Robertl594 wrote:
Here is what I would do, depending on your camera's capabilities.
IF you have interval shooting as an option, I would program it to shoot automatically in continuous focus mode. I would make sure that you have enough light to shoot at a shutter speed of at least 1/800 for the next suggestion, you can also up your ISO to get there. If you need additional light, you will need continuous LED as a flash will be pretty difficult for 5,000 pictures. I would use a small fan to gently blow the leaves so they show some minor movement. The fast shutter speed will freeze the motion but will give you a little different picture each time. I would not use 1/8000 as every shot will be nearly identical and from what I interpret your assignment to be, you want a slight difference between each shot.
If you do not have interval shooting, get an intervalometer for your camera and program that for your shots. Either way, buffer should not be an issue as once this is set up, you will not need to do anything and you can set the time between shots at a second or two to deal with buffering. You definitely need a tripod however. You can move it slightly every 100 pictures or so.
Here is my math. Double check it however.
5000 shots/3600 (#/seconds per hour) = 1.38 shot per second. Add 2 seconds between shots = 10,000 seconds. seconds/3600 = 2.7 hours plus 1 hour for your shots = 3.77 hours total. I think this is right. Please pick this apart. Make sure your card is large enough for 5,000 shots, and your battery will last long enough.
Hope this is helpful.
One question, why do you need 5,000 shots?
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So far what I’ve been doing is using a 4 gig card so I can tell how many I’ve shot because he wants just so many shrubs and so many trees etc. I raised the ISO as high as it goes because who cares about noise if they’re not going to be displayed. Shooting in Program mode, high burst auto focus and just pan and fire away.
