Just wanted to say thanks to all the folks who actively post in the forums. I was able to search through here and answer all my questions. For my first project I decided to interface with the focus and shutter of a panasonic lumix ls70. I picked the camera up cheap off ebay and liked it because it does 16:9 (however not true aspect). I programmed an 18x to focus then snap a picture every 6 seconds for 300 frames. Once this was done I moved the files over to my linux box and adjusted the aspect ratio, then used mencoder to make a timelapse movie of the clouds going over my house. A feature that I programmed in but didn't use for this movie was the pan lapse feature. Every other frame I notch a servo from left to right one step to give that discovery channel pan and scan feel. Anyway, thanks again. Rob
http://www.epsilon-gamma.org/picaxe_tlapse.avi
btw the file should play in windows with default codecs. MS-Mpeg4-V2
PS. the coolest thing about these chips is that every time you think about your project you add a feature. Just in writing this I thought, Heck why not have a switch so I can decrement my servo command so I can scan from right to left. Onto rev 3 of the code
http://www.epsilon-gamma.org/picaxe_tlapse.avi
btw the file should play in windows with default codecs. MS-Mpeg4-V2
PS. the coolest thing about these chips is that every time you think about your project you add a feature. Just in writing this I thought, Heck why not have a switch so I can decrement my servo command so I can scan from right to left. Onto rev 3 of the code