Long story short (and it is a long story), all I want to do is make the most of my regrettable decision. If I knew what I know now BEFORE I decided to buy a GoPro camera, I’m almost 100% certain I wouldn’t have gotten one. The more I explore creative ways to use my GoPro HERO4 Black action camera, I realize there’s a lot I don’t know about the camera hardware, firmware, and “supporting” software.Ī lot of the frustration and pain of being a GoPro user is inflicted by GoPro Inc. I will provide more background information and tech tips in a follow-up blog post. Two short video clips were combined using Apple iMovie. That’s odd, because the camera was set to record every 1 s - more than long enough for a single plane to appear multiple times. Although I saw several planes in the sky (with my eyes) when I was outside, I don’t see them in the movie. Post update: I watched the time lapse movie on a large screen monitor. Finally, look closely and you might be able to see a series of commercial jet aircraft flying from south to north on approach to landing at Washington National Airport. Three Fairfax County Fire Department red vehicles pass by heading south along Richmond Highway, including a truck, SUV, and ladder truck. Several Fairfax County Public Schools yellow buses are seen making afternoon runs. Clouds are moving across the sky from northwest to southeast. Notice the trees look “nervous” - it was windy due to a cold front that passed the day before I recorded the video. The camera is facing east from the 6th floor of a parking garage. The video looks best when played in “Full screen” mode. The camera was set for Video Mode / “Time Lapse Video” submode - the simplest of several ways to create time lapse movies using the HERO4. The following time lapse video was taken using my GoPro HERO4 Black action camera remotely controlled with the “ GoPro app” (v7.1) running on an Apple iPad mini 2. That being said, I think my next experiment will test “Time Lapse” submode.Ĭopyright © 2022 Walter Sanford. Next time I experiment with “Night Lapse Photo” I will shoot some test shots using “Night Photo” to be sure the exposure is set correctly before starting “Night Lapse Photo.” I didn’t know that Photo Mode / Night Photo submode and Multi-Shot Mode / Night Lapse Photo submode are virtually identical. It’s possible the “Center Weighted Average” Metering Mode was unable to expose the entire image properly. The scene I recorded was relatively high contrast - it was dark in the parking garage and the white clouds in the sky were bright. Although 1/120 s is a relatively slow shutter speed, it’s fast enough that it might not explain why my photos are overexposed. Notice the Shutter Speed was 1/120 second. That’s a fairly wide angle lens, so it’s no wonder the preceding photos show some “fish eye” distortion. The 35mm equivalent focal length of the lens is 15mm. The GoPro HERO4 Black features a fixed lens with an aperture of f/2.8. Each photo file is approximately 2.2 MB in size. The GoPro HERO4 Black records JPG photos with a 4:3 aspect ratio (4,000 x 3,000 pixels). The Interval was set for five (5) seconds and set the Shutter Speed was set for Auto. “Time Lapse” and “Night Lapse Photo” submodes enable automated recording of photos that can be used to create a time lapse movie during post-processing.Īs you can see in the two sample photos (shown above), the sky was overexposed in all of the photos that were recorded. In order to smooth the playback and lengthen the final movie a little, I used iMovie to adjust the playback speed to 25% of normal. That’s a total of 45 seconds long, before I trimmed the video clips using Apple iMovie. If you record every second for 30 seconds, your final movie will be 1 second long! Plan to record for at least 10 to 15 minutes.īased upon my settings the camera created two video clips: the first is 17 seconds in duration the last is 28 seconds. Standard video playback is typically 30 frames per sec in the USA. Just be sure to record long enough to create a “Goldilocks movie,” that is one that isn’t too short and isn’t too long but is just right. Make the same settings that I used and start recording. File size varies depending upon the duration of the video clips. When the GoPro HERO4 Black is set for “Time Lapse Video” submode, the camera records MP4 videos with a 16:9 aspect ratio (3,840 x 2,160 pixels).
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