So when shooting time lapse... like this one .... how many stills per minute are they using?
I understand they have tracks and motors and crazy stuff for the movement... but if i was going to do a stationary stop motion... how many shots? I
want to say 1 pic per second... so at 30fps each minute of real life is 2 seconds of film.... but that sounds too slow... maybe 1 shot a sec,
playback at 60fps for smooth scenes... then 1 min=1second... 1hour is 1 min..... still sounds too slow... that vid seems to cram 8 hours into a 5 sec
snapshot.
i guess im curious if they shoot 1 shot/ second, run like 45fps, and then speed up the video with a program like twixtor..
i should mention my camera is a Nikon D90... should be able to do this right?
hmm thoughts?ripsessionkites - 2-2-2012 at 06:53 PM
I have shot using a photo every 2 seconds on the GOPRO and set it to 30fps in post with good effect (smooth motion). I used VirtualDub to make the
film clips. This video has a sunrise, rigging area, and sunset timelapse (the sunrise and sunset panning using an eggtimer about 15 minutes each, the
rigging area was shot on a tripod about 10 minutes??)...
http://vimeo.com/34486788
the bumps in the sunset timelapse was actually cause by the wind.Kamikuza - 2-2-2012 at 07:16 PM
The guy in the tut Rip linked to is using very high framerates compared to what the GoPro can do... you Nikon should make life a bit easier and the
output smoother
And it depends on the scene... I accidentally had the GoPro to time lapse when I went for a ride on the motorbike once. So lots of fast action between
frames each second...
With Vegas, you just dump all the photos in and (insert a quick look at a tutorial on YouTube) a quick fiddle and it's done. Basically, choosing the
correct output framerate is the key to making it watchable. Actually, looks similar to the QT Pro too...
With the bike and 1 photo/second, I think I used an output of 4fps - otherwise, it just jumped too fast and you couldn't really 'see' what was going
on.
I think the new firmware - or new GoPro - allow you to take more than 1fps, which I would use for hi-motion action.
But that's a moot point if you're using a 'real' camera Drewculous - 3-2-2012 at 06:50 AM
