Time lapse photography is yet another aspect of the game hobby that I want to learn about. I’ve made one time lapse video using my G12 and an intervalometer. The same intervalometer works with the G1X; however, the G1X battery has less capacity than the G12 battery. How long would the G1X run using only battery power?
To test the battery and practice the technique, I set up my G1X for time lapse with a freshly charged battery and put it on full manual exposure, manual WB, manual focus and turned the display off. Exposure was set for 1/100 sec at f5.6 and ISO 100 -- my guess for capturing a morning sunrise. I also set image capture for JPEG only at 1920x1080 pixels. The memory card was a Transcend Class 10. To my dismay, I forgot to turn off the focus assist lamp and didn't realize that until later so decided to let it run anyway.
I used this cheap and simple intervalometer to trigger the G1X at 2 second intervals.
All this was (roughly) the setup and process I used to make the time lapse sequence with my G12 except that a 6 second interval was used for the G12. (I don’t remember how I arrived at a 6 second interval but it must have made sense at the time.)
In the morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the G1X had run for 2 hours 46 minutes and captured 2518 images of the dark room.
There was a problem though. Right away I had sensed that the interval was not always 2 seconds. Sometimes it would be 2 seconds and sometimes seemed to be more than 3 seconds but I continued the test anyway. Checking the times, the first shots were at intervals of 2 sec followed by 4 seconds then 2 sec, etc. The last shots were all at 4 sec intervals (battery running down, I assume). The gross average interval during the night was 3.96 seconds. So it appears to me that the G1X should be set for intervals of more than 4 seconds over a long period of time.
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Do you know if the G1X has a custom self-timer function similar to the one on the G11? On that camera I can adjust the delay to be up to 30 seconds, and choose how many frames I want to shoot. That is a function I use a lot - I do a cycling blog and this function is indispensable for getting shots of me on the bike. I want to upgrade to the G1X but I want to know if the new model has that same function. I have not been able to confirm this anywhere.
Cheers
Roff Smith
www.my-bicycle-and-I.co.uk
Nice post. I am wondering if you can tell me if the G1x has the same self-timer function as theG11? I write and photograph a cyclin blog and I find the custom self timer on the G11 a real godsend - it is hugely handy to be ble to set th timer delay at 30 seconds and then have it fires as many as 10 frames. Does the G1X have this same capability? I can't find out anythin about i from the reviews I hav read or from the Canon website. Am hoping you cn hlp!
Roff Smith
Www.my-bicycle-and-I.co.uk
The G1x does have the custom self timer.
It appears to be the same as the G11/12 (which I do not have access to) but it will delay up to 30 seconds before shooting and then shoot up to 10 frames at the settings you've placed on the camera.
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