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stevetheipad · 2012-07-04 19:10:37

I find time lapse videos really cool, they make a slow action seem to happen really fast, and it's fun to see the smallest changes made after every frame changes. Everybody's seen the classic sunset and flower time lapses, but has anyone seen or made any cool ones that are creative and unique?

For a while I've been thinking of all the things I could record in a time lapse, and I want to try some of them, but don't have a time lapse camera. Anybody have or know of a good time lapse camera/camera that has a good time lapse feature that can be used outdoors as well as indoors?

Ecliptic · 2012-07-04 19:12:42

When I do time lapses, I use a simple camera and just use an application that takes pictures every _ seconds/minutes.

stevetheipad · 2012-07-04 19:14:52

Ecliptic wrote:
When I do time lapses, I use a simple camera and just use an application that takes pictures every _ seconds/minutes.

Like on a non-camera device? I'd do that except for my iPad doesn't have amazing quality like I want and it's not great to leave outdoors for a night.

stevetheipad · 2012-07-04 19:21:11

I've made some before but on a bad camera. hmm

jji7skyline · 2012-07-05 02:27:21

My camera can take 1 photo per 30 sec, 1, 5 or 10 min. Not very good for extra long duration time lapse but great for short ones smile

Basically, you want the exact same exposure levels, and the exact same location for each shot. Other wise you will get a jittery video.

There is also this camera that creates a time lapse automatically...

http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/ … se-camera/

slinger · 2012-07-05 05:24:19

My friend and I did that. We recorded ourselves fighting really slowly and then sped it up. That was like the funniest video I'd ever seen :p

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majormax · 2012-07-05 08:58:47

I once made a timelapse on my ipod flying over the rocky mountains.
Anyways, If you have tons of storage space, you could make a video and speed it up a ton on a normal camera.

stevetheipad · 2012-07-05 10:46:50

jji7skyline wrote:
My camera can take 1 photo per 30 sec, 1, 5 or 10 min. Not very good for extra long duration time lapse but great for short ones

Basically, you want the exact same exposure levels, and the exact same location for each shot. Other wise you will get a jittery video.

There is also this camera that creates a time lapse automatically...

http://photojojo.com/store/awesomeness/ … se-camera/

I saw that one but $140? that seems slightly overpriced. hmm

technoguyx · 2012-07-05 11:04:32

My friend's camera has such a feature and amazing picture quality, but it's really expensive and I don't even know the model. hmm Timelapses can be pretty interesting to watch though smile

stevetheipad · 2012-07-05 11:12:50

technoguyx wrote:
My friend's camera has such a feature and amazing picture quality, but it's really expensive and I don't even know the model. Timelapses can be pretty interesting to watch though

I'm thinking of getting a regular DSLR camera anyways, so I might just get one with a great time lapse feature.

Molybdenum · 2012-07-05 11:27:17

Maybe someone could make a timelapse of making a complicated scratch project?
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stevetheipad · 2012-07-05 11:31:36

Molybdenum wrote:
Maybe someone could make a timelapse of making a complicated scratch project?
{180 second rule; this is my 6th attempt posting; when it is removed (even though it probably will never be removed) we will all m9qpo) )'j6}

Screen time lapses are cool, I once made one on the newest projects section of the home page.

All4one · 2012-07-05 17:15:09

I've experimented with time lapses in the past (I've made a couple of them in the form of projects years ago), and just yesterday, I finished making a video that involved many stop-motion/time lapses.

stevetheipad · 2012-07-05 17:46:34

All4one wrote:
I've experimented with time lapses in the past (I've made a couple of them in the form of projects years ago), and just yesterday, I finished making a video that involved many stop-motion/time lapses.

Cool! big_smile

alldaykade28471 · 2012-07-05 18:05:36

I have always wanted to make a Duct tape Wallet Time Lapse, but I can't find a good free website/app to do so. Help, please?

mythbusteranimator · 2012-07-05 18:29:14

The sun moving across the sky! I wanna do that with my 3DS, but I can't position it right inside. Outside is too risky.

banana500 · 2012-07-05 18:50:12

For a timelapse, I basically record what's happening on the camera, then import it, and then I speed it up in iMovie or something. Does that count as cheating?

stevetheipad · 2012-07-05 19:01:09

banana500 wrote:
For a timelapse, I basically record what's happening on the camera, then import it, and then I speed it up in iMovie or something. Does that count as cheating?

The purpose of the time lapse movies is to speed something up, so speeding it up more may count as cheating. tongue

hdarken · 2012-07-05 21:03:36

I've made a time lapse of part of a lunar eclipse.

There was a lot of clouds blocking some of it.

Freezing · 2012-07-06 01:27:30

timelapse is fun

once i recorded myself sleeping through the night and sped it up
it was strange
i actually sat up completely at one point

jji7skyline · 2012-07-06 01:30:11

Rather than get a dedicated time lapse camera its much better just to take photos regularly over an extended period of time and then make it into a video manually using iMovie.

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