Time Lapse settings
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puredrifting
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I like clouds at one frame every 5 seconds or one frame every 10 seconds but it depends on how fast the clouds are moving.
Dan
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Al MacLeod
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I like clouds at one frame every 5 seconds or one frame every 10 seconds but it depends on how fast the clouds are moving.
Of course, you go through a set of tires in an afternoon for fun though...
puredrifting
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Mj:
Its all there in the manual.
You cannot shoot TL in 720 24pN, you need to switch to 720 30p or 60p (assuming you want 720 footage).
Dan
Its all there in the manual.
You cannot shoot TL in 720 24pN, you need to switch to 720 30p or 60p (assuming you want 720 footage).
Dan
puredrifting
Major Contributor
Al:
I have been doing a lot of car stuff with the 2FPS frame rate hack and 350d shutter. Great driving stuff, shot sunrise coming right into downtown LA from the passenger seat through a clean windshield. Love that setting for night stuff. Unfortunately even with a Pola and the 1/64 ND on the camera, it is still too light sensitive for daylight shots, have to put on an external ND also and my Pola is a thinline B+W so no threads. And I don't want to try to use the camera with the honking matte box inside the car.
I absolutely love VFRs.
Dan
I have been doing a lot of car stuff with the 2FPS frame rate hack and 350d shutter. Great driving stuff, shot sunrise coming right into downtown LA from the passenger seat through a clean windshield. Love that setting for night stuff. Unfortunately even with a Pola and the 1/64 ND on the camera, it is still too light sensitive for daylight shots, have to put on an external ND also and my Pola is a thinline B+W so no threads. And I don't want to try to use the camera with the honking matte box inside the car.
I absolutely love VFRs.
Dan
Mj882
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Would it be fine if the entire film would be edited in a 720p 24p timeline (since every other footage will be shot in 720/24pn) and including the 720 30p or 60p time lapse shots in the same timeline.
puredrifting
Major Contributor
Not sure what your post workflow is? I use the Aja Kona 3 with FCP and all three work fine under the Aja Kona 59.94 DVC Pro HD preset. Are you really in a native 24p time line or a 59.94 timeline? All three are seamless for me but YMMV depending on what application and preset you are using.
Dan
Dan
Jimmy Moss
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I got some pretty cool results shooting the moon and clouds with the 2fps hack 350 degree shutter. You can shoot 24PN that way too instead of 30p with the time-lapse options. What puredrifting said.
Mj882
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So are you suggesting all I change is the syncro scan to 350 shutter?
puredrifting
Major Contributor
puredrifting
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It depends on the look you are going for. If you want straight fast TL traditional look motion with all moving detail visible, you would not want to use a 350D shutter. When you use a 350D shutter, all moving objects will smear and look really blurry, only the still objects will look clear.
We are all calling it a hack because it is 2 fps is not a supported frame rate with the HVX/HPX, but there is a way to fool the camera by editing the scene files to go as low as 2 fps without going into TL mode.
If you want the skinny, go to YouTube and search on HVX200 frame rate hack and there will be a video that will walk you through it step by step, it's simple. I LOVE the frame rate hack but I also shoot plenty of regular TL because it has a totally different look and feel from the frame rate hack, but frame rate hack looks cool with moving objects in the frame like cars at night, planes, etc.
Dan
Mj882
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That's great information Dan. However I just did a test shot changing the syncro scan to 350.0 but the image didn't turn out smeared and blurry. The moving objects in the frame remained looking normal. What else would I need to change to get the blurry and smeared look?
puredrifting
Major Contributor
What frame rate did you shoot at? In 2, 4, 6, and 8 frames per second, it will look smeary. Obvious question, did you turn the shutter on by hitting the shutter + or - button? Did your screen display 350d shutter?
Did you implement the frame rate hack? Try 2 or 4 fps. The fun thing about the frame rate hack and 350d is you can shoot at some super low, super smeary frame rate, then put it on your timeline in FCP, then slow down the rate that the clips plays back at. If you shoot at 4 fps and playback at say 8-12 fps, it gives you this terrific ethereal look, I have been using it a lot lately.
Dan
Did you implement the frame rate hack? Try 2 or 4 fps. The fun thing about the frame rate hack and 350d is you can shoot at some super low, super smeary frame rate, then put it on your timeline in FCP, then slow down the rate that the clips plays back at. If you shoot at 4 fps and playback at say 8-12 fps, it gives you this terrific ethereal look, I have been using it a lot lately.
Dan
puredrifting
Major Contributor
Mj:
No. As I mentioned, the HVX/HPX will NOT enable interval or one shot in 720 24pN mode. You have to move to 720 30p or 720 60p to enable those modes.
In regards to the frame rate hack, you have to learn to dig, root and search for stuff like this, its all out there, all you have to do is search for it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlCAA7CYTd4
If you want frame rates lower than 12 fps, you have to enable the frame rate hack or shoot TL in 720 30p or 720 60p.
Dan
No. As I mentioned, the HVX/HPX will NOT enable interval or one shot in 720 24pN mode. You have to move to 720 30p or 720 60p to enable those modes.
In regards to the frame rate hack, you have to learn to dig, root and search for stuff like this, its all out there, all you have to do is search for it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlCAA7CYTd4
If you want frame rates lower than 12 fps, you have to enable the frame rate hack or shoot TL in 720 30p or 720 60p.
Dan
