On 26/09/2012 23:50, Darren Addy wrote:
Don't know what I really think of this:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/24/omg-life-creates-autographer-wearable-automatic-camera
but I saw it shortly after viewing this neat instructional video
http://cinematography-howto.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-time-lapse-video-with-dslr-and-intervalometer-269678/
and it gave me an idea:
It would be interesting to wear the Pentax Q around one's neck and
just have it set to take images with its built-in intervalometer while
walking around the streets or something (hands-off). People would
pretty much ignore a camera that doesn't have the wearer's hands on
it. This idea would work for any camera with a built-in intervalometer
(like the K-5) but it think it probably becomes a little more
problematic (in multiple ways) to handle the larger the camera in this
way. The built-in intervalometer can take up to 999 images, so you'd
have to do the math to determine how often to have it take a photo for
the length of time you wanted it to "run" (also your card capacity and
whether you were shooting JPEG or RAW/+).
I tried this once with a Zoom90. Boring pics - but maybe that's just me.
Another (related) idea would be to use this to create time-lapse video
from still shots. Imagine walking through a crowded rush hour city
sidewalk and into a cafe shooting this way at 1 image every 3 seconds.
That's 20 frames per minute and if you put that together (for example
in QuickTime Pro) at 20 fps you have a 1 minute of real life = 1
second of your time-lapse video. 1 hour of real life = 1 minute of
time-lapse video.
Think this is dumb or does it have merit?
Don't think the video would work. That sort of tracking shot needs
things like verticals to remain constant to prevent it becoming a
headache to watch. Besides, I can watch any number of "edgy"
cop/spy/name-your-poison TV progs featuring the same migrainatory,
wobbly camera work.
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