MAVIC 2 Hyperlapse 120x Speed - On the GROUND

Rockowe · Dec 20, 2019

An Hour of 4K SHooting - Compressed into 30 seconds - at 50fps and 4K
See nature at its BEST - in ways you haven't seen …. View in 4K if you have it

Dale D · Dec 21, 2019

I am not really sure why you would shoot this with a drone when it could be much easier to use a DSLR camera with built in intervalometer like a Nikon D750, D800, D850, etc on a tripod. That is what I have been doing for the past 4 years, using the LRTimelapse5 software in post. Second comment is that I would have raised the horizon a bit and made it more level. In fact, a stable, land based or tripod based hyperlapse or timelapse can even be done with an iPhone. I could attach several examples here of a recent group of time lapses done with my iPhone XS MAX but I don't want to hijack your thread. If you're interested I could send it by message.

CallSignShadow · Dec 21, 2019

Dale D said:
I am not really sure why you would shoot this with a drone when it could be much easier to use a DSLR camera with built in intervalometer like a Nikon D750, D800, D850, etc ...

Can't speak for OP but two kids in college, one year left on my mortgage and two years away from retiring at 55 and bills bills bills make purchasing a skookum camera on top of my own zoom as questionable financial decision making at best. I wish I had the cash to throw at my projects to make it easier as you clearly do and have done.

Tl;dr maybe an expensive camera that does it all is cost prohibitive for many of us.

Dale D · Dec 21, 2019

CallSignShadow said:
Can't speak for OP but two kids in college, one year left on my mortgage and two years away from retiring at 55 and bills bills bills make purchasing a skookum camera on top of my own zoom as questionable financial decision making at best. I wish I had the cash to throw at my projects to make it easier as you clearly do and have done.

Tl;dr maybe an expensive camera that does it all is cost prohibitive for many of us.

I am sorry for the financial circumstances of the responder and understand it. I am merely making a constructive suggestion that a much better hyperlapse can be obtained with cameras that many in the forum use. These time lapses have been submitted numerous times to this forum and they are really works of art and quite enjoyable. The high end cameras shoot RAW images with very high clarity (each RAW image is 35-40 MB as opposed to 12MB for a Mavic Air or a 20MB image for a Mavic 2 Pro). I also did mention that many iPhones can also do timelapse and hyperlapse, as well as the DJI Osmo Action video camera. My only point being that I would not select a drone to do this sort of study.

Each of us have individual financial circumstances. I, myself am retired and am able to afford both the drone and the camera, but I can truly feel for those who are still carrying the load of tuitions, mortgages, etc.

Rockowe · Dec 21, 2019

Thanks for the Comments Dale -
I use Multiple cameras - and am pretty Proficient using them - .
Your comments are valid - BUT...
- that was not the intention - ….

Within five minutes of starting this project , I decided to do it.
It was to see what could be achieved - and how long the Mavic would record for.

Awsome test.
a) Firstly an Hour of 4K shooting Depleted my Battery only to 70%. The remote was pretty much the Same Place - and the Phone was charging from the RC - which was in turn charging from a USB charger itself- so Phone was 100%

b) I also Shot DAY to Night Video at 90x Speed - which resulted in Awsome transition of lights coming on and the sun Setting.

c) Yes I could have stabilized it more - (in the crazy wind up here) - But it was to show Myself - that this could be done... and REALLY EASILLY - No Setup Required - Just Switch on and record.

It (this vid) was Shot over an Hour By Just Leaving the Mavic there and collecting the Videos. (42Gig of them)
Then in the Editor wound the speed up to 12000% (where 100% was normal slow speed)
… and Outputed a 50fps Video 4K of the Result -

I encourage others to try it...

Dale D · Dec 21, 2019

Rockowe said:
Thanks for the Comments Dale -
I use Multiple cameras - and am pretty Proficient using them - .
Your comments are valid - BUT...
- that was not the intention - ….

Within five minutes of starting this project , I decided to do it.
It was to see what could be achieved - and how long the Mavic would record for.

