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As an enthusastic but quite limited beginner photographer with a very geeky background I often find myself distracted by the technical bits and pieces as much as the art. And while I struggle to avoid becoming too wrapped up in the technology I have to recognise that, at the moment at least, I’m a lot better at technology than I am at art.
This site has a software download that allows you to do time lapse photography using your existing camera. In my case a D80, connected to a PC via a USB cable. The software controls the camera enabling you to set your camera and capture images directly to the hard disk.
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Photojojo » The Ultimate Guide to Time-Lapse Photography

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