Rick, I don't really have any helpful suggestions about how to mark the positions of the feet of your tripod because the answer depends so much on the nature of the ground involved - which you haven't described - but here are a few thoughts that I would consider if I had to do the job.
When you take your first shot make sure that the camera is absolutely level. That is the easiest setting to return to on each of the next three occasions. Make a careful note of the zoom setting of the camera so that you can reset to the same focal length on future occasions. If your camera has no scale to show the focal length you are set to then the only easily repeatable settings are fully zoomed-in or fully zoomed-out. Having taken your shot on video and before you move the camera, take a still picture on the video camera's Memory Stick. When you come to take the next shot in 3 months time you can display the picture from the Memory Stick in the viewfinder or on the side LCD screen and switch between that and the live picture, whilst adjusting the camera, to get the two as similar as possible. Note that if you should print out a copy of the original picture on paper in order to try to help you set the shot next time, you can easily be mislead by the fact that camera's viewfinder (and side screen) probably does not show the whole of the picture being recorded. You therefore will not be able to see, in the viewfinder, the important details which define the edge of the printed and recorded picture. It might also be wise to do a 'white balance' from the same white card on each occasion. Finally, don't panic! Autumn (Fall) runs from mid-September to mid-December. There is plenty of time. Let the group know how you get on with this project as we can probably all learn from your experience and it is probably not something that many of us have tried. Julian Bristol, England ***************************************** > Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 19:31:41 -0000 > From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Small Emergency - A 4 Season Shot > > > I was just asked to take video and pics of a wide landscape shot. > The idea is to take precisely the same shot from the same location > for all 4 seasons (the emergency is that fall is almost gone and I > need to hurry up and get a shot). > > The problem is pretty simple - I haven't a clue how to do it. How > do I place the camera in the same spot every time I do the shoot? I > can't leave a tripod stuck in the ground for the next year and I'm > not sure how to triangulate the location so the camera is in the > same spot, height, etc... > > I'm betting some of you have done something similar, so any > suggestions or tips you may have would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > RR ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
