Power usage when a super 8 camera is turned on?

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Re: Power usage when a super 8 camera is turned on?

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carllooper wrote:Perhaps someone should try the same argument with the government:

Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to have speed cameras removed because they could catch me speeding.

Carl
Ha! Good call!

Yea, I heard about the banning of husbands filming their wives / spouse's birth etc. The world is becoming a crazy, paranoid place.

And the silly thing in my situation with the house is that I can easily photograph the different stages of the construction in the late afternoon after the workers have left for the day - including any mistakes they may have made. And that's exactly what I have been doing with my still camera. And out of curiosity, when doing time lapse of house construction at approximately 12 frames a day, do you reckon mistakes are going to be all that obvious or noticable upon playback?
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Edit: At the time of my post last night, there was a bush fire within my area - just over the hills. You could see huge plumes of dark smoke rising up. Then later at night, I could see some fire but that could have been the 'back-burning' operations by the CFS crew. We were prepared to leave if it got too close. Though looks like it's under control now.
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Patrick wrote:Edit: At the time of my post last night, there was a bush fire within my area - just over the hills. You could see huge plumes of dark smoke rising up. Then later at night, I could see some fire but that could have been the 'back-burning' operations by the CFS crew. We were prepared to leave if it got too close. Though looks like it's under control now.
Hi Patrick,
Australia eh? Flooding rains, cyclones and bushfires, all at the same time of year. Take care.
Carl

ps. so you'll need some fire proofing in addition to that possum protection on your camera rig.
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