mainstreetprod
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First time I've had a file small enough to upload to DVX space...
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/21102/1170466403.mov
http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/21102/1170466403.mov
Quickie time lapse sunset
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johns@c124.org
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Yes, please post some details. That was a nice shot.
mainstreetprod
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720p60 , one frame every 5 seconds (5s) using interval recording, shutter 1/15,
scene file "Spark"
scene file "Spark"
CacheMoneyVideo
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When making timelapses, is it useful to turn on auto iris for sunset>night shots?
n8ture
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I use auto-iris all the time for my sunset time-lapse shots. Works great.
On this clip I set the auto iris to underexppose and turned it on and waited. It's part of a larger clip but you can see that it fades down just fine into night. You can even see the landing lights of a plane circle around near the bottom left.
This clip I wanted maximum exposure to capture the bright light from the just set sun to the more saturated colors after it had gone down. If I had a fixed iris on this, I would have missed out of the deeper saturated colors.
On this clip I set the auto iris to underexppose and turned it on and waited. It's part of a larger clip but you can see that it fades down just fine into night. You can even see the landing lights of a plane circle around near the bottom left.
This clip I wanted maximum exposure to capture the bright light from the just set sun to the more saturated colors after it had gone down. If I had a fixed iris on this, I would have missed out of the deeper saturated colors.
disjecta
Lucky Duck
Yes, in a lot of cases, I will also use auto iris for a timelapse where there is a large difference in light levels over time.
For shorter timelapses, I will go manual.
By the way, if it were me shooting that piece above, I would have closed down the iris much more and reframe the shot to have the foreground at the bottom of the frame. This way, you would get more details in the sky. The foreground is not very interesting so you wouldn't be losing much there. Also, I don't know if you were shooting through a window or not but it looks like either the window or your lens has a lot of dust on it. This is very apparent in the first couple of seconds.
For shorter timelapses, I will go manual.
By the way, if it were me shooting that piece above, I would have closed down the iris much more and reframe the shot to have the foreground at the bottom of the frame. This way, you would get more details in the sky. The foreground is not very interesting so you wouldn't be losing much there. Also, I don't know if you were shooting through a window or not but it looks like either the window or your lens has a lot of dust on it. This is very apparent in the first couple of seconds.
mainstreetprod
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On the clip I posted above, I used autoiris. If I had set the exposure for the bright sun at the beginning of the clip, it would have been too dark at the end
for my taste.
for my taste.
mainstreetprod
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disjecta said:
I had a lot of the foreground in the frame because it was snow covered,
and looked interesting to the eye. The camera didn't notice it. Was not shot through a window, sun hit the lens just right and caused flare. Next time I plan to zoom in on the sun more and have mainly sky as you mentioned.
