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08/26/2006 05:16:33 PM · #1 |
I was bored today, so I experimented a little with making time lapse animations. My first one was about 60 frames, and I didn't set white balance so it switched in the middle of it, making it crappy. And it was only about 2 seconds long...
Then I tried again with manual white balance, and did 200 frames. This one turned out a little better, although the camera moved in some frames because I must have pushed it when I was clicking the shutter. I didn't want to waste the batteries in my remote release :P
//jonbuder.com/videos/clouds.mov (requires QuickTime 7, and a decent PC to play it back because it's 640px)
If anyone's interested in the method I used, and/or wants to try it out - I set mirror lockup and turned on self timer, so every time I clicked the shutter there would be a 2 second delay. It makes it a little easier to get uniform timing if you click it again immediately after the mirror closes. Then I set manual shutter speed, aperture and white balance, and of course set it up on a tripod. Then I just clicked away... it takes just over 8 minutes for 200 frames, so it's not too bad.
I used RAW the first time, which is too much hassle - the second time I used the smallest high-res JPG setting, with high saturation and etc.
After the shot, I copied all the files to a folder and used an AviSynth script to create a virtual video file:
ImageSource("IMG_%d.jpg", 1983, 2182 , 24, use_DevIL = false)
(you'll want to replace the 1983 and 2182 with your own file numbers, and the 24 with the FPS you want)
Then I opened it in VirtualDub, and set a Resize filter to size it to 640x427, and exported it as an uncompressed AVI. Then I just encoded it - I use Quicktime pro, but anything will work really.
If anyone has any of theirs, or better techniques, feel free to post them. |
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08/26/2006 05:22:46 PM · #2 |
That's very cool! - I love the cloud that appears out of nowhere at the end.
I tried timelapse with my coolpix. I found a piece of software which controlled the shutter via USB. I just entered what time period I wanted, and clicked 'go' and it automatically took one shot every few seconds.
Not sure if there's similar software for the Rebel - But it might make your life easier if there was. |
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08/26/2006 05:24:52 PM · #3 |
Thanks.
I think the EOS Capture utility works that way, the only problem is I don't have a laptop I can use with it. |
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08/26/2006 05:31:07 PM · #4 |
Very nice and it tells a story.
If you look in the center sky you can see that clouds are forming there and then moving off to the left. Seems there must be a "cool" patch of air there that is making the vapor "condense" in that spot.
I could be totally wrong though...I have a bio degree not the "weather" degree!
Edit: Did you notice the deer sticking his head out on the lower left at the water's edge?
Skid
Message edited by author 2006-08-26 17:32:43.
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08/26/2006 05:32:51 PM · #5 |
excellent job, i saved the file for future reference :-)
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08/26/2006 05:34:35 PM · #6 |
Nice! Thanks for sharing the video as well as the process.
Lee |
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08/26/2006 06:44:42 PM · #7 |
I've shot a bunch of these using the Canon remote timer to trigger the camera for (say) a shot every 2 minutes for a couple of hours. I usually present them as animated GIFs since the quicktime movies tend to be so large. It's a lot more work but makes them possible (for instance) for portfolio's here:
sunset |
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08/26/2006 09:02:03 PM · #8 |
| Many Canon cameras (like mine) have a built-in time-lapse function called the Intervalometer. |
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08/26/2006 09:12:51 PM · #9 |
I remember my Canon G5 had an intervalometer built in, I didn't get around to making good use of it though.
Maybe sometime I'll get the nice remote control, but I'll have to get a new camera first, right? I think I remember it only works on the 1 and 2 digit cameras. |
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08/26/2006 09:33:19 PM · #10 |
Here are three additional astronomy time-lapses I did over the last year or so. They're hosted on pBase and one of them is quite large. Beware!
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