TL 1-8 TIME LAPSE TEST CONCLUSIONS

 

TIME LAPSE TEST CONCLUSIONS

 

 

 

OVERALL OBJECTIVE

The overall objective of this series of tests, was to find out the capability of my camera,

the –

 

Panasonic Lumix    DMC - FT30    Automatic Digital Compact

for taking Time Lapses.

 

 

 

OVERVIEW

So, what can this camera do ?

 

I found that the capacity of the battery is a critical factor.

 

When fully charged, the battery comfortably allows me to take a –

 

            540    frames                     ( 360    x    1  1/2 )                            

            10    second interval

                    -    1  1/2    hours    real time

 

Time Lapse      

 

 

  

LIGHT CONDITIONS

 

Just recapping –

 

“Air Flow    (5fps)”

Unchangiing light conditions     

This camera can cope with unchanging daylight conditions, well.

Such that, the Time Lapse produced is smooth, and of good quality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Evening Glow    (5fps)”

Decreasing, indirect light conditions      

This camera seems to have some difficulty adjusting to the change in focus and light intensity,

as indirect light conditions decrease.

Such that, the Time Lapse produced is not smooth, and a bit jumpy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Morning Show    (5fps)”

Increasing, indirect light conditions      

This camera also seems to have some difficulty adjusting to the change in focus and light intensity,

as indirect light conditions increase.

Such that, the Time Lapse produced is not smooth, and jumps in a more pronounced way, though less number of times,

than when indirect light conditions decrease.

So, I would say that, this camera can cope a bit better with decreasing, rather than increasing, indirect light conditions.

 

 

 

 “Sunset    (5fps)”

Decreasing, direct light conditions      

This camera seems to have some difficulty adjusting to the change in focus and light intensity,

as direct light conditions decrease.

Such that, the Time Lapse produced is not smooth and is jumpy in some places.

In particular, around the time that the sun was setting, exactly.

 

 

 

 

 

“Sunrise    (5fps)”

Increasing, direct light conditions      

This camera also seems to have difficulty adjusting to the change in focus and light intensity,

as direct light conditions increase.

Such that, the Time Lapse produced is not smooth, and jumps in a much more pronounced way than when light conditons decrease., with some major focus issues. Though, I think that this was in part because the movement of the waves exponentially increased the changes in light direction and intensity, so that the camera could not cope.

 

 

Light Quality

However, I was very impressed by the quality of light captured overall, in particular, in the lower

light conditions

 

 

 

IN GENERAL

 

Decreasing  vs  Increasing,  Indirect Light Conditions

This camera can cope a bit better with decreasing, rather than increasing, indirect light conditions.

 

Decreasing  vs  Increasing,  Direct Light Conditions

This camera can cope a bit better with decreasing, rather than increasing, direct light conditions.

 

And,

Indirect Light  vs  Direct Light,  Conditions       

It would seem that this camera can cope better with indirect light changes, than direct light changes.

 

 

Excluding the photo of the Lumix camera 

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