Time Lapse Camera

[Weegaz]

Hi all.

 

Has anyone used a time lapse camera when their timber frame build is being erected?

 

We have one we are going to use but not sure how long to set the timer for pictures.

 

I would have thought maybe every 2/3 mins

[Construction Channel]

Take as many as possible. Size of memory card /size of picture x hours of daylight ^ you get what I mean. Try to make a days photos fill the card. More photos = better time lapse ?

[tonyshouse]

I did, videos on tonyshouse.info  used oils digital video  camera plugged into mains set to 0.5 secs overly 2 mins then edited it 

[Alex C]

You need to firstly decide what you are going to shoot, do you want to edit it, and how long do you want your final film to be. Once you have any idea on these you can look at the number of frames required.

 

If you want to stick a static camera on a pole and shoot a build for 2 weeks to produce a film of 5 minutes long it is just a bit of basic maths to work out how often to shoot frames that will be played back at 24 frames a second. If you want to edit footage then you can afford to take more stills and edit out the boring bits.

 

I find static camera time lapses pretty tedious so decided to move my camera around to get shots that would edit well to tell a story although this does take loads more effort. A couple of mine have been used on the home page of MBC. At some point I will get round to editing them properly as they were a bit of rush job, just been snowed under on my build at the moment. I shot a frame every 6 seconds as I wanted to show a level of detail in the construction. Shooting that many frames at a high definition resolution starts to really stack up on memory size after a couple of weeks so you need to be prepared for it if that is the route you want to go down.

Edited September 30, 2016 by Alex C

[Weegaz]

I like the idea of moving the camera to get different aspects of the build. I have an external hard drive so don't mind filling it up. I haven't thought about the film length, will work it out here and that might decide

[vfrdave]

What cameras are you guys using to shoot your time-lapse?

[Construction Channel]

i used a go pro,

[Weegaz]

We have this one dave

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brinno-TLC200-Green-TLC200-Green-white/dp/B006ICOK00

[Alex C]

Gopro is the easiest route as the newer ones will automatically export a composited video. I did it the old school method with a digital slr and a velocirometer (programmable shutter release) and then composited it with quicktime pro 7 which has an option to import stills to a time lapse. If you use a gopro you will need attach a power lead as the battery life is not good. If you use a waterproof case you will need to drill a hole in it to fix the power lead.

[Barney12]

If you don't want to spend as much money as a GoPro then I can recommend this little camera. I've used the time lapse in anger and it works very well. 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01FM20AFU

 

As @Alex C has said its battery life that's a drawback. Attaching a power pack is a viable option though.

 

The Brinno cameras win the day in terms of battery life. I've got this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EA1EODE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and even with a shot every 10 seconds the batteries easily outlast the max memory card size.

Which reminds me I need to put mine back up to record the autumn to winter transition of the view of our plot. Something that I've been meaning to do for several years :-/

[readiescards]

Ditto am amazed with the battery life on my Brinno MAC200DN http://www.brinno.com/outdoor-security-camera/MAC200DN