Time Lapse Video On DSLR- Great Site(s).

Purgatory · 27 Jan 2012 at 01:39

I found this site by accident tonight and it is amazing for timelapse video. Please if you find some good ones too add them here. Thanks and enjoy

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http://dakotalapse.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/dakotalapse/videos

http://www.timescapes.org/trailer.asp

Some nice ones on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TESOPHOTOGRAPHY/videos

Timelapse Montage

http://vimeo.com/14352658

Baja California Timelapses

http://vimeo.com/11892211

clv101 · 1 Feb 2012 at 14:37

Good stuff...

So I've got a Canon 20D and a MacBook here. Is there any free software I can use to drive the camera to take one a series of photos over several hours? Then what software, also free, can I use to turn a couple thousand shots into a video?

Purgatory · 3 Jul 2012 at 06:33

Just to add another one...

About TimeScapes

TimeScapes is the work of Cinematographer Tom Lowe, and Composer Nigel John Stanford.

http://timescapes.org/

I purchased the 2560 x 1440p version of it and it is stunning

. Best content purchase I have made in a long time. Thinking about buying the soundtrack too, it really is that good.

Also have a read of this :-

Meet Tom Lowe, The Filmmaker Who Talked Back To The Pirate Bay

http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/09/meet-the-filmmaker-who-talked-back-to-the-pirate-bay/

Purgatory · 3 Jul 2012 at 06:37

clv101 said:
Good stuff...

So I've got a Canon 20D and a MacBook here. Is there any free software I can use to drive the camera to take one a series of photos over several hours? Then what software, also free, can I use to turn a couple thousand shots into a video?

clv101

I know you can get software to control the shutter and even buy like a small device to do it too that connects to the camera or even a simple timer shutter release device.

I have not got round to making a time lapse video yet, but others on here have and maybe able to point you in the right direction.

clv101 · 3 Jul 2012 at 09:06

I ended up getting a separate timer/shutter release gadget from ebay, only ~£12 compared to more like £100 for the Canon version!

Devrij · 3 Jul 2012 at 09:07

clv101 said:
Good stuff...

So I've got a Canon 20D and a MacBook here. Is there any free software I can use to drive the camera to take one a series of photos over several hours? Then what software, also free, can I use to turn a couple thousand shots into a video?

Just pick up a 12 quid timer release from amazon and you're sorted. Set your interval and number of shots and away you go. Also makes a handy shutter release for other tripod shots.

Nexus · 3 Jul 2012 at 09:16

clv101 said:
Good stuff...

So I've got a Canon 20D and a MacBook here. Is there any free software I can use to drive the camera to take one a series of photos over several hours? Then what software, also free, can I use to turn a couple thousand shots into a video?

Canon's own software that comes with the camera will do it.
You would then have to use any editing package to turn them into a video.

Purgatory · 4 Jul 2012 at 00:57

Nexus said:
Canon's own software that comes with the camera will do it.
You would then have to use any editing package to turn them into a video.

That's a really good point the software that comes with the cameras does the time lapse too, thanks for reminding me of that feature I rememebr one of the reasons I purchased the 300D a long time ago was this feature.

I may end up keeping the 300D now as a time lapse camera only and look into getting the 5DMk2 or 7D when the new firmware comes out for it that fixes the audio problems and adds new features.

Clown · 4 Jul 2012 at 06:55

I'm sure I remember posting them in the other thread

alexthecheese · 4 Jul 2012 at 11:27

They're brilliant. Wow.

Can you really get that much detail of the stars? I presume that's because of the altitude they're being taken at?

An Exception · 4 Jul 2012 at 11:31

Amazing, what are you using to move the camera position?

-|ScottFree|- · 4 Jul 2012 at 23:45

I'm a huge fan of timelapse photography. Vimeo is an amazing resource for looking at some beautiful work. Tom Lowes "Rapture" is just stunningly beautiful.

I have made a few timelapses, but nothing that I'm really happy with. I think it's far more interesting when the camera is mounted to a slider and you get lateral movement that adds interesting parallax.. I may invest in a motor driven slider, I have some interesting trips planned next year to Canada and Australia... I would love to do something at Niagra and at the Sydney opera house..

Devrij · 5 Jul 2012 at 10:47

-|ScottFree|- said:
I'm a huge fan of timelapse photography. Vimeo is an amazing resource for looking at some beautiful work. Tom Lowes "Rapture" is just stunningly beautiful.

I have made a few timelapses, but nothing that I'm really happy with. I think it's far more interesting when the camera is mounted to a slider and you get lateral movement that adds interesting parallax.. I may invest in a motor driven slider, I have some interesting trips planned next year to Canada and Australia... I would love to do something at Niagra and at the Sydney opera house..

Someone posted a thread a few pages back on how to use an egg timer to do rotation, and I reckon you could also use it to slowly pull a camera down a slider with some imagination. If you're on a budget like.