{"id":10047,"date":"2010-08-04T08:07:54","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T06:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=10047"},"modified":"2011-02-15T03:18:17","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T03:18:17","slug":"a-very-exciting-upcoming-timelapse-revolution-from-kessler-crane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/a-very-exciting-upcoming-timelapse-revolution-from-kessler-crane\/","title":{"rendered":"A very exciting upcoming timelapse revolution from Kessler Crane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, I know I talk about their products a lot but this is bloody brilliant and going to revolutionise the way I do motorised timelapses. It’s called Smartlapse and it’s not out yet although all the bits you need for it are. The pocket dolly, cineslider or revolution head with the Oracle controller.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now let me explain what this is. With the current way of doing motorised timelapses you are limited to linear moves, one speed that stays constant throughout. That works fine, but wouldn’t it be nice to build up speed, keep it constant then slow it down. Or with the Revolution head move up, left, right or whatever you want with speed changes. The way this works is simple. With the current Oracle controller you can program real time moves into one of 3 memories, it will play back that move for you as many times as you want, great for compositing. Now smartlapse works in a similar way, what you do is simply record the move at normal speed then tell it to repeat the move over X number of hours, so it simply slows it right down. This is genius and I cannot wait to try it out! Kessler Crane are already short on supply of the Pocket Dolly, Revolution etc, with this they are gonna be hard to get hold of for sure!!<\/p>\n

Eric Kessler did a very quick little test that you can see below. Rough and ready and the moves \u00a0are all over the place, on purpose to show just what you can do with it. Also below is the little demo video I did of the Revoultion head linear timelapse and the Oracle real time movement.
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First SmartLapse\u2122 Proto<\/a> from Kessler Crane<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is from Eric “ok the rough proto of the SmartLapse\u2122 is done and this was just a very quick test. I set a t2i to green square and then hit record on the Oracle. It took me about 3.5min to do this move in live mode then I told it to take 1 hr to play it back and that was it. This is a “Smart” system learning while you move! No more programing and guessing what you will get! This is “Live Mode” for Time Lapse. You will see I started out very fast then backed off and then I showed ramp up, ramp down, up, down left right and pause. Any thing you can do in live mode you can do in SmartLapse\u2122 then tell it to play the recording over what ever set time you like. We hope to have this software upgrade for your Oracle availabe in 30 days No more boring linear TL’s!”<\/p>\n

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Test timelapse using Kessler Crane Revolution Pan and Tilt Head<\/a> from Philip Bloom<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shot from my hotel room balcony, testing out the timelapse on the new Revolution pan and tilt head. Those are boats leaving the 4th July fireworks near beginning.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/kesslercrane<\/a><\/p>\n

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Kessler Crane Revolution Pan and Tilt head test shots<\/a> from Philip Bloom extras<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A few test shots done using the Kessler Crane Revolution Pan and Tilt head.<\/p>\n

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