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collecting and viewing — making a time-lapse movie
You set up a time lapse
in Live View. When you click
the Time Lapse button, a
panel opens on the bottom
right side of the screen.
Time lapse
controls
The slider controls the rate
at which snapshots are taken during
time-lapse experiments. As you
move the slider from left to right,
you can see the rate change in the
display under the slider. You can set
it from one picture every second to
one picture every hour.
Once you’ve set your time lapse, you
click on the Record button to start it.
This puts a Minimize button in the
upper right corner of the screen.
A display under the Record button
shows the total time since you
started the time lapse.
The Settings control display now
functions as a countdown timer to
show you the length of time
between snapshots.
The display below the countdown
tracks the total number of
snapshots taken.
Pond scum—
the movie
We made an overnight time lapse of less
than a
teaspoon of water from a
garden
pond.
We had expected to get a movie of the
little
critters zipping around, but we
got an even more interesting surprise!
Here is what our movie looked like
when we began.
2 hours
Condensation clouds
the top cover.
4 hours
Droplets start to form,
but we could still see the
critters in the background.
6 hours
Large droplets make a
pretty and interesting
pattern on the screen.
8 hours
The water drops
continue to grow larger
and the midges cavort!
10 hours
A sparkling waterworld
takes shape with
shadowy blobs behind it.
12 hours
Eventually the screen
looks like giant
glistening blisters!
Handheld
mode
With the Digital
Blue QX3
™
Computer
Microscope, you
can even make a
time lapse in
handheld mode!
However, the time
lapse will continue
only while you hold
the Capture button
on the microscope.
When you release
the button, your
time lapse will end,
just as if you
clicked the Stop
Record button on
the screen.
Making a time-lapse movie
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