ZazaCast
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Thanks... I'm going to have to try this one. :beer:
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Thanks... I'm going to have to try this one. :beer:
Zaza,
Here is a video of a larger timelapse slider rig, it's kind of like what I was talking about in a previous post but his is not very mobile. I found a cordless drill that can vary speed from 1 RPM to 700RPM to use instead of the complicated stepper motor and controller, also I could use it for vertical shots to go up or down the cactus (refering to his video) and not just left to right.
Check out his video, on his vimeo page he has some really sweet time lapse videos using his home made rig.
http://vimeo.com/3101098?pg=embed&sec=3101098
Here is a video of a larger timelapse slider rig, it's kind of like what I was talking about in a previous post but his is not very mobile. I found a cordless drill that can vary speed from 1 RPM to 700RPM to use instead of the complicated stepper motor and controller, also I could use it for vertical shots to go up or down the cactus (refering to his video) and not just left to right.
Check out his video, on his vimeo page he has some really sweet time lapse videos using his home made rig.
http://vimeo.com/3101098?pg=embed&sec=3101098
ZazaCast
Major Contributor
Yes... I've see this stuff before...just awesome (and I love Pink Floyd too!). Now I see what you're talking about. I still can't get it straight in my head how he creates those cool timelapse videos. I guess it's just tiny move, take a picture, tiny move, take a picture, etc... and put it all together? I don't see why you couldn't do this with the igus stuff...and I've been thinking about the vertical too. Please make something, so I can copy it!
I CAN do it with the Igus stuff and better! It's why I'm so happy to have found your thread.
What he does is set the timer on his stepper motor to go so slow it would take a preset time probably around 4-5 hours (for the night dolly start shots) for the camera to move the 5 feet all the way to the other end of the slider while he sets his cam to take a pic every 5 sec, depends on how long he wants his video to be, 1 sec shots it will be long, one shot every 10 sec it will make the video 10 times shorter. You do have to bring a calculator with you to plan moving time lapses.
The beauty of yours is vertical movement is possible along with overhead upside down shots and it's cheaper and better! I'll bet he spent a couple thousand dollars on that rig with all the aluminum, maybe more.
The stepper motor or power drill on high speed could give your shots a perfectly constant speed with the ability to reverse it as soon as it gets to the end.
I'm still brain storming on this and would love to have two 12 footers hooked together to go down the side of a building for a vertical shot, or up it if I want to.
I'm about tempted to lay down 10 12 footers for a 120 foot nightscape shot through some cool terrain not far from where I live for a killer nightscape video.
The possibilities keep getting better and better for this.
What he does is set the timer on his stepper motor to go so slow it would take a preset time probably around 4-5 hours (for the night dolly start shots) for the camera to move the 5 feet all the way to the other end of the slider while he sets his cam to take a pic every 5 sec, depends on how long he wants his video to be, 1 sec shots it will be long, one shot every 10 sec it will make the video 10 times shorter. You do have to bring a calculator with you to plan moving time lapses.
The beauty of yours is vertical movement is possible along with overhead upside down shots and it's cheaper and better! I'll bet he spent a couple thousand dollars on that rig with all the aluminum, maybe more.
The stepper motor or power drill on high speed could give your shots a perfectly constant speed with the ability to reverse it as soon as it gets to the end.
I'm still brain storming on this and would love to have two 12 footers hooked together to go down the side of a building for a vertical shot, or up it if I want to.
I'm about tempted to lay down 10 12 footers for a 120 foot nightscape shot through some cool terrain not far from where I live for a killer nightscape video.
The possibilities keep getting better and better for this.
ZazaCast
Major Contributor
Ouch..this is a 'NO MATH ZONE', my simple mind hurts to think about this... but now I get it. Thanks for explaining it to me.:beer:
...but I thought you need it to move very slow? .... now my head is going to explode!
For the time lapse shots yes, slow. For the normal shots much faster. That's the beauty of using something like a variable speed drill / motor, you can pick any speed you want for what ever the shot requires. I'm not going to build this rig for one specific shot but it'll be a "multi tool" for many shots / speeds for my VDSLR and other small cams.
Lots of uses for this thing, you should have Igus pay you royalties
:beer:
ZazaCast
Major Contributor
Lots of uses for this thing, you should have Igus pay you royalties
Yeah... I wish. I think I've sold a lot of product for them.
I really want to see what you build...I want one too.:beer:
On my schedule it might take me a month or two to get it they way I want it. Good thing is if it's a disaster I'll only be out a couple hundred bucks and end up with a sweet Zaza slider.
I'm researching stepper motors and controllers right now before I rule them in or out. Also I found a motorized telescope head that can be set to pan 90 degrees in 2-3 hours to put on top this thing for sliding & panning time lapse stuff.
Oh, sorry about more math, or numbers. It'll pan from north to east
Zephyrnoid
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something just occurred to me. If we're talking time-lapse or even 'multi-image' takes at frame rates of say 1/second then why are we talking about video at all? All that can easily be done with a still cam and deliver much higher resolution files. Essentially full frame digicams like the Canon Mk5II can accomplish this.
slimchrisp
Well-known member
that's actually what tom used in his joshua tree shots.
ZazaCast
Major Contributor
Yes... I want to use my D90 for some timelapse...if I can figure out the math.:huh:
ZazaCast
Major Contributor
You can always PM Ahnar if you have math problems
true...true...(actually, I was a math major in school...use it so much on a daily basis I just want to get out and shoot...no worries...you know what I mean?)
Zephyrnoid
Veteran
What math? If your camera has a time lapse delay feature then it's built in.
We were talking about how many frames to shoot for the length of the video you want while setting the rig to a pre determened speed for it to go from one end to the other over a 4 or 5 hour period.
Zephyrnoid
Veteran
Should be a simple program. Reminds me of "The Camera Man" an application my friend bill wrote 25 years ago for cell animation. I'll call him. Should be pretty simple software, but no math in your head needed.
ZazaCast
Major Contributor
If you track him down, please post...I'd be interested in this! :beer:
I was watching the new show on the Science Channel called The Science of Movies (awesome show BTW) and tonight it was about motion control and special rigs to get the shot. The company it was about is called Doggicam Systems.
So I was looking at thier very expensive $100k+ rigs and about had a heart attack when I saw what looked like the Igus rails cut down the center and widened by 6 inches (second pic). They use little wheels instead of the sliding plate but I think only because they have a lot of weight on top of it.
Here are some pics of thier rigs, what I'm trying to do is make a smaller lighter WAY CHEAPER version for a DSLR like the GH1 or 5DII.
See how they can use it for vertical shots.
So I was looking at thier very expensive $100k+ rigs and about had a heart attack when I saw what looked like the Igus rails cut down the center and widened by 6 inches (second pic). They use little wheels instead of the sliding plate but I think only because they have a lot of weight on top of it.
Here are some pics of thier rigs, what I'm trying to do is make a smaller lighter WAY CHEAPER version for a DSLR like the GH1 or 5DII.
See how they can use it for vertical shots.
Chris Light
Veteran
That's insane! I can't believe i forgot to watch this...I watched "Life After People" instead...shame....
great pics! looks a bit like Igus to me...those clever bas^%$*s.
great pics! looks a bit like Igus to me...those clever bas^%$*s.