any advice re shooting stop-frame animation?

Malcolm Hamilton · June 11th, 2008, 12:21 PM

Patrick - - that is all very thoughtfully laid out advice... I went through it all (it hadn't occurred to me that even though the duration doesn't change until you get, in the case of my one-frame grabs, past twenty-four of these things), but still no luck. Thanks so much, though... I now know a lot more about this process than I did before.
And Kevin... I'll try three frames next time.
Cheers,
Malcolm

David Lorente · June 11th, 2008, 12:59 PM

Malcolm, if you set the camera counter to TC instead of Duration, you will see in the display the complete timecode with hours, minutes, seconds and frames, so you would be able to see the advance of every frame (or three, or whatever you set on the Frame recording menu item).

Malcolm Hamilton · June 11th, 2008, 02:18 PM

Brilliant, David. I'll check it out. cheers, Malcolm

Kevin Wayne Jones · June 11th, 2008, 05:34 PM

Check this " Stop- Frame Animation" info out from Sony.

Kevin

Patrick Williams · June 11th, 2008, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Lorente

Malcolm, if you set the camera counter to TC instead of Duration, you will see in the display the complete timecode with hours, minutes, seconds and frames, so you would be able to see the advance of every frame (or three, or whatever you set on the Frame recording menu item).

You are correct. I had left my display in duration and I wasn't seeing the frame count even though it was working.

Malcolm Hamilton · June 13th, 2008, 03:18 PM

Just an update. I have checked and double-checked, following up on suggestions made here, and after reading and re-reading page 59 of the manual... and it my IR remote just doesn't work. I even put a new battery in it.
So unless someone can think of something else I can try, I'm going to give up on it, and (I hope), get a cable remote. Can anyone tell me where I can get such a thing?
Thanks for trying everyone. malcolm

June 11th, 2008, 12:59 PM	#17
David Lorente Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cuenca (Spain) Posts: 92	Malcolm, if you set the camera counter to TC instead of Duration, you will see in the display the complete timecode with hours, minutes, seconds and frames, so you would be able to see the advance of every frame (or three, or whatever you set on the Frame recording menu item). __________________ Wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Radio operates exactly the same way, but there is no cat.

June 11th, 2008, 12:21 PM	#16
Malcolm Hamilton Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 844	Patrick - - that is all very thoughtfully laid out advice... I went through it all (it hadn't occurred to me that even though the duration doesn't change until you get, in the case of my one-frame grabs, past twenty-four of these things), but still no luck. Thanks so much, though... I now know a lot more about this process than I did before. And Kevin... I'll try three frames next time. Cheers, Malcolm

June 11th, 2008, 02:18 PM	#18
Malcolm Hamilton Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 844	Brilliant, David. I'll check it out. cheers, Malcolm

June 11th, 2008, 05:34 PM	#19
Kevin Wayne Jones Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Posts: 69	Check this " Stop- Frame Animation" info out from Sony. Kevin

June 13th, 2008, 03:18 PM	#21
Malcolm Hamilton Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 844	Just an update. I have checked and double-checked, following up on suggestions made here, and after reading and re-reading page 59 of the manual... and it my IR remote just doesn't work. I even put a new battery in it. So unless someone can think of something else I can try, I'm going to give up on it, and (I hope), get a cable remote. Can anyone tell me where I can get such a thing? Thanks for trying everyone. malcolm