How To Take Time Lapse Photos (CHDK)

In this video I'll show you how to take time lapse photo's, with a Canon Power Shot camera using a intervalometer script. It is possible to do this after installing the CHDK hack on your camera. I will cover how to download the "counter.bas" script file, how to load it on your camera and how to run it. If you need to learn more about installing CHDK a link is provided in the video.

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[azopene]

Hello and thanks again. Is there a way to turn off the LCD during time lapse photoing? It would help with battery life I think. I can turn down the brightness but the screen is still very readable.

Thanks

[BigNate84]

@azopene yeah thats a good point. I always turn the display off to get longer battery life. The easiest way to do that is to hit the "display" button twice on your SX30is. To turn it back on hit it twice again. OR you could flip the screen around because it shuts off automatically when it is closed.

[azopene]

Hello

Thanks, great job. The counter.bas works just fine with my SX30. Can you tell me how to play the shots back so it looks like a video? So far I can only view them individually.

Thanks

[BigNate84]

@azopene There are a number of ways to do play the shots back as a video. From my experience this must be done using some type of post production software. For example iMovie, Microsoft Movie Maker or a more robust video editor like Final Cut. Basically you import all the still photos in chronological order and set the duration of each photo for a very small amount of time. You could use .01 seconds or .05 seconds as a starting point. The photo's will come to life during play back.

[videogenius1]

great video!  thank you so much

[BigNate84]

@videogenius1 Your welcome! Thanks for watching. Have fun capturing time.

[xxxxxxxJIGSAWxxxxxxx]

SX30IS!! I also have it! :D

[azopene]

@BigNate84 Thanks. Appreciate your help.

[BigNate84]

@89861002 Its super easy to get awesome time lapse sequences. Send me a message if you post one to YouTube I'd like to check it out.

[89861002]

Nice! I was waiting for this~

I'm gonna try it within these days