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AdminPermalink Reply by John C. on May 19, 2011 at 7:48am

Any canon power shot will do this with the CHDK firmware loaded on it.  You can run scripts that are extremely flexible.

 

Search for CHDK.

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Permalink Reply by Adam on June 6, 2011 at 1:05pm

The GoPro is maybe another alternative for this with various time settings and an option to run until full, with stop or overwrite.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Walker on June 28, 2011 at 7:33pm

I have been using the Panasonic DMC-FP3. Works great for doing stills in the air. I have a paperclip bent just right to hold the button down during my flights. I have only used it once so far for stills (videos most of the time while I'm testing.)
There are other Panasonic cameras that work too, but I have found the best way to test for continuous shutter is to go to a store that has one, slip in a SD card and try it. You can also look at the specification of lots of cameras at http://www.dpreview.com

Also a side note that the exposure will adjust as it is shooting, but the focus is fixed to the first frame shot. So make sure you are pointing the camera at something far enough away to get proper focus, the ground is not far enough :).

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