DIY camera slider for time lapse
May 18, 2015 13:17:39 #
Completed one of my spring projects, to build a camera slider for time lapse work. This is based on the design of Jeff Tolentino, but I have "improved" it for my interests. Uses a 9V battery for power, a PWM motor controller and a Tamiya 6-speed gearbox. If I like the results, I may upgrade to a "real" camera slider system. My first trial slider time lapse is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQxkdrgVKU, so I think I'm on the right track. Comments?
May 18, 2015 13:48:25 #
That's pretty cool!
The camera motion gives it another interesting element.
How long was the actual time of the sequence?
FYI- if you take the "s" out of https, it makes the link work by just clicking on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQxkdrgVKU
The camera motion gives it another interesting element.
How long was the actual time of the sequence?
FYI- if you take the "s" out of https, it makes the link work by just clicking on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQxkdrgVKU
May 18, 2015 14:55:40 #
It was about 45 minutes real time, taken a frame every 6 seconds.
May 19, 2015 07:07:05 #
Very cool. What software did you use to make the video? Not sure what difference a "real slider system" would help. 45 minutes in 42 secs., plus title slide. Gary
dleebrick wrote:
Completed one of my spring projects, to build a camera slider for time lapse work. This is based on the design of Jeff Tolentino, but I have "improved" it for my interests. Uses a 9V battery for power, a PWM motor controller and a Tamiya 6-speed gearbox. If I like the results, I may upgrade to a "real" camera slider system. My first trial slider time lapse is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQxkdrgVKU, so I think I'm on the right track. Comments?
May 19, 2015 07:28:33 #
What, Why would you move the camera???? OH, after watching the video that movement really adds in a positive way to the "video" it is a "Ken Burns" like effect.
Electronic controlling is fun, but perhaps a draining water "clock" or motion winding string using a windup is less complicated.
Looking up... lead me to "Machine Design" magazine. A free publication, many years ago I enjoyed it... I subscribed again by PDF delivery.
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Electronic controlling is fun, but perhaps a draining water "clock" or motion winding string using a windup is less complicated.
Looking up... lead me to "Machine Design" magazine. A free publication, many years ago I enjoyed it... I subscribed again by PDF delivery.
https://www.sub-forms.com/dragon/init.do?site=PEN6095_MNland
May 19, 2015 07:35:51 #
dleebrick wrote:
Completed one of my spring projects, to build a camera slider for time lapse work. This is based on the design of Jeff Tolentino, but I have "improved" it for my interests. Uses a 9V battery for power, a PWM motor controller and a Tamiya 6-speed gearbox. If I like the results, I may upgrade to a "real" camera slider system. My first trial slider time lapse is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofQxkdrgVKU, so I think I'm on the right track. Comments?
Very nice. I like time lapse and the movement you added is the cherry on top of the sundae.
- Don
May 19, 2015 10:39:00 #
gwong1 wrote:
Very cool. What software did you use to make the video? Not sure what difference a "real slider system" would help. 45 minutes in 42 secs., plus title slide. Gary
I am also curious, as a newbie, how you combined the images into the video. That is something i am going to have to try.
May 19, 2015 10:55:29 #
I have a Windows 7 PC, so I just use the "Live Movie Maker" that comes with WIN7. I set the timing to 0.075 seconds per image and let it process the image set.
I recorded the audio separately, because the Tamiya gearbox is a little noisy, and added the audio with "Live Movie Maker" as part of generating the movie.
Of course, you can do all the photo post processing as a batch before you submit the batch for processing into a movie. When I take the set of images, I operate the camera in full manual mode so that there are no focus or exposure differences within the batch.
I recorded the audio separately, because the Tamiya gearbox is a little noisy, and added the audio with "Live Movie Maker" as part of generating the movie.
Of course, you can do all the photo post processing as a batch before you submit the batch for processing into a movie. When I take the set of images, I operate the camera in full manual mode so that there are no focus or exposure differences within the batch.
May 19, 2015 11:40:25 #
With this gear you could do a 'selfie' time-lapse - like fly-fishing down by the old mill pond.
May 19, 2015 11:46:00 #
Man, I absolutely love it when a guy does a DIY solution to a need. For some there's always the 'cubic$$' easy way out, but you've done great. Does the multi-speed gearbox mean you can vary the speed of horizontal movement?
Oh, your attached example really clarified what the machine does. Nice!
ron
Oh, your attached example really clarified what the machine does. Nice!
ron
May 19, 2015 21:55:46 #
May 19, 2015 22:22:02 #
Very nice! I grew up in Fort Collins. I still live fairly close, but the city life just wasn't for me. We are about to get a ton of prairie flowers with all of this rain!
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