Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-12-2008, 02:55 PM
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Hello all,
I have been successfully using my K10D for shooting HDR panoramas for a couple of months now. After some workflow adjustments to get the process as efficient as it can be, I am now pretty happy with things. My next experimentation is to be HDR time lapse.
However, I have been 'playing' with Remote Assistant v3 for a couple of days now and while it is okay software, it has a few limitations. First, it appears you can take only 99 shots (can't do much serious time lapse with only 99 shots at 5- or 10-second intervals). Secondly, and very importantly, there does not seem to be a way to trigger the shutter and hold it for the full duration necessary to fire the bracketed HDR sequence. What I need is to have the full 3- or 5-exposure BRACKET fire at specificed intervals, not each exposure (if you have played with Remote Assistant, you know what I am talking about here).
I have seen in the forum that within the K20D, there is reference to a setting under the 'Custom' menu that allows the full bracket to be fired with only a momentary tap of the shutter button. Can anyone confirm that it is possible to fire a complete 3- or 5-exposure bracket at timed intervals with a single shutter click (and not via 'holding down' the shutter for the full bracket)? Is there any chance the next version of K10D firmware (v1.30 is the one I am using) might add this ability, if it exists currently in the K20D?
If this doesn't work, I am thinking of using Remote Assistant to do everything BUT trip the shutter. For the shutter trip, I can hack a timer through my USB port to plug into the shutter cable socket and my PC and write a little VB program to trip and hold the shutter for the bracket duration at specified time intervals (which would fix both issues mentioned above), but I figured surely someone else must have run across this and found a solution. I don't see a need to re-invent the wheel if someone else already has :-)
Anyone? Help would be greatly appreciated!
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
05-12-2008, 02:31 PM
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I know your problem exactly, as I have shot many HDR panoramas with the K10D.
Your best bet is to find something in your full scene to meter against, then push and hold the AE-L button as you spin the camera on the tripod for the full sequence of shots.
It is a pain in the arse sometimes (particularly if you are trying to keep your shadow out of the shot!), but so far, there's no way around this as far as I can tell (and I have over 10,000 HDR shots under the K10D belt now!). Check out flickr.com/photos/vividity. Please let me know where some of your work might be.
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