Nikon Rumors Forum » Topic: How to make an effective time lapse?

msmoto on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

msmoto — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 06:07:56 +0000

Thanks regulator... I fixed it....

Regulator75 on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

Regulator75 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 21:38:41 +0000

You mean Lapse?

parke1953 on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

parke1953 — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 20:09:43 +0000

saultv also take a look at dynamicperseption.com they have some how to vids. They are trying to sell their dollies but have some good info. How to figure out times and number of shots. Might help. I liked it and I want one.

saultv on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

saultv — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:19:31 +0000

ahh...and editing the sequence in Final Cut Pro 10.0.4

Yetibuddha on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

Yetibuddha — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:36:15 +0000

Saulty,

There are lots of sites on the web dealing with timelapse photos. search vimeo and youtube for tutorials. Try using the intervalometer built in to the D7000. Not sure what you are shooting timelapses of. For clouds, I use an interval of 3 seconds and shoot 300-400 images, which at 24fps makes 12-15 seconds of timelapse. of course you can do more.

For star timelapses, you can try the same number of shots. I use f2.8 or so, an ISO of 2000, a 20 second exposure and 30 second interval. If you want to turn the star timelapse into star trails, do use as Jonnyapple suggests startrails.exe, its free. You can use LR 4 to also make timelapse movies. A program called LRTimelapse will help you make timelapse movies while also using LR 4.

These are better ways to create a timelapse, I think, than using the inhouse video in the D7000, although others might think differently.

Have fun.

saultv on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

saultv — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:15:35 +0000

ahh...and editing the sequence in Final Cut Pro 10.0.4

saultv on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

saultv — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:13:12 +0000

HI golf007sd, I am shooting D7000 1920x1080 24p.

golf007sd on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

golf007sd — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 03:38:25 +0000

@saultv: What gear are you using?

jonnyapple on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

jonnyapple — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:20:30 +0000

I posted some settings here using free software http://nikonrumors.com/forum/topic.php?id=2049
Try a program called star trails that is also free. I don't remember that working as well as ffmpeg, though.

saultv on "How to make an effective time lapse?"

saultv — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:55:04 +0000

I would like to know how is the right way to make an effective time laps recording. I made one following the user's manual indications but every shot results of 4 seconds long and to see it runs the sequence in high speed I cut them by the half, two seconds long, and it works, but I would like load all the sequence of shots into the time lime in frames of short time to see the object recorded floating as I usually admire this kind of effect. Am I making some mistake in the settings configurations? Thanks to all.