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09/13/2006 06:09:11 PM · #1
I want to do the following in my city. This is an inspirational video.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfqCFFvfag
Look for the hi-res version....very worth it. I found it via a torrent site.

Anyway

I just tested a one hour caputre with my Nikon D200 at every 2 seconds. Only thing is the images are at 300 dpi. Since I only want this for video I only need 72 dpi. Is there anyway to change the dpi in the camera, if there is it does'nt state it in the mannual.

thanks
09/13/2006 06:20:51 PM · #2
Don't change the dpi -- change the "size" of the image captured. One of the menus should allow you to scroll through the various sizes your camera supports -- pick 640 x 480 for standard/VHS video or 720 x 480 for widescreen video,
09/13/2006 06:23:44 PM · #3
How the heck was that done with the 20D?
09/13/2006 06:25:18 PM · #4
Oohh, the cars and stuff must have been going slow.
09/13/2006 06:26:21 PM · #5
Ya where do I change it to 640x480?

It only gives me 3 options for each quality setting except for RAW... large3872x2592, medium and small 1936x1296.
09/13/2006 06:30:16 PM · #6
Originally posted by Fibre Optix:

Ya where do I change it to 640x480?

It only gives me 3 options for each quality setting except for RAW... large3872x2592, medium and small 1936x1296.

You'll probably just shoot at the camera's lowest resolution and then batch resample all of the shots before you process into a video.
09/13/2006 06:34:15 PM · #7
Originally posted by strangeghost:

Originally posted by Fibre Optix:

Ya where do I change it to 640x480?

It only gives me 3 options for each quality setting except for RAW... large3872x2592, medium and small 1936x1296.

You'll probably just shoot at the camera's lowest resolution and then batch resample all of the shots before you process into a video.


Ya thats what I'm trying to avoid doing. Oh well.
09/13/2006 06:41:27 PM · #8
You might want to check out a camera like this -- it does high-quality video and video-size captures, and has a built-in time-lapse function (the "Intervalometer"). Your dSLR is not intended as a video capture device.
09/13/2006 06:47:25 PM · #9
Looks like Abobe Elements does a good job of resizing it to 640x480.
09/13/2006 06:57:58 PM · #10
Here's the guy's topic on DVXUser, he answers a lot of questions about it.
//www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=64339

And the original URL:
//www.599productions.com/599/HD%20Media.html

It was posted on Digg a while ago, that's where I got the links. Awesome work definitely, I wish my camera supported the timer remote but it doesn't, and I don't have a laptop to do time lapses.
09/13/2006 07:19:30 PM · #11
He says on that thread that he uses a 2 second shutter speed, and takes the next photo as soon as the shutter closes (i.e. no delay between shots) - Which explains how he gets that 'smooth' motion effect.
09/13/2006 07:48:06 PM · #12
And how about this one, the Reno Balloon Race, in time-lapse;

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyyCcjbrWOM
09/13/2006 07:48:47 PM · #13
i have actually been experimenting eith claymation recently, and i just shoot full rez, batch the files to 640px to make a low rez video, and if i like it i go back later and make one with the fulll files. you can put the images together in quicktime pro, but i like to use flash, even though it takes longer, because there are more options. so the batch in photoshop does very well for me, and i can give you steps if you dont know how. good luck!
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