100B and Time Lapse/Slow Motion

dj_hype

dj_hype

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I've been searching around for a while trying to figure out how to do some time lapse footage with my new 100B and haven't found any answers as of yet. I know I can just record normally for a while and then speed it up in post but what do you do if you need 6-7hours worth of time lapse (nature type stuff)? go thru 6 or 7 tapes?

anyway. if anyone knows any way to do it I'd be more than happy to listen.

ohh and as a side note, what about smooth slow motion stuff? like how do you achieve a smooth slow motion sequence? just slow it down in FCP or is there some camera settings I should look at?

if these questions are answered in the Barry Green book, sorry, I just got my camera and am still awaiting it's arrival. thanks guys!
 
I cant think of any way other then just rolling the camera for a few hours and changing the tape when it needs to be changed. If you have a laptop, you could stream the video into it and capture, eliminating the need to change tape. AS for slow mo, if you have AE use the pixlemotion with 30p footage shot at about 1/120 sutter speed. If you dont have AE, soot 60i and slow it down to 40% in a 24p timeline.
 
dj_hype said:
Awesome. Thanks.
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in the DVX-100A there was a function called Interval Recording that would
have the camera record an image every x# of secs for x#secs. for example you
could set it up so that every 15 secs it would record an shot lasting 2 secs. So that
if you wanted to shoot a setting of a rock show you could set up you cam on a tripod
and leave it on this function for 8 hours and it would capture it. But for some
stupid reason the took off this function in the DXX 100B. The dealer where i bought
my camera was dumbfounded as to why panasonic remove this VERY useful fuction
in the 100B.

stef./.\
 
they took it off?? why?! seems a bit crazy - it works well on the 100a. im about to change to a 100b, but i did not realise that! tis a shame, for sure.
 
THey removed it because of the new "improved" tape drive, which is physically stronger, and I think its like less prone to errors or something. What you should do is keep the A as a backup camera and for doing timelaps stuff. Something else to keep in mind tho, if you shoot it in realitime you have alot more freedom with the speeds of the timelaps.
 
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