As hoped, it did reach over 50 degrees this mid-winter day but it will, apparently, take many more like it to melt our snow pack. The only thing unusual about today’s video is that it spans both the beginning and end of the daylight hours. The Gawker software makes the setup for that feat easy to accomplish the night before. Here's the Saturday video starting at 6 am:
In the future, as a possible improvement to the iSight camera, I intend to investigate the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK) for my A710 IS camera. The website, http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK, describes the CHDK firmware enhancement available by free download for a number of Canon cameras, including my own. In fact, it is easy to spot testimonials from photo enthusiasts who have used CHDK to add an intervalometer capability to the A710 IS. That would allow a great improvement in video quality --- of course, at the expense of file size. However, to retain that quality in an Internet environment may require the video be uploaded to my own website where file size can be controlled. Now, all we need is some free time for all that! : )
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John,
ReplyDeleteI just realized after reading this post that you were using the iSight camera and not your Canon. For some reason I was thinking you were tethering your Canon to the computer. As you said there are some strong limitations to the iSight camera.
But once you figure out what's involved in the process and how you might use it in other environments maybe then you can tackle stepping up to something different.
Steve Williams
Scooter in the Sticks