Using the Camera –
Panasonic Lumix DMC - FT30 Automatic Digital Compact
Objective 1
- To
take a 360 frame Time Lapse, over
1 hour.
Objective 2
- To
minimise the foreground and any action there,
in
order to focus on the sky.
Objective 3
- To
record 1/2 hour before, and
1/2 hour after,
the
expected zenith of the Total Solar Eclipse
occuring at Exmouth, in Western
Australia, Australia,
at 13 : 29 : 23 hours,
Sydney, Australia time.
A
Time Lapse,
taken
during the
Total
Solar Eclipse,
which
was occurring
in
Exmouth, Western Australia,
a
few thousand miles / kilometers
away
(from Sydney, Australia).
MENU PATHWAYS
FLASH
- Flash Button
- Forced Flash Off
(No Flash,
compulsory)
MODE
- Mode Button
- iA
(Intelligent Auto)
TIME LAPSE
- Cross / Centre
Button
- iA
Rec
-
Time Lapse Shot
-
Shooting Interval
Image Count
-
Shooting Interval
- 10 sec
- Image Count
- 360
- Start Shooting
- Press shutter to start
TIME LAPSE
DATE & TIME
Taken on Thurs 20 Apr 2023,
1
PM - 2
PM Approx.
LOCATION
Trenerry Reserve, Coogee NSW,
AUSTRALIA
Facing
- North West
Cloud Movement -
From SE to NW
Breeze
- Quite Strong, From SE to NW
CAMERA
Panasonic Lumix DMC - FT30 Automatic Digital Compact
FLASH
Forced Flash, Off (No Flash, compulsory)
MODE
iA (Intelligent Auto)
FRAME RATE
360
frames,
at 10 second intervals,
over 1 hour
real time
VIDEO RATE
25 fps
VIDEO
RUNNING TIME
14 sec
RESULTS
Objective 1
- A 360 frame
Time Lapse, over 1 hour
was achieved.
Objective 2
- It
is very difficult finding a place where no people will be walking around in the
foreground.
- I
did minimise the amount of foreground, and maximised the amount of sky.
Objective 3
- The
expected time frame for recording was achieved.
- I
positioned the camera so that the sun was about 3/4 the way up,
and towards the Right of Frame,
at
the start of recording.
It
was visible behind the clouds before I started to record.
It
moved to the Left during recording, behind the clouds.
Observations
-
The cloud movement was quite interesting.
-
There definitely was a darker phase to the daylight for the first 1/3
of the Time Lapse,
which I would attribute to the shadow from the eclipse.
The daylight returned to a lighter aspect after this phase.
Excluding the photo of the Lumix camera
(c) Katherine Stuart 2023
Dochas Books Film
