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HI All,

I am very tempted to buy the R5 for its time lapsed option

but can someone answer these few questions as I am planning on putting the camera on a HPR rocket as possibly also a kite.

Do I need to hold the shutter button down the whole time?

what time gap can you set between photos - I would really like every 5-10 seconds but 1 min would be ok.

how many photos could it take on a single charge (using a 1gig card)
taking normal photos without flash.

lastly could you set it to keep taking photos until the card was full?

thanks in advance

Peter

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Peter Barrett said:
Do I need to hold the shutter button down the whole time?
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No, you don't. You just trip it once, and it starts.
Peter Barrett said:
what time gap can you set between photos - I would really like
every 5-10 seconds but 1 min would be ok.
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All three are possible. See the manual for more details:

http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/support/manual/r5.html
Peter Barrett said:
how many photos could it take on a single charge (using a 1gig card)
taking normal photos without flash.
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A few hundreds. The spec says 380 shots, and if you keep the LCD off, it's probably a realistic number.
Peter Barrett said:
lastly could you set it to keep taking photos until the card was full?
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Yes! The camera can handle 2.8 fps at full 7MP resolution until the card is full, let alone a time lapse session.

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I'm glad I could help. The R5 is a great camera. The zoom-lever isn't so convenient to use, but other than that you should be fine ;-)

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Peter, I've being using that function very often with R3, and I can add that you can set the time lapse and shoot in the middle. The interval function only stops pressing the Ok button, so you can do what you want in the shooting session, like changing places or framing.

Its one of my favorite functions in the R series.
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Don't set the camera on timelapse in a situation where the sun will be directly in the frame at some stage.

I've seen images from other brand cameras that have done that and they ended up with a nice curved burnt patch of pixels permanently on every image taken thereafter.

Maybe at sunset where the sun is dimmed by usual haze it would be safe, but be very careful.

Regards................ Guy
 
Hello there,

I am responding about the Ricoh R5 camera timelapse feature. I have been searching and searching but can not find out if it is true that one can take timelapse videos for longer than 3 hours. I have downloaded the manual as well can could find the answer.

The issue is that I like to (with power cord attached) set up the camera overnight, to catch the sunrise, and then edit out all the darkness before the surise later on my computer.

The ony reviews I've seen say that one can only do a timelapse video of up to 3 hours, but on your post/response to another I think you are suggesting that a movie can go as long as the card is big? Do you know this for sure? I'd like to get this camera but am in Australia and not easily enough able to test one out before ordering onlinie.

Thank you for your time and any thoughts,
JeanPierre Henderson
 
5 seconds to 3 hours is the length of each interval. The interval session itself doesn't stop until you turn off the camera. So basically, yes, this feature should fit your requirements.

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Be careful of tripod and sunrise/sunset shots. I have seen the after effects of one of those somewhere on a forum where a little trail of permanently burnt pixels resulted. Most pocket cameras work of course with open shutter so you have a live view on the LCD, this is what burns the CCD. If the R3/4/5 actually protects the CCD between those timelapse shots then all is OK but I don't know what it does.

The best way to get sunrise shots is to set an alarm clock and go do it hand held.

BTW, best Aussie prices seem to be at http://www.camerafarm.com.au - I've bought the R3 and R5 from them with no problems.

Regards............ Guy
 
Be aware that the R5 is an excellent daylight camera but needs care and understanding in low light.

Low light tripod shots at 64 ISO and auto or set 1,2,4,8 sec shutter work well, as do properly exposed high ISO shots together with Noiseware etc cleanup. Flash is small and range limited.

I try and keep a page of R3/4/5 trivia at...

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~parsog/photo/r3-01.html and one of my findings there was that 64 ISO shots from the R3 were better than ISO 64 shots from the R5, but further up the ISO range and the R5 wins, but not by a lot. The extra megapixels don't make any difference in real life. (R3=5MP, R5=7MP).

We bought the R3 some time back and just now the R5, and then wondered why I did until I tried the 640x480 video, which is spectacularly good after coming from the 320x240 video of the R3 (and R4). I can see myself using video a lot more to capture moods of places better.

Maximum size card is 2 gig due to FAT16 format. Speed of card doesn't seem to make a lot of difference, so go for one that the price is right. I use the standard Kingston ones that seem to be 10x speed from their specs. No matter what card the continuous mode still seems to run at something like 2 shots per second until the card fills up.

So the R3/4/5 are nice cameras because of their carry-anywhere size and good performance, but when it gets dark and/or tricky I will take my Olympus DSLR and have the R3/5 as a backup.

Regards........... Guy
 
I am woondering your opinion. If money was not an issue and you were looking for the best compact digicam available that also has a timelapse movie feature, which one would you go for?
 
itreeye7 said:
I am woondering your opinion. If money was not an issue and you
were looking for the best compact digicam available that also has a
timelapse movie feature, which one would you go for?
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If I didn't care about the movie mode, I would go for the Ricoh GX8.

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