Fun with your camera's timers

Learning Goals:
Understand the self and interval timers in terms of camera technology and real world applications.

Concepts/terms:

1. Interval timer
2. Long exposure timer
3. Bulb
4. Auto Focus
5. Manual Focus
6. Shoot dial/modes: Single, continuous low, continuous high
7. Exposure Count
8. Bracketing

Tuesday: Class assignment-individual work:

1. Research what your camera can do with continuous shots. Do you have a mode for continuos,

Thursday: Burst Mode (Continuous shoot mode).

Please read:
Burst mode-what it is
Continuous Shoot Mode for Canon T3i
Burst Mode-Nikon

What is the benefit of Continuous shoot mode?
What is the difference between continuous high and continuous low?
When might you use continuous shoot mode?

Class assignment-individual work:
Research burst mode on your cameras (continuous, single, high/low)
Shoot a number of burst mode sequences in 4 different locations on campus today working in groups. Vary the burst rate in terms of frames if you can on your cameras.
Your uploaded classwork for this project will be worth 10pts.
Upload Classwork Here

Homework:

For those of you with interval timer capability: Using the interval timer, set up a time-lapse scene. This could be a shot framing your house with clouds above, a setting sun, moon coming out, starry night, flower that blooms in daylight, etc. Record at least 120 total frames. This will give you 10 seconds of video, at a frame rate of 12fps. Due to the total size, make sure you are shooting your frames at a smaller frame size, dpi. Do not shoot at the highest frame size. Please bring these photos in on a USB, or upload to google drive for use Monday. DO NOT MAKE THESE HUGE INDIVIDUAL FILES.

For those of you lacking interval timer capability: Instead of interval timer project, take a series of burst mode shot sequences, at least 3, capturing 3 different situations of interest to you.

Upload to this homework folder

Watch this link to see camera demonstration for interval timer