Learnings (Part 2): Time-lapse battery, shutter and aperture life
Time-lapse movies are cool. Especially when they are really professional looking. Some of my favourite time-lapse movies are made by these people: Tom @ TimeScapes Philip Bloom Ross Ching I've made a couple of time-lapse movies which you can find in high-definition on YouTube . Perhaps not in the same league as those guys, but it's still fun and rewarding anyway. I hope to do a lot more, and have recently learnt some new techniques to maximise battery life and minimise wear on the camera. On a SLR camera, every photo causes the mirror to flip up, the shutter opens and closes, then the mirror flips back down. Being moving components, the mirror and shutter have a finite lifetime. During a time-lapse you may be taking thousands of photos, therefore reducing the life expectancy of your camera. These techniques can be used with the Canon 7D and 5D mk II cameras (and possibly others) to reduce mirror and shutter activations. Live View mode eliminate...