Camera - Basic Time Lapse

While I’ve been doing Time Lapses, 

I’ve noticed that there is a fundamentally basic structure.

I will call this the Basic Time Lapse.

A Basic Time Lapse takes the form of –

 

1  Hour    →    60  minutes  x  60  seconds

                →    3600  seconds   

                →    360  x  10  second intervals   

                →    360  frames taken at 10  second intervals   

                →    360  frames

 

Standard Video/Film Rate    →    25  frames per second    (fps)

 

Video/Film  Running Time    →    360  Frames    at    25  fps

   

                                             →    360    seconds

                                                      25

                                             →    14    2/5    seconds

 

I think, though, that using the following  Video/Film Rate,  is more correct –

 

Video/Film Rate    →    24  frames per second    (fps)

 

Video/Film  Running  Time    →    360  Frames    at    24  fps

                                              →    360    seconds

                                                       24

  

                                              →    15    seconds

 

 

BASIC TIME LAPSE OVERVIEW

So, if you record -   

      -  1 frame every    10 seconds,    over  1 hour,   

that gives -   

      -  360 frames

And you end up with a –

      -   14  2/5    second     video/film,   

      or a   

      -  15   second    video/film,

      if you have software that can do that

 

This length seems to be reasonably long enough to see what the video/film is about.

 

 

eg.   

“Rain Clouds Over Coogee”

 

 

 

 

 

© Katherine Stuart 2023

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