tombrown1 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Been flying the NX1 (latest fw) for a week or so now, and decided to take her up for some pictures. Put it on timelapse for every 3 seconds to take 600 shots. No problem, right? Connect the HDMI cable for video out (so we can see what the hell we're doing from the ground) and timelapse is suddenly unavailable. So I had a chat with Samsung chat support, and they told me what I already knew, which is that you can't use timelapse while using hdmi out. And they didn't have any other ideas for how I could take pics in the air. This is the second head-scratching problem I've had with this camera (the first was the thing automatically reverting to CAF when pressing record for video). Love the video of this camera, but if I can't take pics from it, then I'll probably need to sell it. VERY frustrated with this thing right now..... Any ideas? Best, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown1 Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 Just purchased this: http://www.gentles.ltd.uk/gentwire/focus.htm?filter=nx1 Fingers are crossed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted July 28, 2015 Administrators Share Posted July 28, 2015 Samsung decided it would be a good idea the camera became a doorstop when connected to HDMI.Why they thought this was a good idea is a mystery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterwhite Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Should this "you can't use timelapse while using hdmi out" be a problem? Have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaga Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 You totally got conned at that price! I don't see anything in that cable that would put it above $5-8 tops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown1 Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 You totally got conned at that price! I don't see anything in that cable that would put it above $5-8 tops.If you can find it cheaper I'll take it. Should this "you can't use timelapse while using hdmi out" be a problem? Have no idea.This thing is a dream to fly on a drone - can't think of another camera at this weight with these features. On a drone you always need to have hdmi out for the ground video feed. Thus, crippling features while using hdmi out is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Plagaro Mussard Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Nowadays cameras have so many features, not always working 100% that it is a mess to buy one and know that it will work in your application!!! You could point a cheap camera to the LCD of the Samsung and feed that to Video TX... vaga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugela Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Wifi control of the camera wont work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Plagaro Mussard Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Wi-fi works on 2.4Ghz, same as most RC controls. It's better to avoid using it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown1 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Nowadays cameras have so many features, not always working 100% that it is a mess to buy one and know that it will work in your application!!! You could point a cheap camera to the LCD of the Samsung and feed that to Video TX... Actually not a bad idea - not ideal though. I'm going to try the Gentles gadget I linked to above - if that doesn't work we may need to try your idea. Best, Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Plagaro Mussard Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Is good just for framing, you can't judge exposition! Not ideal, but better than nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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