First attempt at a Time Lapse

[MDP91]

Had a gander yesterday at a time lapse video using my 20D sat on my window ledge connected via USB to my MacBook Pro:

Not to bad me thinks

 

[Dafthead]

good effort fella

 

[Adam.]

Thats sweet.

What interval did you have it snapping at?

 

[Bren Rogers]

is that tracer fire at 1:55?

 

[D4N13L]

I would love to do this.

really interesting what happens in a nomal day.

 

[MDP91]

The morning part is set at every 45seconds, the second part of the video is every 30secs.

And yes I think it might be tracers as we live near various MOD training areas.

 

[Tigger]

Brilliant!

 

[D4N13L]

Im going to do this when we move this weekend. They have built a bird bath thing about 20 feet from our new house. Our 2 cats are going tohave a field day. Should make for some good action.

 

[Tigger]

:lolup: ^ Theme music going to be Sylvester & Tweety Pie?

 

[MDP91]

Another attempt at some snow overnight



Shitty lens flare though :dapprove:

 

[andywright182]

Love the idea of this. How many photos does it actually take?

 

[MDP91]

Love the idea of this. How many photos does it actually take?

Depends how long you leave it for

Both time lapse are running at 15 fps.

The first video I posted I was taking images at an interval of 30seconds, the snow time lapse I took an image every minute. I set that up at about 10pm and let it run whilst I slept through the night until roughly 10am the next morning. The snow video I was left with 693 images.

 

[Tigger]

How do you set it up to do this? might give it a go

 

[Leeshez]

Hey thats amazing. A job well done.

 

[guysy]

Interesting mate i like the vids, Also interested how you do it, i briefly looked into it... but ive forgotten.

What software was used?

 

[MDP91]

I used a piece of animation software called iStopMotion on my Mac Book Pro, all I do is:

Connect my Canon 20D using a USB cable to my Mac, whilst the software is set up ( selecting the camera as the device, rather than the default web-cam )
Place my camera on a small tripod (or books in my case due to room) on my window seal or where ever you desire.
Hit the start button and away you go.

I had to make sure that all my camera batteries are charged because unfortunately I can't run this camera straight from mains which is frustrating. Unlike my Mac, which I could leave running all year.

Might make a video on how to do it for the first time.

 

[Jason_E]

I want to try this Those videos are cool, love the one of the snow, how you can see it getting deeper. Shame about the lens flair but it's still a nice little video.