Hey there, in this video we're gonna cover how to do a motion lapse with your Ronan and your camera. So motion lapse is a moving time lapse basically pretty unique shot because of the automated movement that the ronin gives it and do that. Let's go over some of the basics. So first you need the Ronen connected to your mobile device and the ronin up because you're going to be programming the path in there. Next you're going to want to set up time lapse in your camera. Now I'm using the Panasonic GH five years so it may be a little bit different to set that up on your camera.
But here's some basics. I like to set it up in aperture priority mode, which is the A and the reason why I do that is that I don't need to adjust the aperture. It does that automatically. The computer Set set up. And I like to set the focus to manual. Next, you can go into time lapse mode here in the Panasonic GH five, and then set the shooting interval to at least two seconds.
If the action is a bit slower, you can set it to three or four seconds, but that's just me. And then I set my image shot count to a really high amount, chances are that the time lapse image count is not going to complete before the motion lapse complete. So I have it at 2700. I'm just gonna do a four minute motion lapse here. So after you set it up, just leave it so now we're going to go over to the Ronan app. So with the Ronen app connected, we're going to head over to create We're going to click motion lapse.
So the first thing we need to do is set up our two points. So you need at least two points. The first point is actually already highlighted. It's that camera icon. So go ahead and set your first position. I'm going to point it at the wall.
And you can see on your app that it's move that circle. Next, click the one to set up the next points. Okay, and I'm gonna set that on the other side. And go go ahead and press that play button just to see what that movement looks like. Okay, I'll play it again. So you can set up to five points.
That can get a little bit complicated, I think more complicated than you need to. And you can see here that my two points are set up almost on the same horizontal plane. The second point is a little bit higher. So just depends on what you want, what path you want to set up there. Okay, so I've got pushed mode on you need that if you want to use the joystick to set up the points and the interval I just leave at two seconds. I don't have the cable connecting the road into the camera.
So I think the only setting you need to concern yourself with is the content curation. So, right now I have it set up at five. And this gives you a capture time of four minutes. So when you increase that, it's going to increase the capture time meaning the entire motion is going to be a lot slower. So if you want a longer time lapse, just set it higher. Usually I do mine time lapses these days, and about 10 to 15 minutes.
Okay, so I've set mine a content duration nine, and it's going to do seven minute time lapse. Next we need to start the time lapse on the camera, especially if you don't have the cable because they're basically functioning independently. The camera doesn't know that it's sitting on a gimbal or Ronin so go ahead and make sure that you focus your camera lens because it's all manual and start taking that time lapse. Hit the shutter button. You can hear it kicking off. And now it's time to press the circle on the app so that you can begin the motion.
Okay, so you can monitor the progress on the app. And, you know, at 1% now this is going to take quite long. So this is a good chance to have a coffee have a beer. I like to just set this up, you know, at a cafe or public spot in a location that I can enjoy a drink or coffee or sad my laptop's not, you know, just sitting there doing nothing. That's the one thing I hate about doing emotional apps or time lapse, but the motion lapse is a pretty cool technique. Definitely want to recommend you add it to your arsenal, and practice setting up those points.
This app can be a little bit finicky. I don't think it's the most in But as long as you can get your two endpoints as set your content duration, you can pull off something pretty, pretty nice.