Creating time lapse video with the Panasonic FZ300:330:1000:2000:2500 cameras

[@Kampf0r]

Thank you for consistently making videos about the Lumix 330/300 - your videos has taught me everything about this great little camera.

[@gabrielalamberti5860]

Kampf0r > Ditto

[@gerrymac3694]

I owed a FZ200 but sold it to buy a lens for my DSLR but I'm sorry I let it go I miss the features and versatility of it's lens. I am seriously thinking of buying a new Fz 330 with your in depth tutorials Graham it's making me want the camera more. Many thanks Graham

[@arthurhughes42]

Thanks for this and your other very helpful videos. For my timelapses, I decided to get a U3 128Gb card (very expensive) and shoot them in raw. These raw files are retained for future proofing and I can use Photoshop or Powerdirector to render the videos in various formats. Another feature of the larger image size is that you can create a pan and/or zoom using keyframes. I think timelapses are best when they have movement and this is effective and saves the cost of a motorised slider. I like your idea of using a USB power bank to avoid the problem of battery life. Thanks again.

[@VictorRook]

For some strange reason, even when Economy-Sleep is turned off or 2 minutes or more, my FZ300 will sleep if intervals is set more than like 33 seconds. It didn't used to do that. And I have an external power supply attached. Happens with the battery installed too. Any idea what may be causing this? My last resort is to reset the camera and see if that fixes it.

[@bricoletout1]

Many thanks Graham, i was looking for some tips about creating 4K timelapse on my new FZ300 camera, now it's done!

[@a.dretti2917]

Hi Graham. Are you also going to make some video series about how to create the best stills with the FZ2000? That would be great!

[@petercopestake1353]

Great! I had tried to set my FZ1000 yesterday from the manual and couldn't make it work. Don't know what I did differently after watching this but it worked anyway! Thanks.

[@hazelkinvig-paul8231]

I've just purchased FZ82 and so have found your videos really helpful! I have duly subscribed! TFS xx

[@hedydd2]

The same operations apply to the G series and the G7 onwards including the GX80 etc. The lenses on these don't retract of course, with one or two exceptions, when the camera is switched off. So I find that if longer time intervals are used, the camera can be set for electronic shutter to save wear, and can usefully be set to sleep between shots to save battery. Also don't forget to switch the LCD off to save even more power. One question that you haven't covered here is how to set exposure. If the time lapse sequence overlaps big differences in the ambient light, both in quality, intensity and colour, what are your recommended exposure and white balance settings?

[@DavidStoneman]

where is the blog, please?

[@drewmcadam5772]

Very helpful, as always. Thank you.

[@Me2Lancer]

Thank you. This is a feature I've wanted in a camera for a long time.

[@JohnShepherdMusic]

Actual settings go to 6:30 Do I set the dial to Ai?

[@tommiranda3158]

I've learned a lot from you by watching many of you tutorial videos - Thank you so much. Last night I was using the time lapse feature to take photos of fireworks using 5 second exposures. One strange thing I noticed was that I needed to set the time between shots to 7 seconds to get all of the exposures I expected. With the time between shots set to 5 seconds, total shots set to 12, and shutter speed set to 5 seconds I only got 7 or 8 exposures instead of 12. I think this is because the camera was delaying 2 seconds between shots but I see no way to turn that off. I do have long exposure NR turned off. What am I doing wrong? I'd like to minimize the time between shots.

[@chaim4x]

Thanks for the videoes on the fz-300 which I purchased this week . When will the hard copy book be available ?

[@michaelstevens9650]

Fan of your vids and that north country accent as many years ago I lived in Burnley, anyway my comment is would like hear more about format, like whether to shoot jpeg and raw and exposure control and how that all applies to the automation in the FZ2000/2500

[@pk-bristol]

Hi Graham. I have the fz2000. Would you suggest manual or electronic shutter for the time lapse shoots ? Thanks

[@joeret2896]

Hello Graham I hope you respond! I did my nighttime, time lapse f2.8 shutter sp 40” iso 100 exposure was perfect for my night time sky. I set in the camera menu in Economy to off and my Fz300 after the camera’s 40” exposure and the 40” long shutter noise reduction, the camera would turn off and on to take the picture frame. Time lapse settings were 2 minutes and 100 exposures. So why would the camera turn off if I set economy mode to off? Can you help please. Thanks in advance!

[@VictorRook]

Did you figure this out? I've noticed that my camera will sleep if intervals are more than 30 seconds. I also had Economy off, and/or set for 2 minutes. But it retracts lens and sleeps anyway. I am wondering if I should do a factory reset. It didn't used to sleep at 1 minute.

[@garypoole716]

Thanks Graham very informative as always, I have made quite a few they look great.

[@mattburrows2615]

Just wondering if you know whether you can keep the camera switched on between intervals over 30s? With my fz1000 you can't and as a result the lens resumes in a different spot each frame if your zoomed in at all even with zoom resume switched on. This results in "in out" view on final playback. Only solution I have found is to stick to wide angle which is limiting but ok. I asked panasonic for a solution but they couldn't /wouldn't provide one and offered for me to return the camera. Any feedback would greatly appreciated.

[@alanpeterson2160]

Great video. The FZ300 is $400 and up in the States. Is there a less expensive substitute with the same time-lapse features ?

[@Only_Fools_and_Audits]

If you change your mind and you want to stop time lapse once it's started - how do you do it?

[@lamborghini3060]

Hi , 1st i want to thank you for your great video's. 2nd i have a question for you hope you can help me. i just got the Panasonic FZ300. i never used a bridge or dslr camera's, i'm was using only my cell camera in the past. i create a youtube channel a few times ago because i want to make videos for my pc build reviews like cpu's motherboards ... i want to use the fz300 to do that and the must important thing i want to know is to make the blury background when recording the video ex i want to make a review of a new motherboard and i have to explain all the features like the sata ports the ram slots ect ... and i want to make in focus eatch part of the motherboard seperatly while the rest of it it's blur. i have no idea how to do it. do ihave to be very close to the object or i have to be away and use the zoom i heard about macro but no idea how to do that. as i said all this is new for me. Thank you for your help.

