

Instead of capturing 24 frames per second, it will capture 1 frame per second or 3, or 5 or even 10 depending on your settings. Time-lapse photography works differently than continuous recording. Digital single lens reflex cameras provide much higher quality images and are a favourite among professional photographers. Time-lapse mode brings us to our next capturing method which is to use DSLR cameras. The higher end camcorders should alleviate this problem and may even give you the option of filming in time-lapse mode too. The negatives of camcorders or continuous video recording are larger file sizes and the quality of the footage is typically less than that of DSLR’s.

The positives of using this set up is that it’s simple to set up, it’s silent while drawing and it gives you more flexibility in the editing suite as you can sped up footage and also slow it down to real time.

Most camcorders will film at 24 frames per second, which means the camera takes 24 pictures per second. The first method is to use a camcorder or smartphone for continuous video recording. There’s two different methods of capturing a time-lapse art video and they both require different camera set ups.
