Thanks so much for this, I'm having a go at time lapse for the first time. Your video is exactly what I needed to know and so well explained - My GH4 is now happily clicking away in the background as I'm typing this.
Awesome :) Thanks for the kind words and apologies for the 'staleness' of the video haha, I watched this back the other day and it was horrible. Anyway, enjoy; I hope your time lapse comes out great :)
Thank you! Very helpful! When I get to the end of the timelapse the menu doesn't give me the option to make a video. I also tried to go the last menu where there is an arrow and choose the time lapse option is not highlighted. Do you have any suggestion how to fix it? Please advise.
I shot a timelapse for the first time. In the camera it looks really good. But at the end it didnt give me a video conversion option. And the Timelapse video button is inactive in the menu as well. Is there any way you can help me with it?
Pressing menu would not stop my time lapse. I had to turn the camera. off. Could you show me how you turn the time lapse off if you're taking a picture every second?
Hey how are you? I cant access the time lapse video in playback, what's the reason what am I doing wrong and the pop up message that said create a movie doesn't pop up for me 🤯! What's going on....
Thank you for talking the time and making this helpful tutorial. Just wondering what will happen to the pictures after converting them to a video in the camera will they be lost or be saved somewhere.
+Thomas Chatham yes definitely, if I do long timelapses I often use the electronic shutter so it doesn't wear out the mechanical one. There are some pros and cons to using the electronic/mechanical shutter that you can Google and have a read of :)
Hi... i really need the answer for my question here... How to convert my timelapse photo to video if i skip the convert after finish shoot? because i want to use my camera immediately so i skip the convert processes.. but now i dont know how to back to that process
Hi there, I'm not 100% sure anymore as I no longer own the GH4 but if I remember correctly, if you skip the convert the camera should still save all of the images from that timelapse on the sd card. I don't believe you can go back and make the timelapse in the camera later but you can import those images into premiere or other editing software to make the timelapse after. I hope that helps
the video was straight forward but do you have any videos where you show how to edit the time lapse in a editing program because i use final cut. could i just import the clip into final and its already done for me besides edits or do i have to speed it up myself. also is there any other videos on the over all use of the gh4 that you did. about a month ago, i upgraded my nikon to the gh4 and I'm still learning the new camera. i was too used to my old camera lol. plus I'm traveling to India in a few weeks so I'm learning a lot of filming tips and tricks. thanks in advance :)
+Akash Singh Hi Akash, if you use the timelapse feature on the GH4 (like I show in the video). You can just import the clip directly into your editing software and you won't have to do anything else. I don't think I have any more videos on the GH4 just general video and film making tips :)
Dropped here from Yuri Palma channel, understand why: very nice footage...just tune the color ( suggest you watch Yuri Palma and Neumann films channels) but again, relevant job
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Pressing menu would not stop my time lapse, it continued to take picture and exit me out of the menu. I had to turn the camera off, change interval from 1 second to 2 seconds to have the time to end the time lapse. Mine did not stop as yours digit did, it not ask me to end time lapse and create video or any of the video options. I just pressed play and the video was there in a group of pictures, was there an update or something? Could you show me how you turn the time lapse off if you're taking a picture every second?
Hi Tommie, I believe you can just switch the camera off and on again to stop a time lapse. When it turns back on it will ask if you want to resume the time lapse. Also that option that pops up asking to create a video after the timelapse will apparently only come up if your camera is in 60hz mode (system frequency) it will not work on 24hz cinema. I hope that helped :)
+Ronin Media tried it again, still didn't ask to create video. I will try one more time maybe i can get a quick video on my phone and shoot it over via email or something, not sure what's going on.
+alott20 what system frequency mode is your camera in? Apparently you will only be asked to create a video if you are in 50hz or 60hz, the popup won't come up in 24hz (cinema 4k) mode. The setting should be in the settings under 'system frequency' if i remember correctly. Give that a shot and let me know how you go :)
+Zinghang Gam Htun You need to make sure that you set the camera to a photo mode (using the dial on the top right of the camera). Make sure this is not on video mode. Then you must make sure that the top left dial is set to the correct option. Did you watch the video and follow the steps?
Thank you for the information. If you are still using this camera, can you suggest a video setting for me in a dark environment? Because I live in Turkey and this is the camera I can have after years :)
Hi there :) I am not using this camera anymore. Unfortunately, they aren't the best in low-light. I know the GH5, etc are better in low-light but all you can really do is get the fastest lenses possible and that will help. Back when I had the GH4, I bought the Metabones speed booster adaptor and the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 - This was a big help with low light but since then, I have gone Sony full frame. I hope that helps.
