Interval timing d7100 (Page 2): jerryc41, hswader here. I would like to find one of those timer charts to download to my tablet. I have recently purchased an intervalometer to use in...

hswader Loc: Bedford, PA

jerryc41 wrote:

Forget the flash. Get an LED lightbulb and leave that turned on. At $5.00 for the bulb and 9.8W for electricity, it's the cheapest way to go. Otherwise, an external power supply/AC power for an external flash should work.

jerryc41, hswader here. I would like to find one of those timer charts to download to my tablet. I have recently purchased an intervalometer to use in night photography, but don't know a lot about it yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

hswader Loc: Bedford, PA

jerryc41 wrote:

Forget the flash. Get an LED lightbulb and leave that turned on. At $5.00 for the bulb and 9.8W for electricity, it's the cheapest way to go. Otherwise, an external power supply/AC power for an external flash should work.

jerryc41, hswader here. I would like to find one of those timer charts to download to my tablet. I have recently purchased an intervalometer to use in night photography, but don't know a lot about it yet. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

GreenReaper

Jerry's idea sounds like some thing that would work quite well, in fact I may give it a try myself!! As for the number of frames to shoot just remember there are two frame rates 24 fps for film and 30 fps for video. It will take that many frames for 1 second of viewing time. So far with 800 frames you have roughly 30 seconds of viewing time. I used an Olympus 5050 once with a 5.5 mp of resolution, and a 2gb CF card. At HQ res I was able to shoot for roughly eight hours on a set of rechargeable batteries. That was shooting a frame every 15 sec. I used Picasa to render the video, string everything together, and it did a great job. PM me and I'll email you a short version of what I did if you are interested. Keep smiling

BebuLamar

LoneRangeFinder wrote:

I believe the issue is the flash power-- not the camera battery. If he turns off live view, he should get 400-500 shots from a fresh OEM EN-EL15. He could then time & recharge to swap out the camera battery between exposures. With time lapse of a flower there should be plenty of time to swap out the battery

I believed the OP was using the built in flash and the camera battery ran out so the OP was thinking about using an external flash.

bdk Loc: Sanibel Fl.

first I would set up what ever lights I could find in the house and take a few shots to get the lighting correct. This way you can just let the camera shoot with out flash.

Then I would probably do 2 minute intervals
then I would swap batteries as I went to bed and again when I got up in the morning...

this video is one shot every 2 minutes over 27 hours ( hope u can see it) 2 may have to cut and paste the url

https://www.facebook.com/EdPiotrowskiWPDE/videos/10153851299512716/?pnref=story

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Google will locate time lapse charts. Here's some TL info and links.

Time Lapse with Lightroom, etc.

http://www.banakasdesigns.com/2013/03/23/create-a-time-lapse-video-using-lightroom
http://lrtimelapse.com/
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-make-time-lapse-video-ultimate-guide/
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-a-time-lapse-video-with-your-dslr

On a Mac
http://www.howcast.com/videos/358063-How-to-Make-a-TimeLapse-Movie-Using-iMovie

Philip Bloom on Time Lapse
http://philipbloom.net/2013/02/05/timelapsebasics/
http://philipbloom.net/2012/07/17/raw1/
Part I
http://philipbloom.net/2012/08/10/rawpart2/
Part II
http://philipbloom.net/2012/11/11/rawpart2-2/
Part III
http://philipbloom.net/2013/06/15/nighttoday/
http://philipbloom.net/?s=time+lapse+tutorial+preston+kanak

http://lensvid.com/technique/timelapse-photography-tutorial-back-to-basics/
Film: Chasing Ice http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/chasing-ice-experimental-cameras-and-time-lapse-recordings-chart-climate-change/60987

Time Lapse Calculations
Goal: 30 second film @ 3 second intervals @ 30 fps
Frames: 30 fps X 30 sec = 900 frames
Shooting time: 900 frames @ 1 frames every 3 seconds: 900 X 3 = 2,700 seconds
2,700 seconds /60 = 45 minutes shooting time

Link to the time lapse chart pictures below -
http://www.chatercamera.com/downloads_file/Timelapse_Chart.pdf

jbeejay80120 Loc: Littleton, Co 80120

I want to thank all UHH that posted a reply. I am making progress. The first bloom is now about 25% full, I'm going to revise my setting, change batteries etc bring lighting to a level where flash is not required. I have approx 110 shots with flash on the set of fully charged batteries and swapped out last evening. I'm going to shorten the time between shots and raise the shot count. I'll get a fresh start on the second bloom. I've had as many as 4 blooms per stalk so I'm anxious to see what this bulb will produce. I may need to set the shot count to 1000 or so for multiple blooms.

jbeejay80120 Loc: Littleton, Co 80120

Update: Decided to use manual mode and revised setup and disabled flash. I have led style bulbs. Works like a charm. Am doing more frequent shots and upped count to 800. We shall see what the bloom looks like in the AM. Quality of shots look much better without the flash. I'll not use my first 140 shots.

jbeejay80120 Loc: Littleton, Co 80120

I had to go through the learning curve and now I know you are exactly right about what is needed. No more "baby sitting" of the camera---what a vast improvement. Thanks again