SERIF MOVIEPLUS X6 FOR BEGINNERS MANUAL
Set your camera to manual focus, and pre-focus before you start the recording sequence. The light weight of this set up enabled me to move to various locations over the course of an afternoon and shoot several sequences.Īfter this it is simply a question of finding a subject and location that is appealing and setting to work, making sure that the batteries in both the camera (and intervalometer if required) are fully charged or you have a mains supply handy.ġ.
For my project I used a cheap Lidl flexible leg tripod in the style of a small gorillapod and my Fuji HS20EXR which is light enough to use with it. A tripod or other stable platform for the camera. The interval shooting menu on my Pentax K5:Ģ. If not, you can still do longer interval time lapse projects, but you will need dedication to the cause, a decent alarm clock or stop watch, and a cable or other remote release.Ī JJC remote release and intervalometer with Fuji HS20EXR: Check your camera’s manual to find out if either of these apply. A camera that either has an intervalometer built into it, or a camera that can be controlled by an external intervalometer (these are easy to find as after market products the one for my Fuji HS20 EXR came from an eBay seller for around £20). What you will need to capture the sequence of framesġ. So, how do you go about creating your time lapse masterpiece, or in my case first stab for a bit of fun?
You can, of course, take time lapse images over hours, days, weeks or even months and years, but I reckon you’d need a lot of patience for the final few of those time scales. Given my time restraints, I limited myself to recording the movements of the crowds and traffic over a very short time frame. On my recent trip to New York I took the opportunity to play around a little with some time lapse photography. or How I Spent an Afternoon in the Big Apple.