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Nikon D3100 – Street Night Time lapse

31 Jan

Time lapse of a suburban street at night around dusk with examples of various edits of the same time lapse sequence to illustrate how you can make things a little more interesting. I used my Nikon D3100 with a Hahnel Giga T Pro intervalometer remote. ISO=800, Shutter Speed= 1.6s and Aperture= F5.6
Video Rating: 4 / 5

 
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  1. anhnn91

    January 31, 2013 at 2:11 pm

    how do you do zooming and panning using still photos?

     

  2. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    I used Adobe Premiere Elements 9 to edit the video.

     

  3. TheScribit

    January 31, 2013 at 3:28 pm

    what did you use to edit this?

     

  4. GeirMovies

    January 31, 2013 at 3:34 pm

    I have a Nikon D3100 and how do I timelapse?

     

  5. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    Then once you are able to set the timer intervals it’s just a matter of setting up the camera settings. Use a slow shutter speed of up to 2 seconds to create the streak effect of car headlights moving etc. Not many compacts will allow you to set such a slow shutter speed although CHDK does allow you to set the shutter speed. So if you can get one a DSLR would be best in order to give you a lot more manual control.

     

  6. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 3:54 pm

    If you want to do time lapse. All you need is a tripod, a camera and a suitable timer remote cable called an intervalometer which will allow you to set a time interval between each photo taken.
    Or you can use CHDK with some Canon compact Powershot cameras. CHDK is a firmware hack that gives the Powershots more features such as intervalometer setting via a script.

    Also some compact camera’s as well as DSLR’s do have an intervalometer feature built in. Just a matter of finding one.

     

  7. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 4:44 pm

    Yeah it can look pretty neat at night. Will have to do some more. :)

     

  8. GeirMovies

    January 31, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    Fuck that is cool man

     

  9. legman62oleg

    January 31, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    как научиться так снимать…..

     

  10. stevarass

    January 31, 2013 at 6:19 pm

    hey nice video.
    i wanted to know how often you took the pictures in order to create the paning effect.
    i mean the repositioning of the tripod,cammera and zooming.

     

  11. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 6:28 pm

    Glad you got it sorted. The Giga T Pro is a great remote & I’m sure you’ll have fun using it. 🙂
    The only thing I can think of is if you’re doing time lapses just make sure you set your intervals long enough to allow the camera’s shutter speed to capture the exposure & give it time to write the image to the memory card. Otherwise if it’s not enough time you may miss some frames as the image is still writing.
    This mostly only applies if you’re capturing RAW. Jpeg only won’t be an issue.

     

  12. Dhubbucks

    January 31, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    Hey thanks for the help it was a fualty item got a replacement and works really good thanks again for helping me out have you got any tips? 🙂

     

  13. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    Well, I’ve tried my Giga T Pro and I have a couple of them. I’ve tried them in all camera modes and all Giga Pro remote settings and modes with no issue. The only thing I found was that if the Gig T Pro’s cable isn’t fully inserted properly then the camera will not fire despite the Giga Pro’s led flashing red.
    So maybe check that the cable is inserted properly and that it’s the correct cable. I think it comes with several cables. Let me know how you go.

     

  14. Dhubbucks

    January 31, 2013 at 7:16 pm

    first time using it have it on the same channel when i half press the button on the remote they both go green press it full goes red but doesn’t take pictures in any mode thought it was just me being dim cause ive hears good things i might just get it replaced do you think it cold be the camera?

     

  15. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Also have you tried connecting the timer controller remote directly to the camera via the cable without the wireless receiver.

    Other than that it may just come down to your settings if you are trying to capture x amount of frames for a time lapse. Make sure your N setting is set to “–” for infinite number of photo’s taken and not set to “01”.
    Other than that it could be a faulty unit.
    It would help if you could explain what settings you have tried and what you are trying to do with it.

     

  16. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    Hi, I haven’t had any issues except in extreme cold weather and the remote’s battery running flat.
    Has your Giga Pro been working previously or is this the first time you are trying to use it?

    If you are using the receiver module connected to the D3100 via cable and using the timer control as a wireless remote. Then you need to make sure that both the receiver and remote are on the same Channel. i.e. “01”.

     

  17. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    I’m not sure about Urban American but this is an suburban street from Australia. But glad some of my info was helpful. 🙂

     

  18. Dhubbucks

    January 31, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    hi have you had any problems with your giga remote ive got a giga t pro 11 for my d3100 and it doesnt take the picture help anyone lol 🙁

     

  19. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    Hi, The final video lasted about 17 seconds. So at 25 frames per second there was a total of 425 photos taken to compile into a time lapse video.

     

  20. kilo0903

    January 31, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    At the end of one of these videos, how many pictures do you typically have for your entire video?

     

  21. danceDUfeu

    January 31, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    simple and fantastic, I love urban American
    is always so exotic in the eyes of us Europeans.
    Thank you for your explanations makes this video special!! 🙂

     

  22. phoenixomen

    January 31, 2013 at 11:15 pm

    Yes suburbia does look nice at night. Sometimes better than in the day. 🙂

     

  23. Jared Bruce

    January 31, 2013 at 11:40 pm

    the street lights look nice

     

  24. phoenixomen

    February 1, 2013 at 12:22 am

    Hi. In order to create a time lapse you need to have a camera with an Intervalometer feature built in or use a remote cable that has this feature to control the camera. You set the Interval time for the camera to take a photo every 5 sec for example. Images are compiled into a video clip for editing.

    Photo resolution is 4436×2938 & HD video is 1920×1080. Video panning & zoom effects can be created in video editing software simply by moving & scaling the image within the video view/frame.

     

  25. FalkenbergMathis

    February 1, 2013 at 1:16 am

    excuse me how you do this with what and what the time between the picture sorry for my bad english i’m french, it’s a great video thanks