Comments on: How I Made a Time Lapse Movie with My DSLR http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:28:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: DavidKC http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-67717 DavidKC Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:48:26 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-67717 Great timelapse and very helpful information! My beginners attempt at a clouds and lake timelapse, with camera settings: <a href="http://www.kcnetlink.com/macbookpro/nikond40camera/timelapsephotography/wycolakecloudstimelapse.cfm" title="Valley Clouds and Lake Time Lapse" rel="nofollow">Valley Clouds and Lake Time Lapse</a> Great timelapse and very helpful information! My beginners attempt at a clouds and lake timelapse, with camera settings:
Valley Clouds and Lake Time Lapse

]]> By: vaaern http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-65177 vaaern Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:30:54 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-65177 mm, and I was thinking my time lapses were good!!! This is simply amazing!!! but I have a question! Is it dangerous to leave your camera on for a few hours? or is it beter to keep doing this with my mobile phone? mm, and I was thinking my time lapses were good!!! This is simply amazing!!! but I have a question! Is it dangerous to leave your camera on for a few hours? or is it beter to keep doing this with my mobile phone?

]]> By: afton badger http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-54826 afton badger Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:30:38 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-54826 loved it, thanks so much for shareing. loved it, thanks so much for shareing.

]]> By: Undergroundphoto http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-53880 Undergroundphoto Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:12:03 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-53880 i made some time lapse stuff on you tube www.youtube.com/user/Undergroundphoto i made some time lapse stuff on you tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/Undergroundphoto

]]> By: Tony Bullard http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-43584 Tony Bullard Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:45:30 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-43584 Answering my own question: I found Virtual Dub, which is completely free. It seems to have to covert the files to TGA files to make an .avi with the images, but that's pretty easy using irfanView. Just "Open Video" and select image sequence from the drop down menu, and select your first file. From there it's pretty easy. Answering my own question:
I found Virtual Dub, which is completely free.
It seems to have to covert the files to TGA files to make an .avi with the images, but that’s pretty easy using irfanView.

Just “Open Video” and select image sequence from the drop down menu, and select your first file. From there it’s pretty easy.

]]> By: Tony Bullard http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-43583 Tony Bullard Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:14:29 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-43583 Anyone know of a program other than QT Pro? It seems this functionality goes in and out depending on the release you have, and they don't support PCs at all. Anyone know of a program other than QT Pro? It seems this functionality goes in and out depending on the release you have, and they don’t support PCs at all.

]]> By: Nicholas http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-39662 Nicholas Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:25:24 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-39662 Breathtaking timelapses! I am however a little confused as to why you'd waste valuable resolution by downsizing all your photos to 1080p. You do realise you can use a video editing program such as Final Cut or Premiere Pro to actually pan and zoom over the full-resolution time lapse sequence (since the 1080p window is smaller than the resolution of the photos you use)? With this method you can actually achieve "fake" panning and zooming without any kind of special camera tripod at all. (Yes this isn't as good as your 360-degree pans obviously, but it's an excellent budget way of doing things for those starting out.) Breathtaking timelapses!

I am however a little confused as to why you’d waste valuable resolution by downsizing all your photos to 1080p. You do realise you can use a video editing program such as Final Cut or Premiere Pro to actually pan and zoom over the full-resolution time lapse sequence (since the 1080p window is smaller than the resolution of the photos you use)? With this method you can actually achieve “fake” panning and zooming without any kind of special camera tripod at all. (Yes this isn’t as good as your 360-degree pans obviously, but it’s an excellent budget way of doing things for those starting out.)

]]> By: George http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-37091 George Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:05:14 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-37091 Hi all, You don't even have to have a camera with built in time lapse facility, just one that can be controlled via USB. I have a Nikon 40D, you just need the control program and a laptop. The program is Nikon Camera Control Pro. You have complete control over the camera from your laptop. I just shot a cactus flower opening in the morning, about 360 shots, one every 30 seconds. If I can do it, anyone can :-) Hi all,
You don’t even have to have a camera with built in time lapse facility, just one that can be controlled via USB. I have a Nikon 40D, you just need the control program and a laptop.
The program is Nikon Camera Control Pro. You have complete control over the camera from your laptop.
I just shot a cactus flower opening in the morning, about 360 shots, one every 30 seconds. If I can do it, anyone can :-)

]]> By: Djuna http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-32104 Djuna Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:58:46 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-32104 Thanks so much for sharing. In answer to some comments: 1) Russel Brown makes nice free scripts to help automate resizing and movie-making via Adobe Bridge. Google "Dr. Brown's Services". 2) The Nikon MC-36 cable release doubles an intervalometer (time lapse machine). 3) Replacing the shutter on a dSLR costs a couple hundred bucks -- a fraction of the price of the camera. My professional grade Nikons are rated to around 300,000 releases. I've exceeded that on my D200, and it's still clicking away just fine. Happy shooting! Thanks so much for sharing. In answer to some comments:

1) Russel Brown makes nice free scripts to help automate resizing and movie-making via Adobe Bridge. Google “Dr. Brown’s Services”.

2) The Nikon MC-36 cable release doubles an intervalometer (time lapse machine).

3) Replacing the shutter on a dSLR costs a couple hundred bucks — a fraction of the price of the camera. My professional grade Nikons are rated to around 300,000 releases. I’ve exceeded that on my D200, and it’s still clicking away just fine.

Happy shooting!

]]> By: ziad http://digital-photography-school.com/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/comment-page-1#comment-30549 ziad Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:27:56 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-i-made-a-time-lapse-movie-with-my-dslr/#comment-30549 @Timo: I know the 30D and similar cameras from Canon have a life cycle of about 100,000. The higher end models are double that!!! @Timo: I know the 30D and similar cameras from Canon have a life cycle of about 100,000. The higher end models are double that!!!

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