I shoot my first sunset timelapse in the last month with my Canon 550D (runing a nightly build from october) + Canon 18-55 mm.
The used functions: Auto ETTR + Intervalometer + Adobe XMP sidecar files.
Lens: MF
Canon settings:
* RAW
* Image review: 2 seconds
* Max ISO: 1600
* Long exposure noise reduction: OFF
* High ISO speed noise reduction: Standard
* M mode + Liveview
ML settings:
* White balance: Sunny
* ISO: 100
* Shutter: 1/1000
* Aperture: F5.6
* Auto ETTR
- Trigger mode: Always ON
- Slowest shutter: 6 seconds
- Exposure target: -1 EV
- Highlight ignore: 0.1%
- Allow clipping: OFF
- Midtone SNR limit: 6 EV
- Shadow SNR limit: 2 EV
- Link to Canon shutter: OFF
- Link to Dual ISO: OFF
- Show metered areas: OFF
- Show debug info: OFF
* Exposure simulation: ON
* Global draw: ON
* Cropmarks: 16:9
* Histogram
- Color space: Luma
- Scaling: Log
- Clip warning: ON
- Use RAW histogram: Full histogram
- RAW EV indicator: ETTR hint
* Intervalometer
- Take a pic every: 10 seconds
- Start trigger: Leave menu
- Start after: 3 seconds
- Stop after: 400
- Manual focusramp: OFF
* Post deflicker
- Sidecar file type: Adobe XMP
- Deflicker percentile: 50%
- Deflicker target level: -4 EV
I'd looking into getting a Neutral Density Filter. It will allow you to lengthen your exposures, and will make the water look a lot smoother.
Thanks for the advice.
Nice one. Xmps takes care of the flicker just fine
Yes, it worked very well and I used LRTimelapse too.
Surami: How did you use the ML Sidecar XMP files with LRTimelapse? Can you please teach me.
At first save your ML generated sidecar XMPs as backup somewhere to be safe. If you do something wrong, you can start the process again.
It was very long time ago, when I shot that timelapse but I will try to remeber how I did it.
1. Make a folder, copy the CR2s and the ML sidecar XMPs into it.
2. Open the Lightroom, import the folder.
3. Open the LRTimelapse, navigate to the folder.
4. Switch to the Holy Grail Workflow tab. Don't initialize! This is very important, because you have information in the Exposure 2012 column, they are from the ML sidecar XMPs.) -> Click on Keyframes Wizard (Click yes if it asks about ISO + exposure jumps) -> Click on Holy Grail Wizard -> Adjust the offset + rotate bar if you want. -> Click save XMPs.
5. Follow the Holy Grail Workflow (http://vimeo.com/71496530).
But I think you should try dmilligan's ramping and deflickering Bridge script (http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=8850.0) too.
I just updated the OP with my settings from remembrance.
I made another Auto ETTR sunset timelapse with experimental music/sound/noise. (The frequency is from ~50hz to 10000hz, so watch out with the volume!)
https://vimeo.com/155222151
Auto ETTR: ramping from F8, 1/800s, ISO100 to F8, 0.6s, ISO100
Intervalometer: 6s