• AutoMate handles DSLR cameras and long lenses, up to six pounds total
• AutoMate has only 4 AA batteries and consumes very little power
• AutoMate supports half-pressing the shutter to wake the camera out of sleep mode
• AutoMate has extensive HDR support
• AutoMate supports a programmable delay before starting a sequence
• AutoMate allows you to control the time to hold the shutter open and how long to delay before and after each shot
• AutoMate is very compact with no parts that can be easily bent or broken
• AutoMate can fit in the side pocket of a backpack
• AutoMate is controllable by apps on Windows Mobile PDAs

• Two kinds of time-lapse series
• Simple stationary timelapse for subjects like:
• Flower opening
• Construction site development
• Includes programmable sleep period so it doesn't shoot when nothing is happening
• Cloud motion
• Star motion
• Motion control time-lapse
• Supports speed ramping
• See examples of time-lapse videos here

• Programmable delay
• Programmable number of exposures
• Simple and advanced modes of operation

• Extraordinary bulb-mode bracketing feature includes:
• Selectable number of shots in bracket, including 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9
• Selectable number of stops between shots, including 0, 1/3, 1/2, 1, 1-1/2, and 2
• Center speed anywhere between 1/1000 sec and 1 day (depending on camera make and model)
• Selectable shot sequence pattern

• AutoMate supports almost all digital SLR cameras (see the FAQ for a complete list)
• Programs and operations created on the PDA are transmitted to the robot via Bluetooth, where an embedded microcontroller runs them from its memory
• The robot weighs only two pounds including the four AA batteries
• AutoMate allows saving all programs and profiles for later reuse
• The robot has field-upgradable firmware

These panos are hosted at the Gigapan site and can sometimes take a long time to load. Once loaded, use your mouse's scroll wheel to zoom in and out, and click and drag the mouse to move around the panoramas. It is also recommended that you click the icon for zooming to full-screen. Also, some of the panos have snapshots that, if you click them, causes the focus to zoon into that place in the image.

And thank you, Gigapan, for letting me host my panoramas on your site even though they were made with a competitor's product. By the way, as of this writing, gigapan dot org does not work due to them not renewing their SSL certificate. But Gigapan dot com works fine.

Here are several panoramas that I took with AutoMate at Bryce Canyon, Utah. I was using a Canon 20D with a 400mm lens. Be sure to click on the snapshots to zoom deeply into the photo.

Bryce Canyon, Utah, #1
Bryce Canyon, Utah, #2
Bryce Canyon, Utah, #3

This pano was shot from Washburn Point in Yosemite. It was the very first pano I made with the AutoMate outside the lab. Notice the two-headed man in the bottom right. This was because he turned his head between two successive photos. Also be sure to click the snapshots.

Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

This view of San Francisco was shot from Treasure Island

San Francisco skyline

This wider view was as well. It includes the Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco skyline

This pano was shot from the roof of what was once known as the International Hotel

North Beach, San Francisco



Examples of AutoMate time-lapse creations: