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 04/22/2007 11:20:29 AM · #1
Playing around this morning and shot this water drop time lapse. Focus is about 1/4" off as my son bumped the table, but didn't tell me till after I took the 74 images.

Technical details Nikon D70s, 200mm f4ais w/ PN-11 extension tube, paper-clipped Vivitar 283 & Nikon SB-80DX. Timing by the time machine.

set up image...

04/22/2007 11:34:21 AM · #2
Wow that's cool!
 04/22/2007 11:37:29 AM · #3
nicely done - i think you were only asking for something to go wrong with such an ambitious experiment - that or you maybe should have done it on a table without wheels ;)
 04/22/2007 11:57:16 AM · #4
Originally posted by inshaala:
i think you were only asking for something to go wrong ... or you maybe should have done it on a table without wheels ;)


Good point.
 04/22/2007 11:58:38 AM · #5
very crisp // how many images ?
here is one from 2002 done with a coolpix950
 04/22/2007 12:06:54 PM · #6
Both examples are really cool.

Originally posted by ralph:
very crisp // how many images ?
here is one from 2002 done with a coolpix950

Did you use a commercial or home-made timer?
 04/22/2007 12:29:09 PM · #7
My older software can't view it -- any chance of posting a copy in some kind of legacy format? I'm usually using Windows 2000 or Mac OS 9 ...
 04/22/2007 12:32:19 PM · #8
Originally posted by Raziel:
Both examples are really cool.

Originally posted by ralph:
very crisp // how many images ?
here is one from 2002 done with a coolpix950

Did you use a commercial or home-made timer?

mine was a home made timer see //nevins.ca/drip for details


04/22/2007 02:57:57 PM · #9
Originally posted by Raziel:

Did you use a commercial or home-made timer?


I used the Time Machine from Mumford Systems.

Originally posted by ralph:
very crisp // how many images ?
here is one from 2002 done with a coolpix950


74 images TTL. I really like yours. Next time I will use slightly deeper water, so I could get more surface reaction like yours.
 04/22/2007 03:10:34 PM · #10
Originally posted by GeneralE:
My older software can't view it -- any chance of posting a copy in some kind of legacy format? I'm usually using Windows 2000 or Mac OS 9 ...


Here it isin mp4 format and again in wmv format. I used Quicktime Pro Version 7.1.5
 04/22/2007 03:17:58 PM · #11
why does the drop seem to wiggle side to side as it falls?
 04/22/2007 03:29:56 PM · #12
Originally posted by briantammy:
why does the drop seem to wiggle side to side as it falls?

For what I understand from the technique is that each photo is of a different drop.
 04/22/2007 04:22:56 PM · #13
Originally posted by briantammy:
why does the drop seem to wiggle side to side as it falls?

Some water drops like to show off for the camera. ;-)
 04/22/2007 05:29:02 PM · #14
Originally posted by briantammy:
why does the drop seem to wiggle side to side as it falls?


If you look at the setup image the water bottle is being hung by a wire and air currents or movements of people in the house are causing a slight pendilum motion.

edit to add: at least that's my best guess.

Message edited by author 2007-04-22 17:29:42.
 04/22/2007 05:40:25 PM · #15
maybe it's easier to use a video-camera?

;)
 04/22/2007 06:04:49 PM · #16
Originally posted by biteme:
maybe it's easier to use a video-camera?

;)


frame rate of a video camera is roughly 1/60 (some may quibble 1/30) in North America
/16.666ms between frames/

each of the 151 images are roughly 1/8000 sec long (flash duration) & roughly 15 ms for the whole event
so no a video camera won't work ;)
 04/22/2007 06:07:31 PM · #17
Originally posted by ralph:
Originally posted by biteme:
maybe it's easier to use a video-camera?

;)


frame rate of a video camera is roughly 1/60 (some may quibble 1/30) in North America
/16.666ms between frames/

each of the 151 images are roughly 1/8000 sec long (flash duration) & roughly 15 ms for the whole event
so no a video camera won't work ;)


ok. you got me there ;)
 04/22/2007 06:22:22 PM · #18
//www.photron.com/products.cfm?id=Mega%5FPixel%5Fat%5F1000%5Ffps%5Ffor%5Fthe%5FPC

cool :-)
 04/22/2007 06:52:45 PM · #19
Originally posted by kyebosh:
//www.photron.com/products.cfm?id=Mega%5FPixel%5Fat%5F1000%5Ffps%5Ffor%5Fthe%5FPC

cool :-)

now THAT would be an excellent toy !!

04/22/2007 07:36:48 PM · #20
Originally posted by hyperfocal:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
My older software can't view it -- any chance of posting a copy in some kind of legacy format? I'm usually using Windows 2000 or Mac OS 9 ...


Here it isin mp4 format and again in wmv format. I used Quicktime Pro Version 7.1.5

That second one worked fine -- thanks!

My only quibble is with your thread title -- I consider this ultra slow-motion, rather the opposite of time-lapse. You've taken an event lasting a tiny fraction of a second and spread it out over two seconds. Time-lapse (to me) would take an event covering several hours (e.g. flower opening) and display it over a few seconds.

But it's very cool whatever you call it.
 04/26/2007 12:47:11 PM · #21
Originally posted by GeneralE:


My only quibble is with your thread title -- I consider this ultra slow-motion, rather the opposite of time-lapse. You've taken an event lasting a tiny fraction of a second and spread it out over two seconds. Time-lapse (to me) would take an event covering several hours (e.g. flower opening) and display it over a few seconds.

But it's very cool whatever you call it.


Since your post I've been reading up and asking around on other specialty sites on what to call my little movies. But as others have pointed out that time-lapse is just that a lapse in the continuous recording of a subject/event. It doesn't really matter is the time has been compressed or expanded, so many consider it time-lapse. I found that the more technically schooled individuals were more concerned about using the term time-lapse instead of time lapse.
 04/26/2007 01:00:32 PM · #22
Originally posted by kyebosh:
//www.photron.com/products.cfm?id=Mega%5FPixel%5Fat%5F1000%5Ffps%5Ffor%5Fthe%5FPC

cool :-)


And from the bottom of the page for this 1000fps camera:

"Contact Photron to schedule a demonstration of this powerful new slow motion* analysis tool."

* Bold added by me.

Message edited by author 2007-04-26 13:00:45.
 04/26/2007 01:38:01 PM · #23
Originally posted by hyperfocal:
Playing around this morning and shot this water drop time lapse. Focus is about 1/4" off as my son bumped the table, but didn't tell me till after I took the 74 images.


cool.

just one question: when are you going to invite me over to play with all your cool toys?!? :)
 04/26/2007 01:41:20 PM · #24
so how much light do you need to shoot at a "Top recording speed is 250,000 fps "
!! i'd probably burn down the house !!
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