All language subtitles for 03 - Equipment

Some of the equipment you guys are going to need for this project are going

to be obviously the basics: a camera,

a tripod, an intervalometer,

and then a laptop that has a Creative Suite on it.

So we're going to be needing a Lightroom,

After Effects, and Premiere Pro.

For lenses, we want to be using wide-type lenses,

any within between 14 and 35 millimeters.

So, you can use a zoom lens,

or you can use a fixed prime,

but you definitely want something that's going to be wide

and able to capture a lot of landscape.

For those who don't know, an intervalometer basically

regulates the intervals at which the camera fires.

So when you use the intervalometer,

we want to make sure that we choose the right settings for the scene that we're in.

So the intervalometer is basically going to be regulating when the camera fires,

and how often the camera fires.

For advanced users, we want to be using a 3-Axis rig.

And what that is, is it's a slider and then a two axis head,

that's able to pan and tilt, and we want to be able to utilize this with time lapse.

You want to make sure that you have something that's able

to use intervals and also move at the same time.

And of course, the standard things always apply.

You want a backpack and plenty of batteries,

because time lapse sucks up a ton of battery juice.

The gear that I use is based on the reliability and the flexibility.

So I like to use a lot of prime lenses,

I like to shoot wide open at 1.4, 2.8.

Then, I also want to make sure that you've got a camera that

has a really nice dynamic range on it,

because when we get to the post-production,

we want to make sure that we will pull a lot of those highlights,

shadows, and mid tones out.

So, I like to use the Sony A7S and the A7 R2.

Then for the intervalometer,

you can get a really cheap one off at Amazon for like 15 bucks, and they're amazing.

We prefer to use shoot and newer,

but they're really inexpensive and very easy to use.

As far as different types of motion control equipment goes,

we like to use the Kessler system because it's really robust,

and very easy to use,

and very user friendly,

so I'd really highly recommend using that.

If you're really interested in learning more about the gear,

the best thing to do is go out and research the gear,

you can go on sites like BNH, or Amazon,

and just reading the user reviews are,

or go to some of the technical sites like timescapes.org,

and go to the forms there,

and really listen to what other timelaps photographers are

using to produce the shots you want to use,

because every lens is different,

and every camera is different,

and each of those provide a different combination.

So, it's really going to be up to you to decide whether or not you want to use Canon,

Nikon, Sony, Pentax, whatever it is, it's your choice.

I've also provided some links for you in the class resources.