Timelapse

[parrot of doom]

I made a video

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tom.jeffs4/house/timelapse.avi

I set my D60 on the window overnight, taking a frame every 4 minutes. Unfortunately the camera didn't have enough battery power otherwise it would have run all day long.

I might try it again with the mains adaptor in it (think I have one somewhere), and hope for better weather.

PS the large thing that flicks into view on the right is one of the cats :D

[fazz81]

I like it

how do u set the camera to take pics every few mins?? is it possible on a D70?

[_dobbo_]

Nope, not with the D70. you need one of these

[parrot of doom]

I use a Canon remote for the camera, its basically a digital bulb. Its got a few options, one of which is to take a shot at a pre-defined interval. Its very good



I set the camera in Programme mode, that way it would automatically adjust the exposure to suit the shot, and not faff around with the flash

[imperialism2024]

_dobbo_ said:

Nope, not with the D70. you need one of these

Sigh... except I don't have that kind of money right now...

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

_dobbo_ said:

Nope, not with the D70. you need one of these

Can't you run a D70 tethered to a PC and achieve the same? I think Canon's supplied S/W does this so maybe the Nikon one does?

[simpo two]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Can't you run a D70 tethered to a PC and achieve the same?

Unfortunately no; tethered is regarded as a pro feature and the D70 is 'entry level'...

[docevi1]

cool little movie there!

My Canon A70 can do that via the PC - that certainly aint pro John!

[anonymous-user]

docevi1 said:

My Canon A70 can do that via the PC - that certainly aint pro John!

As we all know on the Dark Sdie, Nikon don't do things as well as Canon...

[simpo two]

Do the 300D and 350D support tethered?

[ThatPhilBrettGuy]

simpo two said:

Do the 300D and 350D support tethered?

Yes. The (free) Canon SDK actually allows you to control most Canon cameras right down to the A and IXUS series. Nikon must have an programming LIB too I guess. Gap in the market here I think!

[122.475]

This Capture 4 lets you do time lapse photography with a Nikon D70

[url]http://nikonimaging.com/global/products/software/capture4/[/url]

[simpo two]

ThatPhilBrettGuy said:

Nikon must have an programming LIB too I guess. Gap in the market here I think!

No idea what an LIB is but if you can make one, I'm sure it will sell!

122.475 said:

This Capture 4 lets you do time lapse photography with a Nikon D70

But needs at least a laptop in order to do it, which is cumbersome and I don't have one. The D70 simply isn't designed for such advanced stuff.

[borris-bear]

Out of interest how did you then use all the pictures to make an .avi file?

[fazz81]

Right, just done my first timelapse movie!
used my D70 connected to my laptop running Capture 4.
Then used Sony's Pixela software that came with my video camera to make an .mpeg file.

movie's a bit boring, just took 30 photos of the clock at 2 min intervals, but it worked, going to try and get a sunset when the weather brightens up.

Thanks for the original idea!

[_dan_]

Very good...

Love the cat at the window 9 seconds in!!