Time laps video

[paul911]

Pinched of TP forum, but thought its too good not to share. Turn your speakers up and click.

[14-7]

Beautiful footage although some looks like it has been superimposed .

Would love to know what camera and settings were used for some of the night time footage.

The only thing I wish was on my 7D was time lapse video.

[AndWhyNot]

14-7 said:

The only thing I wish was on my 7D was time lapse video.

It is, kind of.

Timelapse is just stills photos taken at regular intervals then stitched together using (as a starting point) iMovie or Windows Movie Maker. Frame rate varies but 10fps or thereabouts is common. So, for 60 seconds worth of video you'd need 600 stills.

Motion can be introduced by mounting the camera to a dolly which travels short distances through the scene.

[Simpo Two]

AndWhyNot said:

Timelapse is just stills photos taken at regular intervals then stitched together using (as a starting point) iMovie or Windows Movie Maker. Frame rate varies but 10fps or thereabouts is common. So, for 60 seconds worth of video you'd need 600 stills.

Though that's only about half actual speed (based on video at 25fps). To really compress time you'll be taking photos at much larger intervals - I did a three-month-into-a-minute project where stills were taken at only one an hour!

[FunkyNige]

AndWhyNot said:

Motion can be introduced by mounting the camera to a dolly which travels short distances through the scene.

I think sometimes the movement is done post processing by cropping the image and moving the crop around the image.

I was looking at getting one of these for time lapse stuff, but £100+ is a tad pricey for me! I've done a few linked up to my laptop (the software that comes with Canon cameras has as interval timer on it) and was pleased with the results.

[arej]

FunkyNige said:

I was looking at getting one of these for time lapse stuff, but £100+ is a tad pricey for me!

No need to spend that much on one, go onto eBay and buy a chinese one which is as good the proper Canon ones (even the pros use them too), just search for "(your camera model) timer remote" and there will be loads from about £15 e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Timer-Remote-Shutter-Canon-5... + they look identical too mostly.

14-7 said:

The only thing I wish was on my 7D was time lapse video.

All you need to do timelapse is an intervalometer as above and a bit of software to "stitch" it together.

AndWhyNot said:

Timelapse is just stills photos taken at regular intervals then stitched together using (as a starting point) iMovie or Windows Movie Maker. Frame rate varies but 10fps or thereabouts is common. So, for 60 seconds worth of video you'd need 600 stills.

Most people for a timelapse video will go for a frame rate of about 24fps (for a cinematic look apparently) or 25/30fps etc. The video above will almost certainly be 24fps. This obviously requires a few more photos but means the video will run smoothly and not be jumpy.
Not used iMovie or Windows Movie Maker so not sure what they are like for timelapse but there are some free programs such as virtualdub to stitch your photos together or paid for programs such as Adobe After Effects (and Final Cut Pro I think).

FunkyNige said:

AndWhyNot said:

Motion can be introduced by mounting the camera to a dolly which travels short distances through the scene.

I think sometimes the movement is done post processing by cropping the image and moving the crop around the image.

The movement can be done in post processing as DSLRs will take photos with 4000ish pixels on the longest edge and HD video is 1920/1280 (for 1080p and 720p respectively) on the longest edge. Therefore effectively you have 2-3000ish pixels to move within your original photo, which can be horizontally or zooming in to the image. You cannot do longer horizontal moves, long vertical moves or panning/tilting in post processing.
The video above was done using a dolly.

14-7 said:

Would love to know what camera and settings were used for some of the night time footage.

It was done with a Canon 5DMkII (says in the comments) and the night time Milky Way settings would probably have been about 25-30s exposures (any longer and you get star trails) every 35-40s with the lens wide open and ISO1600/3200 depending on how dark it was. Given it was on top of a mountain in Spain and there are observatories there, I guess the sky is pretty dark and too see the Milky Way that vividly it would have been pretty bright to the naked eye too.

[rxtx]

The movement is from being on a dolly. The wide-field astro shots must be at least 30-second exposures per frame to get the milky way that bright.

Oh, post lag

[Jackleman]

If you guys like time lapse videos I can recommend this http://www.timescapes.org/

[4Lmike]

Jackleman said:

If you guys like time lapse videos I can recommend this http://www.timescapes.org/

Epic!

[Jackleman]

rxtx said:

The movement is from being on a dolly. The wide-field astro shots must be at least 30-second exposures per frame to get the milky way that bright.

Oh, post lag

Might have been a slider rather than a dolly possibly.

[Godzuki]

Stunning... There is something special about the night sky. Utterly beautiful.

[flat-planedCrank]

Reminded me of the time lapse video of the Icelandic volcano that erupted last year, really awesome work:

http://vimeo.com/11673745

[HoHoHo]

Washed my car today........ here

Done with a remote off eBay which is a copy of the Canon version.

Edited to add the others on this thread are a tiny bit better than mine

[nickcowen]

paul911 said:

Pinched of TP forum, but thought its too good not to share. Turn your speakers up and click.

beautiful