Need help with timelapse photography

[foodpoison]

So, I shoot 5-a-side football every sunday, and I've had an idea to take a shot every few seconds throughout the whole 40 minute game, and combine it into an animation. I will be shooting the smallest JPEG my camera can muster, since I'll need around 2000 frames.

However, I need a way to set my camera off every 1-2 seconds. Is it going to be a case of sitting the camera down, and pressing the shutter release every 1-2 seconds or is there an easier, non-expensive way of doing it?

[coldpenguin]

Saw a battery grip on Ebay the other day which included an LCD and timelapse function.
Might be enough, but I think it could only do 99 (or was that 999) shots without the timer needing to be restarted

[green]

Yep, I bought a Jenis battery grip from someone on here that has a time lapse function built in.

[treaclesponge]

Saw a battery grip on Ebay the other day which included an LCD and timelapse function.
Might be enough, but I think it could only do 99 (or was that 999) shots without the timer needing to be restarted

If its 999 that shouldnt be a problem, its its 2000 for the whole game as half time will give an opportunity for resetting things.

[foodpoison]

i literally just bought battery grip, don't fancy buying another one! Anyone else any ideas?

[coldpenguin]

If you can plug your laptop into the camera via USB, there used to be a timelapse setting in EOS Utility I think.

Or, get a cable release, and pay a spectator to press the button every 5 mins :)

I believe that for the 400D, some people were doing work in hacking the firmware, making it extensible via a scripting language. From memory, I think one of the scripts was for timelapse. Do you fancy uploading a custom firmware?

[coldpenguin]

be cheaper to buy another grip I think, but:

http://www.pclix.com/pages/pclix_main.html

You would need to check compatability.

[foodpoison]

There are a few on ebay for around £30, I don't really want to buy one without doing a review on it though! looks like I'll be pressing the shutter 2000 times :p

thank god I have a remote shutter release aha.

[TrevDR]

Maplin do a timer kit (MK111 Adjustable Timer with Relay Output) ideal for this kind of thing for £5.99. extras would be a length of shielded cable, couple of resitors and appropriate connector for your camera release.

Trev

[foodpoison]

Sounds good Trev, but I'd have no idea to wire it all up. Any idea where I can find a tutorial?

[mobilevirgin]

FP - one of these - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TR-90-C6-Timer-Remote-for-Canon-350D-400D-450D-1000D_W0QQitemZ200325135074QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4344 3QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l126 2?_trksid=p1742.m153.l1262 - will do the job. You can set it to shoot up to 399 shots, or an unlimited number of shots thereafter. You can set the interval from 1 second up to 99hrs, 59 mins, 59 secs. Uses 2 x AAA batteries.

I bought one from that seller - etefore - it arrived in about a week. I've not had a chance to try it out in anger yet, but the little play I've had with it confirms it works and it will do what you want it to.

Its got a couple of other functions too and, of course, it will work as a standard cable release too.

[foodpoison]

Was really looking at spending £10 max, even if I had to DIY it.
Definitely being stingy.
I think I'm just going to release the shutter every second for 40 minutes. Or maybe only do it after half time.