Trev wrote:
|| "Ivan" wrote in message
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||| G Hardy wrote:
||||| You can't with MiniDV - not easily, at least. They don't have
||||| single-frame record & advance.
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||||| Your best bet is to find a cheap* Nikon** DSC and a cheap* PC, and
||||| control the former using the latter (running Krinnikam) and a USB
||||| cable. Depending on the selected image resolution, you can set the
||||| timelapse as low as 1.5 seconds.
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||||| Then you bring your list of frames into your favourite mid-range
||||| editor (Windows Movie Maker won't quite hack it, here) and equate
||||| one image to one frame.
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||||| If you bring the frames in at their native size (as opposed to
||||| automatically resizing them to fit the video frame) it allows you
||||| to do some cool effects like panning and zooming around the stop
||||| motion
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||||| Take a look at:
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gareth.hardy1/Clouds.wmv (1.7MB)
||||| It's just a concept test, but it should give you the idea. It was
||||| done using a £100 eBay laptop and a Nikon CoolPix 5700 - bought
||||| new, but they currently appear to be going for about £100-135 on
||||| eBay. So you can get a better result than DV for a quarter of
||||| your budget.
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|||
||| I hope you don't mind me asking some questions in a similar vein,
||| but a really interesting topic, with what looks like some useful
||| advice.
||| I've got a cheap security camera (composite video output )
||| modulated on to a
||| spare channel through a distribution amplifier feeding several TVs.
||| At one time I had the idea of using a PVR detector to switch a VCR
||| on/off in
||| EP mode for a set time period.
|||
||| Unfortunately due to illness I never got around to it, but now that
||| computers with quite powerful processors are being dumped in
||| landfills, and
||| even 500 gigabyte hard drives are ridiculously cheap, it would
||| appear to be
||| a much better option than using a VCR.
|||
||| Is there any simple software available whereby a camera with
||| composite video output combined with a TV card can be made to
||| capture individual frames onto a hard drive with a reasonable image
||| resolution, and for user predetermined time intervals?.
||
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|| Snag it, Cam studio at screen res Thay are screen capture software
|||
Thanks, I'll read through its many features, but at first glance it looks a
little bit like overkill for the kind of thing I had in mind.
||| Also I've wondered about flash memory, as I see that a four
||| gigabyte SD card
||| can be purchased for as little as £20, how many medium- resolution
||| images could be stored on one of those?
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|| at 640 x 480 my Fuji s9600 says 60 mins at 25 fps
|| or in stills at 9mp aprox 4.5 MB per image 900 images
||
Again a 4.5 MB image appears to be way above the sort of resolution I would
be looking at for a basic security set up.
I have an old Olympus 1.3 mega pixel camera and even some of the lower
resolution pictures of around 300K are pin-sharp on a 15 inch monitor, and
can even be blown up to a level which I 'assume' would be adequate for my
intended basic domestic security purposes.
|||
||| If any of these options were feasible it would give me something to
||| play around with, as nowadays I have a bit more spare time on my
||| hand
) TIA Ivan
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