any DIY setups for time lapse on the dvx100b?

Cephalectomy

Cephalectomy

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Hey Folks!

I was just wondering if anyone has come up with some sort of timer rig that would allow for an interval recording mode for the dvx100b, the one shot take is handy but It's unfortunate that made away with the timer in the B model. I was wondering if anyone's made any sort of gizmo to push the button periodically to give the same effect. Sorry if this is a stupid question, I however thought I recalled someone doing some sort of rig for this idea in the past, however when I did a seach I didn't find anything. Anyways, please let me know if anyone knows of something or has any suggestions :)
 
I've seen diagrams for DIY zoom controllers with start/stop buttons on them. Seems like it wouldn't be too hard for someone who knows what they're doing with electronics to come up with a small timer circuit to start and stop the camera at regular intervals.

Of course, I would have no idea how to do that. All of my soldering experience comes from kits, I'm no good at homebrewing such things. :huh:
 
I've done it by firewireing the camera to a laptop and then using a cature utility (or even the view device window with the [take picture] button in windows XP file explorer) and a marco program timed to click or hit [enter] at timed intervals.
The result is a folder full of still frames that I can just drag right to my NLE.

- Mikko
 
yeah unfortunately i don't have a laptop to do such a task. Just would be convienant to do some time lapse stuff without having to sit there and click the button every so many minutes :) i would think the action would be smoother in accurate timings too. I guess i could always just use a full tape and either cut it down or speed it up.
 
My meathod of usign a computer and macro to grab frams at fixed intervals also works with footage played back from tape.
Shoot an hour in the fild and then do the timelapse capture in post.

In fact, you can most liky change tapes during your timelapse interval, so you can get multiple hours in :)

- Mikko
 
I find the best way to get the "smoothest" timelapses, especially with clouds, is to just role tape, capture the whole thing, speed it up, and then dump the original footage.
 
Roll tape, works great:thumbup:

Important things in my timelapse setup that I couldn't shoot(comfortably) without;

-camp chair
-mp3 player or radio
-something to read
-thermos full of favorite beverage

This helps me pass the time while the tape rolls. Happy shooting:kali:
 
yeah, interval works OK for clouds, but if you want to capture people, and get that 'baraka' style crowd look, you've got to just roll on it. I shot a music video in all timelapse in college, if I can find it, I'll post it here.
 
Hmm, well it was sooooo long ago. I shop it on the TRV900, mostly in progressive mode, with interval record, (notice how some of the shots arent super smooth) A fair amount of it was rolling tape, however some shots were a mix of both, where I would roll tape for 15 minutes, then do an interval record for an hour, then roll tape for another 15 minutes or so.
 
There's an app called Scenalyzer that'll let you capture 1 frame per x frames from the tape, and then it packs those frame one after the other into an avi. So, if you used 30:1, it'd capture one frame, then skip the next 29 frames, then cap another, and so forth, putting together as a new avi file. What's nice about it is that it can speed things up way faster than your NLE can, and you end up with a much, much smaller file that gets captured (as opposed to capturing the full tape first). I am not affiliated with them at all, but I have successfully made time-lapses with my GS400 this way, and they cam out great.
 
NewyorkLion Nice job!

A friend and I did something like this before, but we juggled the footage with DVD turntables.
 
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