Timelapse settings resource?

[STYLZ]

I'm wondering if there is a resource/format for using timelapse. I'm using a GH4 but I'm not looking for camera specific advise. I'm looking for something that might explain what timelapse settings work best for certain situations. For example; shooting a digital clock you would want a frame every minute to get smooth time changes. An analog clock maybe one frame every second to get smooth second hand motion. Settings for sun movement? Settings for movement of sunlight across a wall? Things like that. Any resources on this? I looked online but didn't find much.

 

[Run&Gun]

There are apps out there to calculate the basic settings(event is X long I want the finished shot to be Y long so at frame rate Z you need to shoot A frames every B time period), but I haven't looked for a "cookbook", which is what you're seeking.

 

[sonofaresiii]

I'm wondering if there is a resource/format for using timelapse. I'm using a GH4 but I'm not looking for camera specific advise. I'm looking for something that might explain what timelapse settings work best for certain situations. For example; shooting a digital clock you would want a frame every minute to get smooth time changes. An analog clock maybe one frame every second to get smooth second hand motion. Settings for sun movement? Settings for movement of sunlight across a wall? Things like that. Any resources on this? I looked online but didn't find much.

I think you're over-thinking it. First of all, you wouldn't base your shot frequency on the subject's movement. You'd base it on the target length of the output. So you'd shoot a digital clock once a minute if you want 24 minutes to go by in one second in your video. If you want 12 minutes to go by in one second in your video, you'd shoot every thirty seconds. If you want an hour to go by in five seconds of your video, you'd shoot... look, it's friday, do your own math.

Second of all, you could shoot a digital clock every minute... or every thirty seconds, or every ten seconds, or every second, or every twenty-four times a second. Just so long as you stay consistent you'll get smooth motion.

It sounds like maybe there's a specific thing you're trying to shoot and are trying to find generic examples to ask about it, because what you're asking doesn't entirely make sense. So what in specific are you trying to shoot and what settings are you looking for to get it?

 

[STYLZ]

I think you're over-thinking it. First of all, you wouldn't base your shot frequency on the subject's movement. You'd base it on the target length of the output. So you'd shoot a digital clock once a minute if you want 24 minutes to go by in one second in your video. If you want 12 minutes to go by in one second in your video, you'd shoot every thirty seconds. If you want an hour to go by in five seconds of your video, you'd shoot... look, it's friday, do your own math.

Second of all, you could shoot a digital clock every minute... or every thirty seconds, or every ten seconds, or every second, or every twenty-four times a second. Just so long as you stay consistent you'll get smooth motion.

It sounds like maybe there's a specific thing you're trying to shoot and are trying to find generic examples to ask about it, because what you're asking doesn't entirely make sense. So what in specific are you trying to shoot and what settings are you looking for to get it?

You're the one over thinking it. You'd have to shoot a digital clock at least every minute, you could shoot frames more frequently like you described but that wouldn't be economy of power usage and time. Could always slow down or speed up in post I assume. If you were to shoot a frame or frames every three minutes you would miss minutes. Maybe I'm missing something here though, hence the inquiry. So my over thinking was very logical. Not sure why you are throwing the snide attitude my way. I've never done time lapse and I thought this forum was here to help people learn and not passive aggressively attack them.
To answer your question though:
(everything clock related to last for about 10 seconds, time to go by 5 hours, analog clock needs smooth motion of second hand)
1)Analog clock
2)Digital clock
3)phone stop watch(not enough space on card?)
4)Printer printing a paper(5 seconds long)
5)Sunlight moving across a wall(maybe will only last 2-3 hours realtime, last maybe 5-7 seconds on video)