Kessler MOTION CONTROL: Oracle Controller Full (3.02 SL) - Manual (Page 39)

TIME LAPSE HELP GUIDE
Basic guidelines to follow for a quick how-to on time lapse.
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Set lens to manual focus
• Disable IS (Image Stabilization) on lens
• Set camera to manual mode
• To focus at night use a laser dot
• White Balance Set to Manual (Normally 5500 K - Daylight)
• Choose shooting format: RAW or JPEG
• Format card
• Set camera to Live View to determine your framing,
exposure and focus using the zoom button – Set to
exposure simulation (not movie mode) so you can adjust the
shutter slower than 1/24th
• Keep camera in Live View the whole timelapse so the mirror
will stay locked up. Drains more battery but less headache than
using mirror lockup which requires you to calculate the
intervals differently since the first interval rotation will lock the
mirror up and the second interval rotation will take the
picture calculating the intervals. Important for the mirror to
be locked up to avoid it from causing blur in a long exposure
• Make sure batteries are charged
• In bright light, use an ND filter so you can stop down without
over exposure. Now you can slow the shutter for a smoother
play back.
• Number of pictures for a Time Lapse:
One way to determine this is think about how long you want
your final time lapse video clip to be. If you want the final
video to be 30 seconds and you are going to shoot at
24 fps you would take 24 x 30 =720 pictures. This is a good
starting point but if you are shooting fast exposures and you
have the pictures too far apart the time-lapse could
look choppy so when it doubt take more photos so the
delay between them will be smaller. You can always speed up
the clip in post if it is too long.
FOR TIME LAPSE DISCUSSION VISIT:
www.timelapse.kessleru.com
A GREAT BLOG ABOUT TIMELAPSE:
“Filming Astro Time Lapse with Tom Lowe”
blog.tylerginter.com/?p=562
www.timescapes.org
by Tom Lowe
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