My first time lapse...

mtnbike28

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tips...

Nice job. Any tips on how you did this?

It was easy. At least I spent a lot of time reading to do it ; )
I mounted a Nikon D200 to the roof and it has a built in intervalometer, so it fired a picture every 15 seconds, starting 30 minutes before the gates opened. Then I walked around with two cameras, one on a tripod and another on a Super Clamp. I fired the tripod camera with a cable release (timed just used my watch, every 5 seconds) and the Super Clamp camera was fired using Pocket Wizards... so every time I fired one, the other fired too. So I could shoot tight and long, or a different angle.

I used Quick Time Pro to create Mov files for each "sequence." Quick Time Pro allows you to choose the frames per second. I then imported each sequence into Avid. (I started on Final Cut Pro, but the rendering was killing me) to make the final movie.

The song was recorded at the game using the Canon 5d MarkII, as video, and I used just the audio. The song determined how long the final project was. I had more sequences to add, but not enough sound. I also played a lot with frames per second.

hth
 

mtnbike28

Expedition Leader
Another attempt

LINK

It was rushed and we switched hosting software, so it is too compressed.

I learned that the two D200 batteries only last about 8 hours taking a picture every minute and 6 hours shooting every 30 seconds....
 

nwoods

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Super cool. Did the link to the first one go away? I could not get the loader to work. Using Firefox on Win7
 

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