That kind of depends actually. Ricoh could have chosen to limit movie
recording time for any number of reasons, famously, certain very
expensive models of Nikon and Canon still cameras had those limits set
because of EU regulations and taxes levied on video cameras which
effected the entire world. It could be that it was just easier to
implement on the available hardware for any number of underlying
reasons. I expect that it was left out because there simply wasn't room
in the PROM chip too have everything.
On 3/28/2017 11:01 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
That's a good thought/question Gonz (overheating limiting the amount
of time you can shoot in that mode).
I have yet to try it, myself. But it would definitely good to know
what the limitations are, in that regard.
Darren Addy
Kearney, NE
On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Gonz <rgonzoma...@gmail.com> wrote:
This doesn't work the same on the K-1. On the K-1, in camera mode, it
has an interval shooting selection that can work to create either
frames or movies, but it still uses the full mirror/shutter path to do
so and the minimum interval is 2s. It would be nice if it had an
electronic shutter mode for intervals of less than 2s and did not use
the mirror/shutter path. But this probably has the same overheating
limitations of movie mode for long periods of time. In movie mode
there are no interval options, only options for the remote. You might
as well use time-lapse mode in your iPhone or equivalent for these
types of situations.
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have never gotten to really know my cameras really well, but am
trying to change that. I learned something today that may be of
interest to the PDML (if I'm not the only one who didn't realize
this).
I got a K-01 (long ago) and have planned to use it mainly as a
time-lapse camera and also for astro work mounted on my Vixen Polarie
(tracker). So most of us are well aware of the fact that our Pentax
cameras have a built-in intervalometer. If they have a jack, they can
also use external intervalometers (for example to exceed the image
number limitations of the camera settings). The images are usually
then compiled into time-lapse "movies" using Photoshop or Picasa or
some such software.
But what I only learned today is that there is a separate way to make
time-lapse movies (in camera) using the MOVIE mode. On the K-01 and Q,
this is done by selecting "interval shooting" in the movie menu. On my
K-3 II, this is done by switching the switch to "Movie" and then
hitting the Drive Mode button (where your options are: Remote Control,
Remote Control Off, & Interval Movie Mode). Under "Interval Movie
Mode" you select your:
Recorded Pixels: 4K, HD, FullHD
Interval: (intervals of: 2 sec., 5 sec., 10 sec., 20 sec., 30 sec., 1
min., 5 min., 10 min., 30 min., and 1 hour.)
Recording Time: HR:MIN:SEC
Start Interval: (Now, or Set Time)
If Start Interval = Set Time then Start Time can be set HR:MIN
Interval Movie Mode results in an .AVI file. I believe you can pull
that AVI file into your video editing software to speed it up further,
if a clip is too long for your tastes.
Here is an example someone took with a K-3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGli2qH7ACM
Example taken with a K-01:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj9kwWLVErw&feature=youtu.be
As an aside, the K-01 is supposed to be GREAT at either type of
time-lapse (movie or still composites) probably because it lacks a
viewfinder (which would need to be covered) and mirror, so it delivers
superb exposure control and even is said to handle night time to
daylight transitions (and vice versa) with out the need to deflicker.
It looks like most Pentax models since the K-01 and Q have this mode,
though minor details may vary. For example, the minimum recording
interval on a K-50 is 3 seconds (not 2).
I'm looking forward to trying this out on both my K-3 II and the K-01.
The downside to this movie mode (I believe) is that you don't have the
individual frames any more, and you don't have an HDR option as you
would if shooting intervals in still mode. So there are probably times
when you would want to use one mode over the other. However, The great
advantage to using the Interval Movie Mode (Movie > Interval Shooting)
is that you don’t have to deal with the hundreds or thousands of
individual high-res files in post-production to manually create the
movie file.
Hope someone else finds this interesting.
Darren Addy
Kearney, Nebraska
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