Entries Tagged as 'time lapse'
star trail stacking in photoshop
October 4th, 2009 · 5 Comments
I have always wanted to do this kind of photography, but with most digital cameras there is simply no way you can leave the shutter open and the sensor on for a few hours. My D40 starts to get some serious noise after a few minutes, and there clearly must be an upper limit due [...]
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nikon d40 camera external power supply hack
October 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments
I have been looking for a way to add external power to my camera for a while. I have had some good ideas and even hacked together a workable prototype a while back. The problem was it wasn't very 'tight' and I was always afraid I was going to reverse polarity, or short it out, [...]
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$17 Arduino-based nikon IR intervalometer + code
September 30th, 2009 · 22 Comments
This is a project that allows me to take pictures at any (reasonable) interval. This allows the photographer to create time lapse movies with a digital slr. This is an arduino-based project that should work for any nikon camera with an IR port. Best of all it only cost $17!
Tags: arduino · photography · time lapse
CHDK Update
May 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
So as I referenced in an earlier post, I bit the bullet and bought a camera so I could test out CHDK. CHDK is a hacked firmware for canon cameras that use one of three imge sensors. I believe it is the digic 2, 3, and 4 sensors. It turns out that all of [...]
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How to use Ac power to replace the Nikon D40 battery
February 10th, 2009 · 6 Comments
I still haven't gotten the grip I mentioned a few posts ago. I don't know if I will. I have figured out a clumsy hack to get the job done and I might just run it this way, or perhaps clean it up a tiny bit.
This is the battery with little aluminum strips taped to [...]
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Arduino Intervalometer for my Nikon d40
February 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
For those who don't know an intervalometer is, it tells your computer to take a picture every given interval. This enables you to shoot video with a still camera over a long period of time.
Tags: arduino · general geek · photography · time lapse · video
Time Lapses
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
I had a lot of time to kill over break, so I shot a bunch of timelapses. Here they are!
This is from a coffeeshop that I spent a lot of my time in.
This is of some clouds at dusk. This one has two separate positions, and it is really interesting to [...]
Tags: Final Cut Pro · general geek · time lapse · video
7 questions for my avid fans
January 29th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Seeing as how I am constantly inundated by media requests - I figured I would use my podium here to ask the readers a few questions. I look at it as distributed googling really, and hopefully finding some vetted answers in the sea of confusion that is out there.
1) has anyone used CHDK here? It [...]
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powering a nikon d40 from an ac outlet
January 29th, 2009 · No Comments
I have been shooting a lot of time lapses lately. The biggest problem with that is battery life. I have a very ghetto hack to power the camera from a cell phone charger, but I am looking for a more permanent solution. I found a fotodiox battery grip on amazon that has an internal battery, [...]
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8 tips for Time lapse photography
November 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Here's a few things I have learned while sitting in fields waiting for my camera to finish working for me.
8 tips for shooting SLR time lapses
1) Put your camera on full manual - otherwise the still will flicker from one to the next.
2) Try to pick objects that are still, or are far away enough [...]
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