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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Timelapse is Pretty Nice

awesome, thanks peter.

just a quick aside: to preserve raw functionality i do a 'one-light' in bridge/camera raw and then apply the settings before i convert to a tif sequence, but it would be kinda nice to just plop in premiere and be on my way (and get color science updates and have better latitude).

i'm definitely gonna check it out next time i make an emergence outdoors.
 
and here's the 100mm version


http://vimeo.com/56550440

BTW, both of these were shot with Scarlet....but I'm not convinced it's a better tool than a DSLR for this sort of shot. I'm doing some more tests tonight. HDRX and 16-bit raw are nice, but do those two things justify lugging a very heavy, power hungry camera kit around? I'm still not sure....
 
Looks really good. You mind sharing some of the settings that you been experimenting with. I'm asking myself the same questions you are...is it worth the hassle of weight and power for RED timelapses over a DSLR.
 
Hey Peter,

I"m starting to mess with this feature on my Scarlet. I'm really excited to see how it compares to timelapsing with my 5D.

For me the beauty of the DSLR timelapse is the ability to "drag shutter" so you can get that really smooth motion from frame to frame. Do you think the RED can match this super slow shutter?
 
Ross Haines said:
Looks really good. You mind sharing some of the settings that you been experimenting with. I'm asking myself the same questions you are...is it worth the hassle of weight and power for RED timelapses over a DSLR.
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Hey Ross, thanks :) These two shots were just using standard settings (no frame blending) but I'm trying some star stuff tonight.
 
Ross Haines said:
Hey Peter,

I"m starting to mess with this feature on my Scarlet. I'm really excited to see how it compares to timelapsing with my 5D.

For me the beauty of the DSLR timelapse is the ability to "drag shutter" so you can get that really smooth motion from frame to frame. Do you think the RED can match this super slow shutter?
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With 360 degree shutter you can 'drag' the shutter for up to 16 seconds if You wish. I also prefer to do this on TLs. Unless you need to go longer then 16 sec exposure per frame - the Scarlet / Epic is the winner here...

Peter
 
Peter Majtan said:
With 360 degree shutter you can 'drag' the shutter for up to 16 seconds if You wish. I also prefer to do this on TLs. Unless you need to go longer then 16 sec exposure per frame - the Scarlet / Epic is the winner here...

Peter
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That's through use of the Frame Summing/Frame Averaging, yeah? So really, it's taking a few exposures and then merging them? Or is there another way to do so?

And also, can anyone give just some general information about Summing versus Averaging? I think I get the difference, but I'd be happier if someone could give some additional details.
 
Matthew - beautiful shots, I love the colour.

I shot a few tests today and I really like the process with RED (totally forgot I had 5K available to shoot with in my excitement). I shoot TL quite infrequently, so I don't have a particularly good workflow for dealing with the files in post whenever I do.

It's a real boon to to have the movie sitting there on the SSD, ready to go into RCX and out again - identical workflow to continuously shot footage. The savings in time and improved software response are worth the larger equipment footprint, for me at least.

Coming from the Canon remote to the touch screen is also really nice - it's really simple and straightforward. I've still to give HDRx and frame-summing a swing in this mode.

Nice one RED.
 
Thanks Mondo, a lot of that colour was added in post...gotta love 16-bit R3D's :) The workflow with RED is definitely nicer than DSLR, true. Have you tried magic lantern with your DSLR for time-lapse? It's awesome.
 
Any info on how to judge exposure on frame summing would be useful as well. I tried my first lapse and it turned out OK, but the histogram jumped quite a bit once I started recording. I fixed it with a curve after the fact and all is well.

Also noticed that when setting a time lapse duration at 72 frames the counter stuck at 0 until it was halfway complete and then counted up by 2. Not sure if longer durations are affected as well, but it made me think I was doing something wrong when in fact everything was fine.
 
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