It should be relative easy to lay this setting after the 200 images setting in the next App update
i think very few shoot Time-lapse under two images and detect the Not Specified setting !
possibly change the English to āunlimitedā would make it clearer too.
yes after the 200 setting
Agree that both placement and wording should be improved
I have just recently gotten into shooting time-lapse with my Theta. I shot some stars from the roof of my house and got lucky when some clouds came out (made for a really dramatic effect). I have an unused light stand from work that works great for getting the Theta up high and hope to try a time-lapse of the upcoming eclipse.
Here is my favorite Theta S time-lapse so far: https://www.instagram.com/p/BXAEdVAHZQB/?taken-by=pentaxagram (shot on the roof of my carport on what started out as a clear night)
Ok but it is not 360 interaktive
Yeah - I tend to share mostly via Instagram, so much of my finished Theta work is flattened. I do love the tiny planet style stuff.
Jason,
Just curious about you using Instagram. It seems like a lot of THETA users post on Instagram even though they canāt display 360 content. In your case, if youāre posting tiny planets, it doesnāt matter. But what do you do if you want to show 360 images?
Jesse
Jesse - I occasionally post 360 images to my facebook page and share that way (havenāt posted much to my Theta account since Facebook and Youtube added 360 photo/video compatibility). There is one nifty app called Around Theta which will basically make a little looping video that spins around your 360 picture (you pick the starting point). It would be nice if Instagram added a 360 feature, but I do love the tiny planets. I am sure some of you know Ben Claremont⦠is he active here? He was one of the first Theta-enthusiasts I networked with on Instagram and Facebook.
Jason,
Yes, I know and like Ben Claremont a lot. His tiny planet info and reviews of cameras and accessories is always super useful. I just recently bought a Manfratto extendable monopod based on his reviews, and really like it.
Is the Around Theta app called āAround Theta for SNSā? The description says āThis App can make movies suitable for SNS such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram from photos taken by RICOH THETA S.ā Is that the one? Is it good enough to add to the List of RICOH THETA Apps?
Jesse
Jesse - That is the app. It isnāt a robust app like RollWorld or the desktop Insta360 app, but it seems to work well for what it is. Here is an example of a time I used it to share a 360 photo on Instagram:
Sorry to get off-topic in the Time-Lapse thread!
Jesse
Nice work! I did a time-lapse too, plz check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y6mTWYMtU8, also 4K with Theta S.
@tomriddle1234 - Very cool. Here is my last time-lapse experiment. I got really lucky with the clouds at night:
Cool. I shared this on Twitter too. Nice. BTW, you can share short animated gifs if you want.
Really cool nighttime time lapse, thanks for posting
I wasnāt in totality for this eclipse, but Boise was close enough to the path that I thought Iād try a Theta time-lapse. I found the experience very moving - the sudden temperature, light and sound changes are pretty amazing. It got dark enough here for the street lights to come on briefly. I was underwhelmed by my footage, but made this tiny planet version⦠It does show an interesting change in light and the shifting halo around the planet is pretty cool. The contrail at the end steals the show.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYE7yUWn2IU/?taken-by=pentaxagram
p.s. This shot I got during my Sunday trial run may be the best thing that came from all this eclipse shooting.
Jason,
Wow, I think you did some cool things here. I agree, the āeclipseā didnāt come through, but the change in light is pretty dramatic. And, yes, the contrails shooting through near the end are neat.
Got a big laugh from the curious bee.
Excellent!
Jesse
@jcasman - I donāt think Iāve ever seen the rolling shutter effect on insect wings. It makes me wish I had some video of this same bee/Theta encounter.
can you give a few more details?
On all other Ricoh cameras you can leave the shutter speed, exposure time and ISO on auto and set the white-balance. Unfortunately on the Theta cameras you canāt do it so you have to choose shutter or ISO priority to enable the white-balance setting. I use ISO priority because it has a greater range of light that it can use without under/over exposing the image.
For daytime I set the ISO to lowest because the slower shutter speeds create movement blur which enhances the timelapse result. If youāre shooting on a cloudy day and want to be able to see the clouds then you should lower the exposure compensation a notch or two too as you canāt combine interval shooting with HDR.
At night i find itās best to go full-manual as the auto exposures tend to be a bit conservative. On a tripod or clamp you can push the ISO & shutter speed towards their maximums but a lot of noise does creep in at higher ISOs.
Hereās one of my little-planet timelapses, a music video I made for a friendās band: Make It Like It Used To Be - The Bob Lazar Story on Vimeo