[@artology1]

Great vid! I need a camera just for capturing a time lapse video of my artwork for KZbin. Which camera would you recommend? I use my phone at the moment which I'm not satisfied with the quality.

[@nataliagomez9313]

Hello Graham! great video! I have an FZ72 and I can't find where that timelapse mode is. Could you help me, please? Thank you!

[@TravelswithYoly]

Thank you for all your great help Graham. I am a novice and have read your tutorials and watched most of your videos and still feel over whelmed most of the time. I love doing sunset time lapses and I'm not sure I understand what's going on exactly. I do understand the concepts described in this video ... number of shots at set intervals. I usually use 1 second intervals over approximately 20 minutes (I have a 64 GB card). My confusion lies in the actual camera settings. I'm using the iA+ Mode and I perceive the camera to be constantly correcting for the change in light. As the sun goes down and the light diminishes, the camera seems to be changing it's settings to keep the shot at a constant. The light slowly diminishes and then brightens slowly, repeating this through the time lapse. It is not a smooth transition. I can't help but wonder if the settings need to be "locked" into a specific range to allow the darkness to slowly creep through the time lapse without auto correction occuring. What am I missing ? Sorry if this is really a "noob" question :-)

[@GrahamHoughton12]

You hit the nail on the head, If you use iA+ mode the camera will attempt to keep the exposure constant and will look unrealistic. I would suggest that you set the initial exposure by getting the aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings from a image shot with good exposure. Now set these into the M mode for the camera. I would also set manual focus to prevent focus hunting. With the camera in manual mode the resulting images will follow the ambient light correvtly and look more realistic.

[@TravelswithYoly]

Thank you Graham, I'll try your suggestion :-)

[@bakhirun]

I always admire your style and enjoy watching your instructional videos, sir. One question: I completed a time-lapse shoot with my DMC-FZ300 but the battery died and the camera turned off. When it turned on again I could not locate the command for "Create Video Now" in the Menu. I looked and looked and hunted some more. No deal. Where can I find this command or alternatively how can I create a time-lapse video from my sequence of several thousand individual frames?

[@curtpratt2203]

Weak part of this process is at end of time lapse; if you are not there to press "make video" that screen will end and you will have all the pics but no way to make video in-camera. Any way to prevent this?

[@ashghinn4630]

With sleep mode active, the camera powers down after the specified time. This would be fine if there was a way to wake the camera up without quitting timelapse mode, but the only way to wake the camera seems to be the shutter button, which also quits the timelapse function. You have to set the sleep mode to off to prevent this problem

[@richardhallegolf]

Graham, in your video, you talk about a USB power bank which you have developed for time lapse shooting for the FZ2000. You say that this is referenced in your Blog. I have searched for this in your blog and did not find it. Would you be so kind as to specify the exact link to that reference in your blog. Thanks in advance.

[@CNW_FILMS]

I would also like to see the info for this USB power bank.

[@todor55]

Hi, Graham. Can you show us ,please how to change the energy saving time and prevent the camera hybernation during time lapse shooting..?

[@ashghinn4630]

The function is called "Sleep Mode" and it can be found under "Economy" on page 2/5 of the settings menu.

[@KevinAirey]

Graham is there any way to make the time-lapse video afterwards if you forget or hit the wrong button when the sequence has finished? I know I can do it on various editing programs but I admit to occasionally missing the create video by hitting the no button by mistake :-( Tried searching for an answer and not found one and I thought it would be an easy thing just to create it in camera later...

[@PaulD7nil]

i was thinking same i left the camera and cam back to it a few hours after the timelapse and so didn't have choice to create

[@KevinAirey]

Yes its annoying, I have searched all over and can't find an answer

[@justifiedsoul69]

If you go into the playback menu on page 2 on the FZ330 there is timelapse option. If you select that you can re-edit any of the timelapse sequences that the camera has stored. I use this to try different frame rates to see which one I prefer. Hope this helps.

[@gabrielalamberti5860]

awesome! than you does anyone know if you can use an electronic timer/ shutter release on the fz300?

[@arthurhughes42]

I don't have the camera but found a FZ300 spec on line as follows: Connections (extended):Micro HDMI (Type D) with Viera Link, 2.5mm Wired Remote Jack, 3.5mm Stereo Microphone Jack. Assuming you don't want to use the in built time lapse function, I would expect an intervalometer with a 2.5mm jack plug would work, though I could not find any on Amazon that specifically listed the FZ300.

[@gabrielalamberti5860]

Arthur Hughes cool. thank you. I'm thinking of getting this camera, so that is why I ask. I think with the electronic release you can safe battery life.

[@arthurhughes42]

Ebay UK have a JJC intervalometer for £25.95. I would get the camera first and try the built in time lapse function before considered this. Camera spec looks very good and my previous camera was a FZ100 which I liked very much. Amazon UK have the camera for £449.

[@Condor31i]

Thanks Graham - very helpful!

[@emsvlogs7630]

When ever I set minutes in the shooting interval in time lapse mode on my lumix fz300 the camera always turns off and I don’t know why

[@govideo3631]

set less/equal 30sec

[@stronkgamereviews4794]

Can anyone help me, i have FZ-300 but i cant find the time lapse feature, and i have only 6 setting pages, like when i go to settings - page 4, it shows 4/6 and there is no timelapse.

[@tristenspithoven]

Interval Shooting?

[@CrazyFunnyCats]

Great 👍