Time lapse

[pawj112]

Anyone know what the different settings mean for time lapse? 1, 5, and 10sec. Thanks.

 

[B. Diddy]

You can shoot a time lapse video with the video camera taking shots at those intervals. Try taking a video of anything moving at the 1 sec interval, and you can see what out looks like. Make sure you shoot for at least 15-20 seconds to get a good effect.

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[pawj112]

Thanks for the reply, but what do the different settings do? For example if i take 3 five minute videos, one set at 1sec, one set at 5 sec, and the last at 10sec what would the difference be? I just need to experiment just haven't had a chance. Thanks again.

 

[B. Diddy]

So with the 1 second interval, the videocam takes a shot once every second (instead of every 1/30th of a second, the usual frame rate for a normal video). Let's say you aim your camera at a person walking slowly past you, and start taking a video. You need to keep the camera stationary this whole time. The camera records a frame every second, but when you play it back, the frames are played back at the normal speed of 30 frames/second . So it looks like the person is zipping past.

If you took a video at a longer interval (say, 10 seconds), then you could speed up the progression of some naturally slow process, like an ice cream cone melting. Keep in mind that you have to keep the camera stationary when taking a time lapse video, so you'd need a tripod or something similar. So if you aim the camera at the ice cream cone and hit record, it records a frame every 10 seconds If you let it record for 10 minutes, it's taken 60 frames, and the ice cream cone is probably mostly melted. When you play the video back, those 60 frames are played at 30 frames/second, essentially speeding up the melting process on video.

Make sense?

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[Super Turtleman]

So with the 1 second interval, the videocam takes a shot once every second (instead of every 1/30th of a second, the usual frame rate for a normal video). Let's say you aim your camera at a person walking slowly past you, and start taking a video. You need to keep the camera stationary this whole time. The camera records a frame every second, but when you play it back, the frames are played back at the normal speed of 30 frames/second . So it looks like the person is zipping past.

If you took a video at a longer interval (say, 10 seconds), then you could speed up the progression of some naturally slow process, like an ice cream cone melting. Keep in mind that you have to keep the camera stationary when taking a time lapse video, so you'd need a tripod or something similar. So if you aim the camera at the ice cream cone and hit record, it records a frame every 10 seconds If you let it record for 10 minutes, it's taken 60 frames, and the ice cream cone is probably mostly melted. When you play the video back, those 60 frames are played at 30 frames/second, essentially speeding up the melting process on video.

Make sense?

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Makes sense to me. You're quite the people person aren't you?

 

[B. Diddy]

As I mentioned in another thread, I aims to please!

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[pawj112]

Great info thank you