Playing with timelapse following the clouds into sunset
I'm still learning a lot about timelapse video but as always, I buy all of the equipment and figure it out later! This was shot with the Nikon D850 on a motorized rail from my lanai.
I set the focus, aperture and shutter in the camera and the rail does the rest. It has a small computer so you can tell it how many shots to take and how much time between shots. The panning is mechanical. I can set it to pan 160 degrees or less, stay point on one spot as the rail moves or just to move from either let to right or right to left. My timelapses have been a little "jerky". I don't think I am allowing enough time between shots to let the camera settle due to vibration. I have the 4 foot rail on a tripod and it moves a lot. I should be mounting it on two tripods but I have been lazy!
Merry Christmas Ron! Love the view from your lanai.
ReplyDeleteSo if I understand it the D850 does the time lapse and the motorixed rail does the panorama part. Lots of possibilities with equipment like that!
Aloha Paul!
DeleteI set the focus, aperture and shutter in the camera and the rail does the rest. It has a small computer so you can tell it how many shots to take and how much time between shots. The panning is mechanical. I can set it to pan 160 degrees or less, stay point on one spot as the rail moves or just to move from either let to right or right to left. My timelapses have been a little "jerky". I don't think I am allowing enough time between shots to let the camera settle due to vibration. I have the 4 foot rail on a tripod and it moves a lot. I should be mounting it on two tripods but I have been lazy!