Time Lapse Clouds

This time I mounted my 3D printed phone holder on a tripod.

 

iPod clamped in place and set up in the garden.
5V power bank hanging below.



That view shows why I end up walking about half a kilometre when cutting the grass.

Once again I used the Apple Camera app to take the shots and produce the video.
I let it run for about 45 minutes.



Next time I'll try to get things level!

Another Phone Holder

I have been searching through many designs for 3D printed holders for phones which were suitable for use on a tripod. Finally I found one on thingiverse I thought worth trying out.

Just three printed sections



which fit together to make



I fitted it to a universal ball joint I already had and clamped my iPod



The whole thing will fit on the standard screw on a tripod.
I also found the stand from an old 7 inch monitor and attached it to that

 

so I could stand and angle it in the bedroom window to take a time lapse video.
The block on the right is a rechargeable 5V power bank.
Useful when something may need  power for an extended period.

Not a brilliant day for time lapse photography!



If I understood things correctly the built in Apple Camera app (when set to the time lapse setting) chooses the number of frames per second so that the resulting video is no more than 40 seconds long no matter how long it has been filming. It does this after the recording has been stopped. Not exactly a speedy process but nor is it speedy transferring 100s of individual photos to a laptop and putting them together to make a video,