Time lapse photos

[Groat21]

I’m looking at setting up a camera to do a time-lapse of my tent. I think it would be neat, and even useful to compare between grows.

From what I read, I’ll need an intervalometer and a camera. I found a couple intervalometers on amazon.ca(I’m in Canada), but they say compatible with only certain, expensive, cameras.

What I’m wondering is, what is a cheap camera/intervalometer combination, or a camera that can do this for me?


Thanks

 

[turbobuzz]

Shit dude, you need to be on the Canon forum. But agree that would be cool if you can figure it out.

 

[TintEastwood]

Sounds fun.


Quality aside.

It's possible to use an old android/ios cell phone with timelapse app installed.

Many apps to choose from.

 

[Groat21]

Sounds fun.


Quality aside.

It's possible to use an old android/ios cell phone with timelapse app installed.

Many apps to choose from.

Just figured this out, going to get a tripod and hopefully waterproof case for my old iPhone!

Thanks

 

[TintEastwood]

Just figured this out, going to get a tripod and hopefully waterproof case for my old iPhone!

Thanks

You're on it. Just connect to your wifi network. No cell service required.

My Ghostcam.

 

[Groat21]

You're on it. Just connect to your wifi network. No cell service required.

My Ghostcam.
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Very nice! I was going to put a camera in there to monitor them, but I’ve only got a 3x3 foot tent, so not really much room.

Here was my first time lapse, of about 2 and a half days. Didn’t bother editing this one, but I’ll cut out the nighttime shots eventually and add day markers.

Oops, I was going to add a video, but I guess it won’t let me. Eventually I’ll add to YouTube and link.

 

[TintEastwood]

Very nice! I was going to put a camera in there to monitor them, but I’ve only got a 3x3 foot tent, so not really much room.

Here was my first time lapse, of about 2 and a half days. Didn’t bother editing this one, but I’ll cut out the nighttime shots eventually and add day markers.

Oops, I was going to add a video, but I guess it won’t let me. Eventually I’ll add to YouTube and link.

What app?

 

[Groat21]

What app?

Skyflow. The only thing I wish it had was a way to turn the screen off, or keep it fully dimmed at least. Costs $3.99 for the full version, but the free one still allows exports in 720p.

Unless there’s a better app, I’ll proabbly just buy this one.

 

[xtsho]

Why?

 

[hawse]

I use a raspberry pi / raspberry pi camera with a little python script and it works great...

 

[Groat21]

Why?

I already said why. Why even comment?

 

[xtsho]

Because I can.

Have a nice day.

 

[cbdreviewed]

Any progress, mate? Where is a time-laps photos?

 

[Groat21]

Any progress, mate? Where is a time-laps photos?

Here we go. Mind you the quality isn't great, and I was bumping the camera a bit, so I built a stand to keep it still. Switching to flower soon, I'm excited to see how that looks!

Sorry, I still need to pay to upgrade to 720/1080p exports, only in 540p right now.

 

[Groat21]

I use a raspberry pi / raspberry pi camera with a little python script and it works great...

How do I set that up? and can I just buy it on amazon or ebay?

 

[hawse]

How do I set that up? and can I just buy it on amazon or ebay?

Yes you can just buy them on amazon - There is a new model out, the raspberry pi 4, but you could maybe get a 3 on amazon or ebay for really cheap like 30-40 dollars maybe, plus you need the official camera accessory as well. If you don't know any programming or scripting it can be a little tricky to set up, but there are plenty of good tutorials out there that show you how to set up the timelapse.... If you get to that point I'd be happy to share my little script - it runs automatically at startup, and copies the files across my wifi to my main computer every hour or so... I compile them into a movie later in blender, but you can actually script this on the raspberry pi too if you want to make it a movie before transferring. I also set up a little webpage hosted in apache on the pi on a private IP on my network that shows the first and last picture taken so I can take a quick glance on my phone and see how they are doing...

Eventually I want to buy a thermometer and hygrometer for the pi - You can have it log the temp and humidity as well...

 

[Groat21]

Yes you can just buy them on amazon - There is a new model out, the raspberry pi 4, but you could maybe get a 3 on amazon or ebay for really cheap like 30-40 dollars maybe, plus you need the official camera accessory as well. If you don't know any programming or scripting it can be a little tricky to set up, but there are plenty of good tutorials out there that show you how to set up the timelapse.... If you get to that point I'd be happy to share my little script - it runs automatically at startup, and copies the files across my wifi to my main computer every hour or so... I compile them into a movie later in blender, but you can actually script this on the raspberry pi too if you want to make it a movie before transferring. I also set up a little webpage hosted in apache on the pi on a private IP on my network that shows the first and last picture taken so I can take a quick glance on my phone and see how they are doing...

Eventually I want to buy a thermometer and hygrometer for the pi - You can have it log the temp and humidity as well...

Yeah, the humidity/temperature feature would be awesome.!

 

[waterproof808]

I just made a mini time-lapse of a seed sprouting