what is flex time &amp; time lapse .i just want a picture when motion is detected
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Flex time allows the camera to activate during dawn, dusk, and allowances of twilight - It therefore will not take pictures 1 hour after sun up to 1 hour before sun down. For capturing game around "Moving times" while over looking a trail, I would turn on the "Flex Time" feature. Time lapse a different setting (and unrelated to "Flex Time") to take a picture at various intervals. Indeed, you are able to set the camera to take pictures 24 hours every day, when there is motion, at one picture at every 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 2m, 5m, etc intervals.
114857
I believe it does. I don't have the option enabled, but I saw it in the menu when I was doing the setup. Right now I have it set to just record when it detects motion.
822376
This camera has several options for taking pictures and video. There is motion based video and photo and also fieldscanx2 which is a set time time lapse capture. For motion based you can set the time lapse between shots (1 sec-60 mins) and number of photos (1, 2, 3) and for video you can set anywhere from 1 sec-60 secs at a time. The fieldscanx2 allows you set up to two times per a day to take shots even when there is no morion to trigger the camera.
243555
You pick a camera, put in the date you want to search and time frame and it will give you a list of all the times within that date where motion is detected.
1055359
You can set the time that the frame comes on and goes off. You can also adjust the amount of time each picture is shown.
1334048
when you buy the camera make sure it says ''infrared'' for if it dose it should have a category of pic or video. If it dosebuy it.it will take video clips at night when the motion detector is triggered. If your using it for surveillance add more cammo nettingto the camera to break up image. Use rubber cement to attach extra cammo netting. Drill a hole in the back and attach it to tree with a power tool.it works! tauz
969199
There's no time lapse per se. But there's a mini mode. While in this mode the camera drops frames at certain intervals which results in very fast footage. However the the top and bottom part of the video will be blurred creating a special effect which is basically tilt-shift. The latest crop of Panasonic dedicated consumer cams -- in case you are interested -- does have the time lapse function though.
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BAM, I am a machine vision engineer. The motion detection algorithm with the onboard software is very, very rudimentary in that it uses a full frame image comparison which subtracts the current frame from the previous frame to see what has changed. If that change involves enough pixels with significant RGB values differences, you'll receive an email. The onboard software is also notoriously slow. That's the reason that you some times miss the cats exiting. You'll be much better served purchasing third party software which runs on your computer. Try Blue Iris for PCs or Evocam for Macs. Both allow you to set motion sensors or regions of interest within the frame so that you can look at just that particular area for motion and not the entire image. In addition, both provide gain and threshold adjustment for the sensor or region of interest. All this translates into faster processing and fewer false triggers. These programs also provide you a faster, more capable interface with the camera than you have through the browser. They allow you to tailor responses to motion and audio alerts as well as record video. If you are a Mac user, you have an additional choice with another program called uFoscam. It, too, is very capable and only costs $5.99.
920759
yes you can adjust recorded time when triggered by motion and it does record
1870855
There is not any item that I know of but there is an app for the phone through the app store that will automatically make a video time lapse. I have not had a chance to use it yet but searching the internet about the app might be able to answer the question for you.
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yes, I'm currently setup for it to do that, completely without pc. it can set schedule and sensitivity for motion detection and email them it also have a web interface which is 200% better than the app it come with in the cd. however its motion detection is software based, so it'll misfire frequently when there's change in lighting, or camera pan, etc
1284007
Yes - it has motion detection in the sense that it starts recording when motion is detected. It doesn't just continuously record...it only records when it detects motion
1268942
The motion is actually in the DVR recorder that the camera is attached to. So basically it would be the camera that helps detect the motion. Hope that makes sense. Thank you.
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It can do both. I use it mainly in the motion activated mode. But, you can set it up as a plot camera where it'll shoot so many seconds of video each day at a specified time. I own two of these and they've been great cameras for the money.
465601
You must have the 'tracker' that comes with the Flex. It's a small bean-like item that is standard issue when you purchase the Flex. Hope this helps.
379247
It seems like it's starts recording as soon as motion is detected. But it's a video recording, not a snapshot. Hope that helps.
1570998
Good question! It wil take picture under two circumstance: first press record button on the panel,second,when someone ring the bell. No, it can not detect motion. Many thanks for your concern.