Hi all,
Does anyone know the best way to set up and run a time lapse? We're working in a hangar location, with work happening most hours of the day. Part of the challenge is capturing large objects being moved around the hangar which happens fairly infrequently, but relatively quickly. Any advice regarding set up and kit that can be used for this would be really appreciated!
Thanks!
Time Lapse
by Jo Marshall on 17th Jun 2019 Answers
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Hi. What camera/kit options have you got?
It depends on a number of factors. But doing a test and getting your calculator out is a good start.
There's 25 frames in every second of tv (if you're shooting in the UK). So it's a matter or working out how much footage you need for the final edit.
If you assume working on a 10hour day and want 10seconds of footage.
That would require 250 frames.
10 hours is 600minutes.
So that would be getting the camera to shoot 1 frame every 2.4minutes (which probably won't be possible).
That's effectively, 1 photograph every 2minutes and 30 seconds (ish). How much movement do you think will happen in the frame during that timeframe?. If what you're trying to capture is faster moving. Increase the frame capture to a shorter time span.
Of course, whatever you capture you can speed up to suit, in post. The more footage you capture, the more you have to speed up. The quicker the speed, the less likely the result will be legible to the human eye.
I'd recommend 1 frame every 30 seconds. That's going to give you around 5 seconds of footage per hour.
Obviously i can't judge as i don't know what your parameters are.
Finally, i'd suggest you get a camera that plugs into the mains, or can run off of stacked batteries for that long. Set it up and do not touch it!
Check out what Mr. Chapman has to say. There's not a lot of gaps in this dudes knowledge....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA-lGAKHODs
Thanks so much for the responses! We've gone for a good old go pro for the time being and seeing how it goes from there
This is too late for Jo, but I've had good experiences with Brinno cameras in the past, v reliable, affordable and easy to programme.