Timelaps Near Infrared

I made a couple of hacks to my camera so now it can shoot in the near infra-red and do time-laps photography.

This was mostly shot at South Queensferry on a VERY windy afternoon. This spot, using the pier wall as a wind break, was about the only place I could find where my tripod wouldn't be blown over!

I'm using my 2 Sony DSC-V3 cameras to make this video. Usually I have them configured to take 3D photographs but in this case I've got one taking normal photographs and the other simultaneously shooting in the near infrared.

The timelaps controll was achieved using an 'arduino' micro controller programmed to acivate the camera shutters once every 3 seconds.

I think the pictures of South Queensferry are running at around 12 FPS whilst the shots at the end of dusk over Glasgow are 24 FPS so you can work out how long I stood there in the freezing wind yourself.

Oh this is also my first HD video even though I still don't have an HD camera :)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• timelaps
• near
• infrared
• clockworkrobot
• infra
• red
• sony
• dsc-v3
• hack
• arduino
• circuit
• bending
• photography
• fourth
• bridge
• boats

[aladaris]

¿How do you controll the shutter with Arduino?; i mean how must i connect both, camera and Arduino (not the software).

I've been searching info, but I'm quite lost :P

Nice TimeLapse BTW ;)

[MarbleMad]

@aladaris Depends on your camera. With a cannon it's dead easy.. it's just a switch but with the DSCv3 which uses LANC control it's a headache. I bought a remote shutter release and simply wired the arduino directly to the shutter switch in that. So meter the 2 contacts on the switch. One will be ground one will be +v. connect them to a couple of arduino pins set to gnd and + and toggle one or the other - probably the + to activate the shutter.

[vertigon1980]

Nice timelapse, I also have a V3 and I'm getting an arduino duemilanove, I know I won't have problems with the code, but certanly will have problems with the wiring, how you did it? btw, I could help you with code if you have any new plans with the v3. I'm good with code but not with wires :P

[MarbleMad]

THe software is tricky as you have to commuinicate with the camera using the LANC protocol. I never managed to get it to work.

My work around was to buy some remote cable releases and simply hack the buttons. Couldn't be easier to wire. Just use a meter to establish if your buttons pull the connection high or low then tie an output pin to the connection and set it high or low when appropriate.

[MarbleMad]

The 'smart' way to use a microcontroller to do this may be to impliment the lanc protocol on the chip and send commands direct to the camera. That's been done by some people but it's beyond my programming ability and frankly it smacks of effort :) My messy hack does the job.

[MeebleMeeble]

Cool. Was it difficult to set up the arduino to do that?

[MarbleMad]

No. It was very easy. Just changed a couple of lines in the 'blink' demo programme and wired it to the hacked electronic remote controls I use on my stereo camera rig through a couple of resistors. It took minutes to do. I'm thinking of doing 3 short videos. how I do 3D, how I do infrared and how I do timelaps.

[mlucaus]

@MarbleMad Did you managed to make a video of 3D making and timelapse? I have a V3 but I just ordered a timer remote for timelapse.

[johnburnap]

excellent work! i loved the water shots... the wake in infrared was great!