Timelapse made Cheap and Easy with a Webcam

A quick rundown to doing timelapse with a webcam. Last year I went down the digital single lens reflex path (DSLR) and it worked, but was expensive and not terribly satisfactory. It wasnt a total disaster as the camera is quite good for astro stuff.

This year I went down the webcam and a netbook path and its worked out very well.

The netbook can run the rig for the best part of a day (7hrs ish). Its all in probably smaller and lighter than the DSLR and MUCH cheaper. Further the files are written straight to the HD so there is no worries about filling up memory cards etc.

There are many intermediate routes. Basically using a point n press which has some time lapse capability. These has some advantages and disadvantages from both sides.

Battery life is still an issue. Memory cards similarly. Shutter is not an issue, nor is size.

Personally Ive been really impressed with the webcam. This webcam only shoots in 4x3 but apparently widescreen webcams are coming out soon!

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[TheFartoholic]

ramen!

[Yoshiisland1]

Hey tf00t, can I come with you? I promise, I'll bring a lot of Ramen with us.

[blurglide]

It's been a couple years. How about an update on how you do things now?

[David5005ful]

Holly crap that's messy! -.-

[tomb1272]

you are blessed to live in such a beautiful country dude... :D

[XxJesseXdrummerxX]

look at all that ramen!

[dendrobiummf]

nice video. i recently bought a 720p webcam but I found the quality was worse than digital camera even it could take up to 8MP image. plus it doesn't have manual focus so subject that is far from the webcam is blurry.

[iscay666]

@jermck13 Sounds more like a fly XD

[wan2do]

awesome video man I am going right out to try it. thanks