Hey Britton :) Is your camera in 24hz frequency mode? That feature will not pop up if you are. The other two frequencies will work. You can set this in the menu, go to the icon of the spanner/wrench and find 'System Frequency' and choose one of the frequencies that are not 24Hz. In Australia we use PAL so mine is on 50Hz. I hope that helps :)
Hi Michael, thanks for sharing the video. I just tried my first time lapse with the gh4 on a rhino motorized slider and it was very stuttery and not smooth any tips would be super helpful. Thanks.
Thanks Tony :) It's hard to tell whether the stutter would have come from the camera or the slider. What settings did you have set on the camera? It sounds like maybe the slider was too fast resulting in jerky footage
@@MichaelRoninTVHi Micheal, thanks for the fast reply! Using the Gh4, 10 minutes on the rhino slider, 240 photos, interval 2 seconds, camera: f5.6, shutter speed 2, ISO 100, 12-35mm lens with variable ND filter.
@@MichaelRoninTV Well, it just doesn't look smooth, a bit jerky. I'm testing in the late afternoon, just the trees waving in the wind and tracking from left to right.
@@MichaelRoninTV I just watched a video and the guy said not to use a "Variable ND" use a dark single stop ND, the variable can cause a jittery look, perhaps that's the issue.
I have a gh4 and I'm really having trouble with the shutter speed. It only let's me go down to 1". I'm trying to go to like 15" or 30" for some photos and I can't and I'm not sure what to do.
+Greyson Bacal the same thing happened to me, it was frustrating but i found the fix. It was because 'electronic shutter' was on. Switch your camera to 'M' (manual photo mode), then go to Menu / Photo Rec (page 4) and turn electronic shutter to off :) let me know if that worked for you :)
+Greyson Bacal you might have 'silent mode' on that doesn't allow you to turn off the e-shutter. Find 'silent mode' in your settings, turn that off and then try to turn off the e shutter again. Let me know if that works :)
When you setup the timelapse it will tell you the time required, just adjust the image count and duration between shots until you get 1 hour as the time required to complete the timelapse.
+alott20 Hi there, I am unsure if it's possible to create the video if you didn't get the popup. I haven't ever had the issue so I am not too sure. If you go to view your footage/shots using the 'play' button, is there any option there to create the video? If not, you may have to do it in post using editing software to create all of the photos into a video. For this you can use Adobe After Effects but there is probably other software that can do it in also. Hope that helped :)
+thatsaloadofcrap So, thinking about using Apple Compressor vs. using the in-Camera video by the GH4, what I'd like some to test/answer is what are the pros and cons. Seems like Compressor would give you much more control over the output. But, obviously, the in-camera is quick and effortless. I think this is a good question for the entire GH4 community. Let me if I'm off base.
thatsaloadofcrap The in-camera timelapse feature is very convenient but as you say, there is much more control doing it after in different software. I used to just do all of mine in-camera but now this is my flow for timelapses: 1. Import my images to the computer 2. Import those images to LRTimelapse 3. Use Lightroom to grade/edit them 4. Export back to LRTimelapse 5. Create video It's not the easiest process but the results are amazing. I may do a video on this process eventually to explain it in detail but yes in short, doing your timelapses manually using software usually does produce much better results :)
+Ronin Media There's probably a dozen different ways, tools. Depends whether you're a "photo guy" who does video or "video guy" who uses photos.... I use both LR and FCPX (w/Compressor)... depends on your workflow. The video on Compressor just seems like it gives you more control, plus what are you going to do w/that Time-lapse? ...probably use it as a clip in FCPX (or whatever movie editor you use).
thatsaloadofcrap Yes exactly right, there are heaps of different ways of doing it. I use Premiere for editing and sometimes all I do is colour correct the timelapse using that but I just find Lightroom to have many more options for editing. LRTimelapse is expensive software (Free for under 200 photos) but it does a great job of removing any flicker and creating a smoother timelapse overall. Each to their own and as you said there is a lot of different methods and tools of doing it.
Thanks so much for this, I'm having a go at time lapse for the first time. Your video is exactly what I needed to know and so well explained - My GH4 is now happily clicking away in the background as I'm typing this.
Gonna start incorporating time lapses in my music videos thanks!
Perfect....learned a ton...much thanks!!
Really helpful, thank you
Nice explanation mate. On my way to shoot a time lapse now. Thanks!
Awesome :) Thanks for the kind words and apologies for the 'staleness' of the video haha, I watched this back the other day and it was horrible. Anyway, enjoy; I hope your time lapse comes out great :)
Your intro alone got you my subscription. lol Seriously though, thanks!
Great job
Thank you! Very helpful! When I get to the end of the timelapse the menu doesn't give me the option to make a video. I also tried to go the last menu where there is an arrow and choose the time lapse option is not highlighted. Do you have any suggestion how to fix it? Please advise.
Nice one, thanks!
