Posts: 29
Threads: 6
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 29
Threads: 6
Joined: Aug 2011
I've been working on the so called "Holy Grail" of time lapse and I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how to pull it off.
Method 1 (Fixed settings in the camera)
Do I set the camera to be slightly underexposed or correctly exposed initially and then correct in post? The rising sun is going to easily blow through 4 stops so I was thinking I should set up about 2 stops under exposed. Reverse for sunset?
Method 2 (tweak the ISO as the light changes)
I just tried this method but I wasn't timely on the ISO shifts, due to mosquitos, I was in the pickup killing time and noticed the display on the back of the camera was dark so I got out, quickly tweaked the iSO up, and ran back to the pickup. I did this a few times so my adjustments were infrequent and coarse. Sometimes as much as 2 full stops of ISO and of course that made very large brightness swings that have been difficult to deal with.
In the end I am looking for a good methodology to follow for getting smooth day to night transitions. I've had the best luck with small ISO increments.
Method 1 (Fixed settings in the camera)
Do I set the camera to be slightly underexposed or correctly exposed initially and then correct in post? The rising sun is going to easily blow through 4 stops so I was thinking I should set up about 2 stops under exposed. Reverse for sunset?
Method 2 (tweak the ISO as the light changes)
I just tried this method but I wasn't timely on the ISO shifts, due to mosquitos, I was in the pickup killing time and noticed the display on the back of the camera was dark so I got out, quickly tweaked the iSO up, and ran back to the pickup. I did this a few times so my adjustments were infrequent and coarse. Sometimes as much as 2 full stops of ISO and of course that made very large brightness swings that have been difficult to deal with.
In the end I am looking for a good methodology to follow for getting smooth day to night transitions. I've had the best luck with small ISO increments.