Time-Laspe

dandantheadminman · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject: Time-Laspe

Just wondering but can you do time-laspe shots with entry level DSLRs like the D50?

just wondering cause i love time laspes, dun a few with a video camera, but it eats battery, and want to do them properly with a still camera.

thnx

JMK33 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

By time lapse, do you mean long exposure time? Or the multi frame shots showing progression throughout the frames?
If you're talking about long exposure, go into priority shutter speed mode, and make the shutter speed around 25" to start.

dandantheadminman · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:13 pm Post subject:

i mean like how they show sunrises and stuff in a liek 10 sec movie
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JMK33 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

Oh I know what your talking about.
You need a high speed camera for that. You basically just mount it somewhere and hit record, and it will record untill you hit stop. And then you replay it , and you can see the whole days events in the segment length that you choose.
Hope that helps...?
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dandantheadminman · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject:

yeh thats what i mean, yeh how to you leave the shutter button down for all that time??
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JMK33 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject:

dandantheadminman · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject:

ooo ok,

yeh cause i had a look on my p1 and there a setting that lets you do bad quality time leaspes but you have have the button held down which sucks
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JMK33 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject:

dandantheadminman · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject:

ok, i guess ill have to wait for th eD50, thnx for the help
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JMK33 · Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

mikedeere · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:29 am Post subject:

To do a time lapse like you describe, you need to set the camera to take many photos (not a long exposure) at set intervals so you can then put each frame together as a short video.

I don't know about the D50, but with my D70 you can use Nikon Capture 4 Software to record time lapse images at intervals of your choice directly to hard-drive rather than memory card.

For all-day shooting I'd recommend intervals of about 30-60 seconds between each photo, and set the camera to a mode that measures exposure automatically as it is liable to change throughout the day.

I've found a link to the software being used in a test for the D2H, but it can be used with many other Nikon cameras. Make sure the cameras USB mode is set to PTP too. Hope that helps!

dandantheadminman · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:44 am Post subject:

yeh it does, Ill def be trying some of them, for like sunrises and stuff maybe, once my d50 comes...
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mikedeere · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject:

When is it due to arrive?

I've been wanting to do some time lapse stuff too, with winter coming in I might try some as shorter days would be easier to work with given battery life etc...

Actually I just remembered something I've been meaning to try, a time lapse of a whole day looking at Spinnaker Tower. We'll see.

dandantheadminman · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject:

2 or 3 weeks

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