Awsome test.
a) Firstly an Hour of 4K shooting Depleted my Battery only to 70%. The remote was pretty much the Same Place - and the Phone was charging from the RC - which was in turn charging from a USB charger itself- so Phone was 100%

b) I also Shot DAY to Night Video at 90x Speed - which resulted in Awsome transition of lights coming on and the sun Setting.

c) Yes I could have stabilized it more - (in the crazy wind up here) - But it was to show Myself - that this could be done... and REALLY EASILLY - No Setup Required - Just Switch on and record.

It (this vid) was Shot over an Hour By Just Leaving the Mavic there and collecting the Videos. (42Gig of them)
Then in the Editor wound the speed up to 12000% (where 100% was normal slow speed)
… and Outputed a 50fps Video 4K of the Result -

I encourage others to try it...

Oh...I see your point! You are using the drone as a static camera for hyper lapse. No flying is intended, so that you can actually do a timelapse/hyperlapse with the totally passive software of the drone in a static situation. Several questions immediately arise in my mind. The first one is the most obvious. How do you stabilize a drone without a tripod? Do you just place it on a stable surface, prop it up with a cushion or something? How do you position the drone for the view you want?

I have spent tons of time learning and using the Dynamic Perception motion timelapse rig with the Sapphire 3 axis unit to create time lapses. Here is my set up. I use the Dynamic Peception app to control the parameters such as interval between shots, number of shots, and starting and ending positions on the 2 foot , 2 rail platform. Here is their promotional video if anyone on the forum has any interest.

Rockowe · Dec 21, 2019

Dale D said:
Oh...I see your point! You are using the drone as a static camera for hyper lapse. No flying is intended.

The first one (question) is the most obvious. How do you stabilize a drone without a tripod? Do you just place it on a stable surface, prop it up with a cushion or something? How do you position the drone for the view you want?

Your Equipment is Incredible

So this Setup was easy Enough … The Drone is STABLE as it stands on the Roof - Or on the take off Platform - or Table...
Remembering of course that the MAVIIC 2 has an Incredible Gimbal - that stabilizes itself pretty well.

Positioning of the Camera - is done in the APP (DJI Go 4) - By Pushing and Swiping slowly to move the Camera Direction - ...
Also ZOOM - and aperture and shutter speed etc...

So a Fair amount of control and surprisingly not Battery draining - ...
I could have shot for at least three Hors non-stop -
Just to be clear this is shooting normal 4K movies … not timed interval frames.

TRY IT !

Then in editing - Just speed Up the Output... It would be Interesting using that three hours to look at the SKy - … Like Night SHots - … STARS etc
But the Camera - is not good enough - (Sensitive enough) … Would really need to do that with Possible a few secs exposure (like 2-5s) for frame and then say every 5-10 seconds to snap.

That's where a decent DSLR could work

Rockowe · Dec 21, 2019

Dale D said:
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Wow your equipment gives Hyperlapse a NEW Meaning....

One could use a MUCH Longer 'Bridge'' Between Tripods to get slow Movement and Angular Movement - instead of the shorter???

Im Jealous of your Equipment - ...
Theres no competing with that !

But for Quick STATIC HyperLapsing My system Works - with the Drone I have … (Smiling)

Dale D · Dec 21, 2019

Rockowe said:
Wow your equipment gives Hyperlapse a NEW Meaning....

One could use a MUCH Longer 'Bridge'' Between Tripods to get slow Movement and Angular Movement - instead of the shorter???

Im Jealous of your Equipment - ...
Theres no competing with that !

But for Quick STATIC HyperLapsing My system Works - with the Drone I have … (Smiling)

The Dynamic Preception slider comes with standard 2 foot rails but they will be more than happy to sell you extenders at 2 feet each.

Please view this video (Montana) for examples of time lapse, motion time-lapse with slider, and motion hyperlapse with slider; particularly to the follow sections. From 00:45-00:49, From 01:54-02:12, From 03:51-04:14. These were all done with the Dynamic Perception slider and Sapphire 3 axis head shown above.

