| Time-lapse photography | |
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| Participants | Dennis |
| Skills | Unknown |
| Status | Planning |
| Niche | Video artsy stuff |
| Purpose | Fun |
| Tool | No |
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What
I would like to make some time-lapses because they look cool and can be very interesting, showing slow movements that you won't see normally. Some ideas:
- Show the seasons having their effect on my garden
- Show the germination of seeds
Triggering the camera
Of course we need a camera for this, and a way of making it take photos at configurable intervals.
From firmware
There are alternative firmwares for certain cameras that support scheduled shots. Probably the most known one is CHDK (Canon Hack Development Kit). As the name suggests, this is for certain types of Canon cameras, mainly compacts.
USB
Some cameras can be triggered over USB. One example of software is this.
Other ways
Some other ways I can think of are:
- Have something physically push the button, for instance an arduino with a servo
- Remove the button and directly attach something like an arduino for control
- Use the trigger port that some cameras have