timelapse

I don't think it can be done 'in camera' however if you have the software that came with it, I'm pretty sure these come with a remote control function..however that'd mean that you would need your camera tethered to a PC/laptop whilst doing it, which isn't ideal!
 
Could you explain exactly what you mean by timelapse photography? That term is used to describe a number of things (often incorrectly). The answer to your question is yes though. There are lots of good how to's on the internet if you know where to look. What do you want to acheive?
 
alexnail said:
Could you explain exactly what you mean by timelapse photography? That term is used to describe a number of things (often incorrectly). The answer to your question is yes though. There are lots of good how to's on the internet if you know where to look. What do you want to acheive?
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What actually is time lapse photography, and what do people confuse it with? Would be interested to know. In the past week I've photographed a Candle every 5 minutes for 7hrs, and a Plant every 5 minutes for 5hrs to record changes in them (then made into a video), is that time lapse?
 
ukaskew said:
I've photographed a Candle every 5 minutes for 7hrs, and a Plant every 5 minutes for 5hrs to record changes in them (then made into a video), is that time lapse?
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That's my understanding of time lapse photography
 
Yes, thats my understanding to.
The D300 does have the facility,but for long time lapse requires a mains adaptor thingy to stop batteries running out.

As said above,it is better if you have the time to do it manually.

I havent ventured there yet.
 
That is the correct usage of timelapse photography. With digital a few people have started combining images taken at different times, for example a man running, and combining them to form one photo (much like could be acheived with a strobe and long exposure). I have also heard astrophotogrpahy using an image stacking technique to create low noise star trial images referred to as time lapse photogrpahy.

Time lapse photography is fairly simple techinique wise but the technique will vary depending on what exactly it is you want to show and how you show it.
 
You can normally get a device of some sort for any camera that will let you take shots at a set interval, which you can then combine to make a timelapse sequence. There have been a few threads about it before, so much so that MarkP made a cool little interval timer (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=20852) I can't remember if this was ever made to work on Nikon's or not though. There was also some discussion recently in this thread - http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=93544.

Timelapse is fun, and I have spurts of interest with it, but it can take a lot of photos to make some pretty short sequences :( but can give some cool results (or I think so anyway)
 
This looks good: http://www.pclix.com/, shame it's a little on the expensive side, particularly with the current exchange rate. Some great examples on Flickr of what it's capable with.

The two timelapse sequences I've made so far are here here.
 
lawless23456 said:
what has been said here is what my understanding of timelapse is, taking pictures at set intervals to make a short clip i have a d40x would this be suitable?
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Any camera is suitable as long as you are willing to put the time in. As mentioned elsewhere there are cameras with the ability to shoot at intervals automatically, but most (like your D40X or my D90) will have to be done manually if you don't have any specialist hardware/software. I literally just had a stop watch with me and took a photo manually at set intervals (5 minutes).

The main things are to have a solid secure base for you camera (such as a tripod) and to get your settings right, Manual Exposure, set the White Balance, basically anything you can do to stop the image changing drastically between shots.
 
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