Godfrey, I wouldn't want to rely on a digtial camera to be operational over this long period of time - eight years is a long time. Can I still get battteries for it in 8 years? If it dies, can I replace it with a compatible one?
Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Godfrey DiGiorgi Sendt: 21. november 2007 23:08 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: One shot a week for 6-8 years Huh? Why not just dedicate one of your existing digital cameras to the task, use it for the next five or six years with the same lens on it? It will be much easier than trying to get coordinated scans of 400-900 film exposures, not to mention a hell of lot less work. For a 30 second motion video at 24fps you'll need 720 exposures. 416 exposures for 30 seconds is only 14fps, ... that will be pretty jerky. I did this with one of the faculty back in 1969-72 when I was in high school. We used a Bolex H16 movie camera, had a "permanent" tripod set up at an appropriate vantage point, and dedicated the camera and lens to the task through the one and a half year exterior building process. Made several exposures at the same times of day, every day, throughout the process. What we learned from testing was that it was better to build a full enclosure for that camera so that we could get perfectly registered frames rather than the small variations that occur from unmounting and remounting the camera from the tripod every day. It came together in a 3 minute, 24fps presentation ... about 4,500 frames. I'd much rather have done it with a modern DSLR. Godfrey On Nov 21, 2007, at 1:27 PM, Jens Bladt wrote: > Hello List > I may be offered a chance to make one (two, actually) shots every > week or > so, for a period of perhaps 6-8 years. Thats perhaps 52x8 (416) > shots For > the harbour project in my home town. Perhaps you remember that I'm > a city > planner/architect working for the local community. > We're buildnig a new 40 ha harbour on topof a 4.000.000 ton soil > deposit. > I'll arrange for two stationary tripods (steel and concrete) to be > installed > at different places. So the camera position is not really an issue. > The > result will be a small movie (30 seconds?), showing in seconds how > the whole > thing was built during a 6-8 year period. My question is: What kind of > camera equipment would you use, in order to make sure all shots ar > compatible - same angle of view, same colour rendition etc. > I was thinking of 6x6 equipment (Pentacon or Hasselblad) and 120-film > (bought in advance and stored in a freezer). > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1143 - Release Date: 11/21/2007 10:01 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1143 - Release Date: 11/21/2007 10:01 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
