Time Lapse Photography - Advice on Equipment
Alex Threlfall
I'm trying to find a cheap and dependable solution to doing some
time lapse photography.
I have a Nikon D200 which has built in time lapse on the firmware,
but for obvious reasons I'm loathe to leave it lying arround even semi-
unattended due to it's value. (Which means the time lapse is restricted
to an hourly shot and then when I remember and am not too busy with
other stuff on site!)
Does anyone know of a cheap Digital Camera I can purchase which
will with a minimum of modification allow me to run it in a time lapse
function? I've got a budget of arround £100 (i.e. how much I'm
potentially willing to lose if someone walks off with it) and would be
looking to run it for several hours at a time. I'm thinking along the
lines of a car battery in a box, with a pole to which I can mount the
camera and cables from that to the camera with the camera taking a shot
every, say 10mins. The idea behind this is for doing a time-lapse of a
production build up which I can bundle up into a flash movie for my
clients to use on their websites.
Any input would be appreciated and valued!
Cheers,
--
Alex Threlfall
Cyberprog New Media
www.cyberprog.net
Dave
<al...@nospam.cyberprog.net> somehow managed to impart:
>Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to find a cheap and dependable solution to doing some
>time lapse photography.
[snip]
>
> Does anyone know of a cheap Digital Camera I can purchase which
>will with a minimum of modification allow me to run it in a time lapse
>function? I've got a budget of arround Ł100
[snip]
>
> Any input would be appreciated and valued!
My Pentax Optio W60 does timelapse with intervals as short as 1
second. It's more than your budget but others in the same range may
also have timelapse.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B06uCwomIvw> is one of my favourites
of Edinburgh. I haven't done any good enough yet to put on my site.
regards Dave.
<http://www.henniker.org.uk> 3300 photos especially
Edinburgh & Scotland. + 3D rendered art, old ads etc.
Délété david for email; watch the spam filters.
Alex Threlfall
dhenniker.org.uk says...
> On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:52:36 GMT, Alex Threlfall
> <al...@nospam.cyberprog.net> somehow managed to impart:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> > I'm trying to find a cheap and dependable solution to doing some
> >time lapse photography.
> [snip]
> >
> > Does anyone know of a cheap Digital Camera I can purchase which
> >will with a minimum of modification allow me to run it in a time lapse
> [snip]
> >
> > Any input would be appreciated and valued!
>
> My Pentax Optio W60 does timelapse with intervals as short as 1
> second. It's more than your budget but others in the same range may
> also have timelapse.
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B06uCwomIvw> is one of my favourites
> of Edinburgh. I haven't done any good enough yet to put on my site.
>
> regards Dave.
> <http://www.henniker.org.uk> 3300 photos especially
> Edinburgh & Scotland. + 3D rendered art, old ads etc.
> Délété david for email; watch the spam filters.
>
CHDK on it which allows for scripting of the camera's functions. But the
damn thing hasn't arrived yet :) That timelapse looks very good, but I
suspect it wasn't shot on a normal digital camera, probably on a DV
Camera or similar as the framerate seems too high.
Justin C
> My Pentax Optio W60 does timelapse with intervals as short as 1
> second. It's more than your budget but others in the same range may
> also have timelapse.
How do you get the jpgs into a movie?
Justin.
--
Justin C, by the sea.
Camer01
been thinhing about trying some time lapse photography my self, so i would
be very intrested in hearing about any sucesses or failures you encounter..
Cam.
"Alex Threlfall" <al...@nospam.cyberprog.net> wrote in message
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Hi All,
I'm trying to find a cheap and dependable solution to doing some
time lapse photography.
I have a Nikon D200 which has built in time lapse on the firmware,
but for obvious reasons I'm loathe to leave it lying arround even semi-
unattended due to it's value. (Which means the time lapse is restricted
to an hourly shot and then when I remember and am not too busy with
other stuff on site!)
Does anyone know of a cheap Digital Camera I can purchase which
will with a minimum of modification allow me to run it in a time lapse
function? I've got a budget of arround Ł100 (i.e. how much I'm
Alex Threlfall
says...
> Hi Alex,
> been thinhing about trying some time lapse photography my self, so i would
> be very intrested in hearing about any sucesses or failures you encounter..
> Cam.
> "Alex Threlfall" <al...@nospam.cyberprog.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.23cf50a0a...@text.news.virginmedia.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to find a cheap and dependable solution to doing some
> time lapse photography.
>
> I have a Nikon D200 which has built in time lapse on the firmware,
> but for obvious reasons I'm loathe to leave it lying arround even semi-
> unattended due to it's value. (Which means the time lapse is restricted
> to an hourly shot and then when I remember and am not too busy with
> other stuff on site!)
>
> Does anyone know of a cheap Digital Camera I can purchase which
> will with a minimum of modification allow me to run it in a time lapse
> potentially willing to lose if someone walks off with it) and would be
> looking to run it for several hours at a time. I'm thinking along the
> lines of a car battery in a box, with a pole to which I can mount the
> camera and cables from that to the camera with the camera taking a shot
> every, say 10mins. The idea behind this is for doing a time-lapse of a
> production build up which I can bundle up into a flash movie for my
> clients to use on their websites.
>
> Any input would be appreciated and valued!
>
> Cheers,
>
http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK
I'm using one of the scripts (Ultra Intervalometer) and it's perfect for
what I plan upon doing. Just need to tweak the power settings and work
out wether it's worth building a battery pack :)
David
Alex Threlfall <al...@nospam.cyberprog.net> wrote:
Not a photographic solution, but wouldn't it be easier and cheaper just
to insure your camera?
David