Tag: Camera

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Pixel 8 Pro Night Sight Video

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The purchase of the Pixel 8 Pro has brought many things to my love of #pixel, but I am a bit embarrassed to say that, even though I have had Night Sight since my Oh-So-Orange 4 XL, I have just thought of stringing together the one second videos that are produced when I take a Night Sight photo. How’s that for a run-on sentence?

While I have loved using my phone to take low light photos since my Sunshine Yellow Lumia 1020, the Night Sight feature on Pixels has opened the night sky to me. It is always amazing to see how many stars are actually in the sky at night.

The thing I had missed in the reviews and videos was that a one second video was produced when taking a long exposure Night Sight photo. For me, the photo must be 2 minutes 34 seconds or longer for the app to produce a video. The video is a time lapse of the photo. While I thought the videos were interesting, I never thought to take a series of photos and the combine the resulting videos into a string and make one time lapse video. That is until recently.

There can be something eerily beautiful with these photos

So I am going to continue to play with this and see what can be produced.oogle

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Day 16 – By Jove, I think I’ve got it!

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I had to figure out a way to hold the @JustSpices containers in the same spot for each picture without being complex or visible in the pictures. I also had to anchor the camera so it didn’t move throughout the process.

The containers have a plastic top and bottom. Both have a cavity. I couldn’t use the top to anchor the container without it being visible. I would need to put something under them. It needed to hold each in place but at the same time allow the containers to be switched easily.

I decided that a disc, slightly smaller than the inside diameter of the cavity would be the best solution. Each container would end up in the same relative spot in relation to the camera and the backdrop. It would also allow the containers to be switched out easily. Using a small piece of modeling clay would keep the disk in place but not have the potential to damage my backdrop.

I used some modeling clay to anchor the camera stand and to make sure the camera didn’t move I used my watch to trigger the shutter.

After everything was set up I took all of the photos that I would need. The amount of time it required was much shorter than previously. I would like to think the ease was at least in part a result of my planning but can’t swear to it.

I did not have time today to research making a short video in Final Cut Pro to see if there was an easier way to string the pictures together and sync the soundtrack to such a short video.

That’s all for tonight. I hope that you all are well.