How to shoot traffic "light streaks" with the Red?

[Safin Saliman]

How do I set up the Red One to shoot long light streaks of cars on the streets during nighttime? Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdd0SygB-b8&feature=related

Does anyone have recommendations?

 

[Vinit Borrison]

can u use a stills camera instead? better for this kind of stuff. Though u can do something similar with 1fps and 360 degree shutter, and some help from post =)

 

[Leo Ticheli]

Yep. You need a very slow shutter for this and the Red can't shoot an exposure longer than one second. Stills camera is the answer, unless there's some secret mojo I don't know about.

Doing this in post is really never the same and the stills camera approach is certainly cheap.

Good shooting and best regards,

Leo

 

[Vinit Borrison]

the secret is the new red cams yet to come out =(

 

[joshua csehak]

Yeah, this was definitely done on a still camera with an intervalometer. You can probably pick one up for $50-100. If it's 9 seconds long, over the course of 9 hours, they probably set it up to take a 2 or 3 second long exposure once every couple minutes.