Time Lapse

b****r, just checked the software I downloaded ages ago, and it does time lapse. One problem - it saves pictures to the tablet, not my memory card in the camera (meaning it doesn't save RAW)
 
Always intrigued by time lapse (especially time lapse with Tilt Shift). I have Magic Lantern installed on my D550 which has a time lapse mode, I have just never been somewhere interesting long enough to make use of it. I wonder what these videos would look like if processed by Microsofts (or instagrams) Hyperlapse or if it would make any difference at all.
 
I have always been intrigued to how bad it can be to do time lapse for a camera. In day light it is advised to take an exposure every 2 seconde at the least. It means that for a 5h timelapse you would take 30actuaction per minutes x 60minute per hour x 5hours= 9000actuations! Imagine in summer shoting a summer day from sunrise to sunset, 18h of timelapse would take 32000+ actuations. It must be really quick to put a lot on the clock of your camera body!!! Better use something more dedicated like a go pro?

However I'm really interested in night time lapse where the number of frame is limited by the longer length of the exposure. I have just bough an intervalometer so I'm hoping to try this pretty soon. But although this will require less actuations, will this be something still has tough on the sensor? Is there a risk to take in consideration before starting?
 
I do a lot of time lapse and hyper lapse work day and night...I love it:D A hyper lapse is a time lapse but with a lot more movement, by moving the camera/tripod each frame and recomposing the shot, all within the few seconds between intervals. Afterwards no matter how well you do it all needs stabilized with post processing. I use Premiere Pro CS6 or After Effects CS6 for all my timelapse/hyperlapse stuff.

If you want some good free software check out LRT Timelapse. Great piece of kit but your only limited till 400shots with the free version, the paid versions isn't very much if you decide you like it. Have a look on youtube, lots of very good tutorials for it and most of them are done by the creator.

Their facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/lrtimelapse

Website/forum... http://lrtimelapse.com/

Here's a page for hyperlapse stuff if you're interested https://www.facebook.com/groups/DSLR.Hyperlapse/ Loads of good examples on there with different techniques.
 
I have access to the full Adobe creative cloud suite, so have PP and AE. Would be interesting to know more about what post processing you go through
 
RandomlySet said:
I have access to the full Adobe creative cloud suite, so have PP and AE. Would be interesting to know more about what post processing you go through
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I mainly juse process it like normal photos but as a big batch for each sequence in lightroom. My actual processing in lightroom will just depends on he scene, I prefer to get things how I like them in camera first so I just tweak contrast and a few other sliders...nothing special lol

After I get the photos looking how I want them.in lightroom I just import them into after effects as a sequence. From there its just a case of editing the clips and add a soundtrack. Fairly simple sinice you use all the same software.
 
Lemaildetom said:
I have always been intrigued to how bad it can be to do time lapse for a camera. In day light it is advised to take an exposure every 2 seconde at the least. It means that for a 5h timelapse you would take 30actuaction per minutes x 60minute per hour x 5hours= 9000actuations! Imagine in summer shoting a summer day from sunrise to sunset, 18h of timelapse would take 32000+ actuations. It must be really quick to put a lot on the clock of your camera body!!! Better use something more dedicated like a go pro?

However I'm really interested in night time lapse where the number of frame is limited by the longer length of the exposure. I have just bough an intervalometer so I'm hoping to try this pretty soon. But although this will require less actuations, will this be something still has tough on the sensor? Is there a risk to take in consideration before starting?
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Time lapses at night are pretty fun if I'm honest. Because of the long exposure I normally don't set any interval between shots. I have magic lantern on my 550d and the built in intervalometer says "take pics like crazy" lol
 
Has anyone used After Effects to create a timelapse yet. I have read all the guides and still none the wiser. Not quite sure what I need to do
 
Not for time lapse as not had the chance yet, but I have used it to create our company's opening video title
 
After Effects is great for straightening the shots in Hyperlapses. I strongly recommend LR Timelapse, it is very intuitive and extremely helpful, especially with different exposures (day-night transitions, etc.). Here's a project we've been working on with a friend of mine for 7 months:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfGow9erSE
 
Just watched that on my phone. Amazing.

Will watch on the TV tomorrow or better yet, try it on our IT Manager's 4k display board
 
i must admit - i have only watched it in a full 4K glory few days ago (i have upgraded my iMac to 5K), and it looks even better than i've expected :D
 
Fazi27 said:
After Effects is great for straightening the shots in Hyperlapses. I strongly recommend LR Timelapse, it is very intuitive and extremely helpful, especially with different exposures (day-night transitions, etc.). Here's a project we've been working on with a friend of mine for 7 months:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfGow9erSE
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Just watched it on youtube, you must have worn your camera out taking all the shots for that. Super work!
 
madmackem said:
Just watched it on youtube, you must have worn your camera out taking all the shots for that. Super work!
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Thanks! It was a brand new camera (d7200) bought especially for the project, i believe it had around 30k clicks when we finished it.
 
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