Canon 318 M - Manual (Page 23)

Single-Frame Filming
You have, no doubt, observed scenes in docu­
mentary films in which flowers fully bloom
in a very short time. These scenes are all
taken with single-frame shooting. This type
of shooting is performed mounting the
camera on a tripod and screwing a cable
release Into the single-frame release socket.
■ In single-frame filming, for better effects it
is advisable to calculate the number of
frames to be shot before shooting according
to the following expression.
Number of frames per second (18 fps] x
number of seconds > number of frames to
be shot.
For example, if the scene is to be projected
in
1 minute 20 seconds, it will require:
18 frames X 80 seconds= 1,440 frames.
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