Feature request : intervalometer cancelling.

[Mark Deeble]

Ok - so I might be the first...! but I shot timelapse all morning at 1 fps with the intervalometer function turned on, ( i'd been switching between 1 fps and 1frame every 7 seconds). I then go to shoot aerials in the evening and turn the frame rate up to 96 fps - but ( mea culpa) I didn't go and change to 'continuous record' in 'settings' - the result? - I shot a bunch of aerials at 1 fps
It could have been worse as they were tests and we realized after 20 minutes when we landed and played back.
It would be great though if changing the fps above 1fps, automatically disengaged the intervalometer function and when we see a higher fps in the primary menu bar, then we need look no further.

 

[Trent Lillehaugen]

Ok - so I might be the first...! but I shot timelapse all morning at 1 fps with the intervalometer function turned on, ( i'd been switching between 1 fps and 1frame every 7 seconds). I then go to shoot aerials in the evening and turn the frame rate up to 96 fps - but ( mea culpa) I didn't go and change to 'continuous record' in 'settings' - the result? - I shot a bunch of aerials at 1 fps
It could have been worse as they were tests and we realized after 20 minutes when we landed and played back.
It would be great though if changing the fps above 1fps, automatically disengaged the intervalometer function and when we see a higher fps in the primary menu bar, then we need look no further.

If you are in any mode other than continuous recording the record indicator has annotations (even before you hit the record button). This way you can always see what recording mode you are in before you hit record.

It doesn't make sense to automatically turn off time lapse mode based on the user changing the Framerate. I think that would be confusing. Besides, time lapse mode lets you take N frames per period. The current Framerate determines the timing between those N frames.

 

[Mark Deeble]

Thanks Trent - I guess i wasn't aware of those annotations. I'll definitely look tomorrow. I think it boils down to what appears to be a 'secondary' menu setting over-riding a 'primary' which , in my case, resulted from handing the camera over to someone who dialled in the fps (without me remembering to switch to 'continuous record') and subsequently thought we were shooting at 96 fps...when in fact we were shooting time-lapse (!)

 

[Trent Lillehaugen]

Thanks Trent - I guess i wasn't aware of those annotations. I'll definitely look tomorrow. I think it boils down to what appears to be a 'secondary' menu setting over-riding a 'primary' which , in my case, resulted from handing the camera over to someone who dialled in the fps (without me remembering to switch to 'continuous record') and subsequently thought we were shooting at 96 fps...when in fact we were shooting time-lapse (!)

I understand the confusion. We will continue looking at how we can make things more clear.