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10/01/2007 12:13:44 PM · #1 |
I want to do some some time-lapse. I'd like to go out, set up my camera in a busy part of town and start snapping away until I have enough pictures for a sequence in a time-lapse video I'd like to create.
I'm looking for a tutorial, or advice on how to do this in the best way possible. Is there any software out there that can stitch the photos together and speed up and down as I like? Any advice is welcome.
I plan on doing several different locations in my area and just spreading out from there. |
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10/01/2007 12:21:17 PM · #2 |
I've done a few where I take jpegs sequentially and convert them to gifs and make an animated gif from them. There are some free prograns that let you do that.
As far as taking the pictures, the RS-80 remote release for my 10D has a built in intervalometer which will trip the shutter on a pre-determined interval for a pre-determined number of images. I don't know what Nikon has available to do that. |
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10/01/2007 12:34:32 PM · #3 |
Get yourself a copy of Nikon Camera Control. It has the feature to set up for incremental exposures...
I am doing a planned 3 hour time-lapse today.
The Plan is to shoot 1 image every 4 seconds. That would get me 2700 images.
They would be imported into Final Cut pro and rendered at 24 FPS giving me a little less than 2 minutes of video. We will see how it goes
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10/01/2007 12:36:28 PM · #4 |
I use the method described by Spaz, though I use the Canon remote timer to trigger the cam. Then convert the images using a batch convert program that automatically builds an animated GIF. I have also created quicktime or mpeg movies, but they tend to be pretty large. Here are a few of my astro animations, and a still composite done from a time lapse below:
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10/01/2007 12:49:30 PM · #5 |
My teacher is supposedly the best time lapse photographer in the world. He made a quick tutorial on his website here.
I found it extremely helpful. And while you're there, look at his time lapse video. It's sick.
Tom |
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10/01/2007 01:04:14 PM · #6 |
You have a choice of 100's of programs that will create animations.
As for the photo taking part. Getting a remote with the built in timer is the best way to work. Main reason is, If you have your shot lined up and you decide to change the settings in the middle of shooting several frames, You can do so without disrupting the camera or knocking your shot out of frame. Camera Control works good for this as well but you will need a computer hooked up to the camera to use it.
Camera Control has a trial version you can download at Nikon's Web Site, You can also order it from them for 70 dollars. It is a very slick program for doing studio work.
ETA Link to Camera Control
Message edited by author 2007-10-01 13:11:22.
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