Advice on Time Laps photography please

[realspeed]

Let me explain. My Nikon cameras the setting up of timelapse seemed to me colmplicated. Now i have the lumix compace and the sony camcorder
the setup looks a lot easier.
So diving in feet first I noticed the other day a flowerhead closed up in the evening so me being not so clever decided to try and capture this happening.
I have no problem in how many shots to take, it is the inteval timer between shots that I have no Idea about.
So at the moment I have set up the two cameras taking shots at a different time frame.
My question is there any guide lines can folllow or is it hit and miss and down to experience

 

[Nod]

It depends on how long it takes the flower to close and how long you want the final clip to run for.

 

[Krisstiffer]

And the frame rate you want for the final video.....
Substitute the numbers that apply to you but in principle:
Say you want a 10 second clip at 24fps - that’s 240 frames or shots you want to take.
Then, say the flower takes 2 hours to close, you want those 240 frames to be spread over 120 minutes. So that’s 2 frames per minute i.e. 1 frame every 30 seconds.

 

[realspeed]

Thank you very much Chris. I did a rough guess and set yesterday evening the camera as below



so about right. not bad for a guess. My editing was a part failure as the flower head although closed but not enough to capture properly.

this is what i was attempting



and only managed this Think from the camcorder

View: https://youtu.be/dWCxrjQwAqM

 

[Nod]

I'd go for a much longer duration with a timepiece in shot so I'd know when the flower started to close and how long it took it to do so. Next day, I'd adjust the settings to get the desired length of clip and capture the whole event. I'd also be tempted to get a similar plant and keep it in a pot next year so I could have better control over the lighting and keep it out of the wind for the purposes of the shoot.

 

[realspeed]

I'd go for a much longer duration with a timepiece in shot so I'd know when the flower started to close and how long it took it to do so. Next day, I'd adjust the settings to get the desired length of clip and capture the whole event. I'd also be tempted to get a similar plant and keep it in a pot next year so I could have better control over the lighting and keep it out of the wind for the purposes of the shoot.

good advice thank you. of course it all depends on the weather and if I want to try again for such little movement