My First Timelapse

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FallingGrace

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It's been uncharacteristically sunny in Pittsburgh lately, so I had to shoot something. Only had about two hours or so after work to shoot.

Used the FS100 Timelapse feature set to capture 1 frame every 3 seconds. So now the hour or so sunset elapses in under a minute. I feel like I could take better advantage of the Timelapse feature, but not sure how just yet.

I'd like to experiment further with different settings on both the Firestore and the HVX. I'd love to try some in 2fps with the 350d shutter.

http://www.dvxuser.ramjetfilms.com/Big_Lost_Timelapse.mov

Any thoughts, suggestions?

(Tips on how to better expose the night time portions and limit my grain would be much appreciated)

Thanks.
 
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FilmBoy,

What about your fstop, did you leave it on auto iris, or did you set it based on the exposure you wanted?

That was my biggest issue, the fact that I didn't want to underexpose the skyline, so when I left auto on, it would stop down to compensate for the bright sky and in turn give me a muddy, underexposed skyline. So I left it on manual and got what you see in the video, my image loses quality and clarity until I open up and add gain.
 
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DM_rider said:
cool timelapses

FilmBoy, who's the artist of the music in your timelapse?
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The band is called Mogwai and the name of the song is "Kid's with Skeleton's" or something like that if I'm not mistaken. Man they have some good music perfect for almost anything. I listen to them in the car all the time now.
 
FallingGrace said:
FilmBoy,

What about your fstop, did you leave it on auto iris, or did you set it based on the exposure you wanted?

That was my biggest issue was the fact that I didnt want to underexpose the skyline, so when I left auto on, it would stop down to compensate for the bright sky and in turn give me a muddy, underexposed skyline. So I left it on manual and got what you see in the video, my image loses quality and clarity until I open up and add gain.
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yea i did the exact same thing as you did with the auto focus and got the same results. i don't remember what my fstop was but it was definitely on manual focus. i set it based on the exposure that I wanted by just looking at it and when i saw it was bright enough i just recorded. i hate using gain. i just over exposed a little on purpose. i learned the hard way on my last short film not to use gain unless absolutely necessary, lol.

also i used the frame rate hack. not sure if you heard of it but check out this link if you haven't: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=53032&highlight=frame+rates
 
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I was actually referring to the iris, not the focus, but I think I get what you're saying. Keep it on auto, and it should look good.

Also, I did know of the frame rate hack, I just didn't have an SD card. So, after work today I stopped at the local Radio Shack and picked one up. Can't wait to try this hack.
 
As I said, it was a bit of a last minute thing. I had gotten off work a little earlier than expected and it was so beautiful out I went to the closest place I could (I live in the South Side). I hope to find better settings and shoot again at a better location. This time around was just to test everything out as I have just gotten my HVX.
 
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