Re: Time Lapse Sundial Movie

[John Carmichael]

Alexei:   Does this type of camera let you film at different speeds and will it work for 14.5 hours?  How long would the movie be?   I might be able to rent one. (Although I'm hoping all those camera experts at the observatory will supply one and help us out with this)   John   John L. Carmichael Jr. Sundial Sculptures 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona 85718 USA   Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: <http://www.sundialsculptures.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: Alexei Pace To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 1:47 PM Subject: Re: Time Lapse Sundial Movie Hi John I have the Sony TRV-140 digital 8 camcorder and it does have a programmable feature for time-lapse photography. Works great for those documentary flower-opening shots!! Did occur to me to try it on one of my sundials, but I have not found a place yet where it would be shaded from direct sunlight Regards Alexei Pace Malta 35.84ºN 14.55ºE inute for a longer movie. I am NOT a movie photographer and I don't know anything about video cameras. Do you think there is a video camera that can be programmed to take a time lapse movie so that a person doesn't have to personally baby sit the camera all day? Where could we get one?(Note: The best filming angle would be to place the camera as high as possible. A cherry picker, tall ladder scaffold? You might also get a good view of the shadow from a camera located on top of the Heliostat Tower looking down and south or one located on top of the Solar Vaccum Telescope.