GadgetGuy · Dec 22, 2019

Dale D said:
Second comment is that I would have raised the horizon a bit and made it more level.

The horizon is level. Look more closely. Why would you want to raise the horizon, which would only reduce the area for the primary subject, which is the moving clouds above the horizon?

Dale D · Dec 22, 2019

Yes- your are correct- the horizon appeared to be tilted- when I actually put it one a grid in Photoshop it was level. My own photographic sensibilities would have been to allow a bit more ground in the image. To each his own taste.

GadgetGuy · Dec 22, 2019

Dale D said:
Yes- your are correct- the horizon appeared to be tilted- when I actually put it one a grid in Photoshop it was level. My own photographic sensibilities would have been to allow a bit more ground in the image. To each his own taste.

Just curious: why would you want more, and not less ground, in the image, when the primary subject is clearly the moving clouds? Don't the so called rules of composition dictate that your subject should fill the frame?

Dale D · Dec 22, 2019

GadgetGuy said:
Just curious: why would you want more, and not less ground, in the image, when the primary subject is clearly the moving clouds? Don't the so called rules of composition dictate that your subject should fill the frame?

Hello again Gadget Guy;

Well, I've been doing photography since age 8 (1946) and I am now 81. I've been doing Photoshop from the onset of its existence. In my later years, I've branched into all sorts of media and software, including Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, LRTimelapse5, Luminar, and NIK softwares. My new passion for the past few years is multi-media-e.g.: first DVD slide shows with music and transitions, and then, when the drone became available, I switched to video multi-media, and my shows now include slides, timelapse, hyperlapse, OsmoAction video, iPhone video, and drone video including drone hyperlapse an drone timelapse. In all of these years I have not exactly followed the rule of thirds but I have given a little more space on the bottom to include about 1/4th to 1/3rd the frame. I am not pleased in my own head about a little sliver of ground. If you click on my MONTANA video in this thread above, you will see that most of my scenes the land is many times greater than the lower 50%. That video includes stills, and videos. So my preference and taste differs.
Thanks for asking.

GadgetGuy · Dec 22, 2019

Dale D said:
Hello again Gadget Guy;

Well, I've been doing photography since age 8 (1946) and I am now 81. I've been doing Photoshop from the onset of its existence. In my later years, I've branched into all sorts of media and software, including Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects, LRTimelapse5, Luminar, and NIK softwares. My new passion for the past few years is multi-media-e.g.: first DVD slide shows with music and transitions, and then, when the drone became available, I switched to video multi-media, and my shows now include slides, timelapse, hyperlapse, OsmoAction video, iPhone video, and drone video including drone hyperlapse an drone timelapse. In all of these years I have not exactly followed the rule of thirds but I have given a little more space on the bottom to include about 1/4th to 1/3rd the frame. I am not pleased in my own head about a little sliver of ground. If you click on my MONTANA video in this thread above, you will see that most of my scenes the land is many times greater than the lower 50%. That video includes stills, and videos. So my preference and taste differs.
Thanks for asking.

That's heck of a CV recital to say you just prefer it that way, and that the photographer is wrong in his choice of composition. The ground isn't moving. No reason to include more of it. I didn't need Photoshop to tell me the horizon was properly level. No CV needed to support my eyesight.

Dale D · Dec 22, 2019

GadgetGuy said:
That's heck of a CV recital to say you just prefer it that way, and that the photographer is wrong in his choice of composition. The ground isn't moving. No reason to include more of it. I didn't need Photoshop to tell me the horizon was properly level. No CV needed to support my eyesight.

I think you are looking for a confrontation but you will not get it from me. I don't recall saying anyone was wrong.I said several times it was a matter of your individual taste. Your photo composition is your taste and mine is mine-simple as that and this will end my discussion.

GadgetGuy · Dec 22, 2019

Dale D said:
Your photo composition is your taste and mine is mine-simple as that and this will end my discussion.

So why was it necessary to preface that statement with eleven lines of why you are supposedly more educated and smarter than the rest of us, yet you still need photoshop to tell you the horizon is level?