NLC July 01-02 Northern Scotland.

[James Fraser]

Most of last night was lost to cloud. There was a slight clearance just before the dawn that revealed this magnificent display. Still compromised by the weather though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsX4z-MRxUU

Jimmy

[Bill W]

Looks a good one!, further to my youtube comments what format to you record and upload to youtube in.
I tried again and was told upload time 1016 minutes!
I must be doing something wrong.....

[James Fraser]

Hi Bill,
I record it using a Canon EOS 600D. The movie record size is 1920 x 1080 and 25 frames a second, but...by adding the free Magic Lantern software to the card I can slow the frame capture rate to 1 frame per second. This creates a timelapse on playback.
I load the file into the free version of 'VideoPad' film editor. After any edits required I save it as an AVI file 1920 x 1080 and by clicking on the 'encoder options' I choose the 'Xvid MPEG-4 Codec' and you can also click on the 'Video Compression Settings' to compress it - I usually choose between the '1' to '1.22' setting (highest quality)
The short timelapse last night ended up being about 99mb in size and took about 30 minutes to upload.
At the moment the Canon EOS 600D is probably the best suited for the Magic Lantern slow frame rate. The 550D starts to complain about the heat. The later versions of the EOS cameras are still experimental. I think the 650D shows black vertical lines on the timelapse. I am a long way from being an expert on these things. I am the 'press this button and hope for the best' type of person.
Hope you can make something of this rambling response.

Jimmy.

[James Fraser]

Here is a timelapse that someone has posted on youtube using a 550D and Magic Lantern slow frame rate. Other links will hopefully show up on the right.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=abLib19kSQU

[Bill W]

Hi,
Thanks for the info, You've given me an idea about using an older 350D. I'll see how that goes over the next couple of weeks.
Cheers,
Bill.