Taking time lapse w/ 5D mkii

Anyone here have a step by step instructions on how to take time lapse vid on a 5D?

imports wrote in post #11553328
Anyone here have a step by step instructions on how to take time lapse vid on a 5D?

Do mine with a 7D but should be the same

1. Get a laptop, I use a cheap Dell Mini 9 with OSX
2. Plug in via USB
3. Fire up EOS utilities
4. In the utils there is a setting which allows you to do x number of shots every x mins
5. Play with timing..... I do sky with one every 15 secs but you need to play with timing
6. Shoot jpeg is the easiest as you don't need to convert later.
7. I have Quicktime Pro so when all done just open that and you can select a folder and duration (fps) and it makes the movie for you.
8. I then compress with Final Cut Studio's Compressor

I am an OSX man not sure about making the movie on Windows.

Pretty much you need a triggering device and then take some longish exposures ... it really depends how long you want the video to be in the end.

I would still shoot raw, but shoot as small as possible for your camera (sRAW). Also make sure turn off af and tape the focus ring so you don't get any weird focus anomalies.

A trigger like this will work fine, you DON'T need a computer or any silly software to take the shots.

http://cgi.ebay.com …1e5f45b3ed#ht_3​641wt_1139

You should set the white balance to a fixed setting otherwise it will keep changing
It is probably the same with the exposure that should be in manual?
But if you do the shoot in changing light you should consider a fixed aperture in Av-mode

Thank you for all the input guys, im going to try this tomorrow.

themadman wrote in post #11553376
A trigger like this will work fine, you DON'T need a computer or any silly software to take the shots.

You don't but if you have them there is no harm in using them, after all they are free

That way you can see if you like it before buying a trigger.

Also if you want a new reason to drool try this http://vimeo.com/13858​358

LordBrian wrote in post #11553777
You don't but if you have them there is no harm in using them, after all they are free

That way you can see if you like it before buying a trigger.

Also if you want a new reason to drool try this http://vimeo.com/13858​358

LordBrian wrote in post #11553374
Do mine with a 7D but should be the same

1. Get a laptop, I use a cheap Dell Mini 9 with OSX
2. Plug in via USB
3. Fire up EOS utilities
4. In the utils there is a setting which allows you to do x number of shots every x mins
5. Play with timing..... I do sky with one every 15 secs but you need to play with timing
6. Shoot jpeg is the easiest as you don't need to convert later.
7. I have Quicktime Pro so when all done just open that and you can select a folder and duration (fps) and it makes the movie for you.
8. I then compress with Final Cut Studio's Compressor

I am an OSX man not sure about making the movie on Windows.

If the OP does not have a laptop, then he needs a laptop, which costs loads more than a trigger

themadman wrote in post #11553780
If the OP does not have a laptop, then he needs a laptop, which costs loads more than a trigger

That made me laugh

I expect the OP has some kind of computer to process the images but you are right he may have a desktop.

LordBrian wrote in post #11553777
Also if you want a new reason to drool try this http://vimeo.com/13858​358

That is sweet.

LordBrian wrote in post #11553374
Do mine with a 7D but should be the same

1. Get a laptop, I use a cheap Dell Mini 9 with OSX
2. Plug in via USB
3. Fire up EOS utilities
4. In the utils there is a setting which allows you to do x number of shots every x mins
5. Play with timing..... I do sky with one every 15 secs but you need to play with timing
6. Shoot jpeg is the easiest as you don't need to convert later.
7. I have Quicktime Pro so when all done just open that and you can select a folder and duration (fps) and it makes the movie for you.
8. I then compress with Final Cut Studio's Compressor

I am an OSX man not sure about making the movie on Windows.

Any free-alternative to QT Pro?

highstakes wrote in post #11656287
Any free-alternative to QT Pro?

I didn't look to far as I had QT Pro, but sure there must be something out there, it was just QT was so easy.

highstakes wrote in post #11656287
Any free-alternative to QT Pro?

For pc ...
Google's picasa had this feature built in. It's free. I've made a couple of short ones and the software did great.