you might like to see my setup for doing these, so below is a picture. We’ve got the Canon T3i with Meike Powergrip (intended for 550D/T2i, but it still works 100%), a simple Studiohut intervalometer, and the Tamron 10-24mm superwide zoom for some large sky coverage:
It took me a while to figure out how to set up the tripod for a full view of the sky with no trees or house in the frame. At first I tried putting the quick release on backward, which let me tilt in a more favorable direction (as shown above), but that still wasn’t quite what I needed. The real trick is to put the quick release on sideways (90 degrees off, instead of 180), so that instead of left/right tilt, the mount itself moves up and down. THAT’s how it’s done! I’ll post a picture of that method sometime later…
Tags: 10-24mm, camera porn, gadgets, photography, timelapse
