mlawrence
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Hello all. I've been in IT for over 20 years, but I'm new at photography.
My boss has tasked me with creating a time lapse movie of our site construction over the next 18 months, day and night. He would like the resultant video to be about 3 minutes long. He'd like the video to be 30fps.
So, 30 frames each second for 180 seconds would be 5,400 pictures. Over a period of 18 months, that works out to about one picture every 2 hours.
The thing I am confused about is the exposure/shutter speed. From what I read on Wikipedia, "In long exposure time-lapse, the exposure time will approximate the effects of a normal shutter angle. Normally, this means the exposure time should be half of the frame interval." I really don't think I would need to keep the shutter open for an hour! to get a smooth looking video.
Can anyone help with some advice?
Martin Lawrence
My boss has tasked me with creating a time lapse movie of our site construction over the next 18 months, day and night. He would like the resultant video to be about 3 minutes long. He'd like the video to be 30fps.
So, 30 frames each second for 180 seconds would be 5,400 pictures. Over a period of 18 months, that works out to about one picture every 2 hours.
The thing I am confused about is the exposure/shutter speed. From what I read on Wikipedia, "In long exposure time-lapse, the exposure time will approximate the effects of a normal shutter angle. Normally, this means the exposure time should be half of the frame interval." I really don't think I would need to keep the shutter open for an hour! to get a smooth looking video.
Can anyone help with some advice?
Martin Lawrence