Thanks, works pretty much the same on the Lumix TZ80 travel cam.... now I better understand the settings
+Dan Wells no problem :) nice, I almost bought the Lumix but decided on the G7X :)
5:11 what did you press for the menu shown on this time? I pressed every button on gh4 and this menu did not pop up
I shot a timelapse for the first time. In the camera it looks really good. But at the end it didnt give me a video conversion option. And the Timelapse video button is inactive in the menu as well. Is there any way you can help me with it?
thanks for information. quite helpful. I own gh4 so ..too good for me
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Pressing menu would not stop my time lapse. I had to turn the camera. off. Could you show me how you turn the time lapse off if you're taking a picture every second?
How to make video after we out without making it 1st?
Hey how are you? I cant access the time lapse video in playback, what's the reason what am I doing wrong and the pop up message that said create a movie doesn't pop up for me 🤯! What's going on....
Thank you for talking the time and making this helpful tutorial. Just wondering what will happen to the pictures after converting them to a video in the camera will they be lost or be saved somewhere.
I haven't done a timelapse for a while on this camera but I believe it saves the images also but I might be wrong. Just give it a try :)
Gracias, yo apenas estoy familiarizandome con esta cámara. :) 2021!!!
What about using electronic shutter for time lapse? Would this be okay and be easier on the camera's mechanism?
+Thomas Chatham yes definitely, if I do long timelapses I often use the electronic shutter so it doesn't wear out the mechanical one. There are some pros and cons to using the electronic/mechanical shutter that you can Google and have a read of :)
Thanks, keep making your videos.
Did you strategically place your annotation over the info button so that I can't close it without clicking the more button?
Hey Tommie, no those are cards that are added later so I didn't even realise it would end up being where it was lol.
Anybody had any problems with the camera freezing when you try to start the time-lapse?
Hi... i really need the answer for my question here... How to convert my timelapse photo to video if i skip the convert after finish shoot? because i want to use my camera immediately so i skip the convert processes.. but now i dont know how to back to that process
Hi there, I'm not 100% sure anymore as I no longer own the GH4 but if I remember correctly, if you skip the convert the camera should still save all of the images from that timelapse on the sd card. I don't believe you can go back and make the timelapse in the camera later but you can import those images into premiere or other editing software to make the timelapse after. I hope that helps
the video was straight forward but do you have any videos where you show how to edit the time lapse in a editing program because i use final cut. could i just import the clip into final and its already done for me besides edits or do i have to speed it up myself. also is there any other videos on the over all use of the gh4 that you did. about a month ago, i upgraded my nikon to the gh4 and I'm still learning the new camera. i was too used to my old camera lol. plus I'm traveling to India in a few weeks so I'm learning a lot of filming tips and tricks. thanks in advance :)
+Akash Singh Hi Akash, if you use the timelapse feature on the GH4 (like I show in the video). You can just import the clip directly into your editing software and you won't have to do anything else. I don't think I have any more videos on the GH4 just general video and film making tips :)
ok thanks
Dropped here from Yuri Palma channel, understand why: very nice footage...just tune the color ( suggest you watch Yuri Palma and Neumann films channels) but again, relevant job
Man, I have seen you comment the exact same thing on heaps of other videos. Stop spamming
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Pressing menu would not stop my time lapse, it continued to take picture and exit me out of the menu. I had to turn the camera off, change interval from 1 second to 2 seconds to have the time to end the time lapse. Mine did not stop as yours digit did, it not ask me to end time lapse and create video or any of the video options. I just pressed play and the video was there in a group of pictures, was there an update or something? Could you show me how you turn the time lapse off if you're taking a picture every second?
Hi Tommie, I believe you can just switch the camera off and on again to stop a time lapse. When it turns back on it will ask if you want to resume the time lapse. Also that option that pops up asking to create a video after the timelapse will apparently only come up if your camera is in 60hz mode (system frequency) it will not work on 24hz cinema. I hope that helped :)
Thank you sir I'll have to try again
+alott20 No problems, please let me know how you go. If I ever have the issue and manage to solve it I will upload a tutorial on how to do it :)
+alott20 did you have any luck working it out yet?
+Ronin Media tried it again, still didn't ask to create video. I will try one more time maybe i can get a quick video on my phone and shoot it over via email or something, not sure what's going on.
+alott20 what system frequency mode is your camera in? Apparently you will only be asked to create a video if you are in 50hz or 60hz, the popup won't come up in 24hz (cinema 4k) mode. The setting should be in the settings under 'system frequency' if i remember correctly. Give that a shot and let me know how you go :)
Thanks mate. I had the same problem but your advice on changing from 24hz to 50hz did the trick. Cheers!
hi! Why mine is not appearing Time Lapse Video and Stop Motion Video? pls help
+Zinghang Gam Htun You need to make sure that you set the camera to a photo mode (using the dial on the top right of the camera). Make sure this is not on video mode. Then you must make sure that the top left dial is set to the correct option. Did you watch the video and follow the steps?
Thank you for the information. If you are still using this camera, can you suggest a video setting for me in a dark environment? Because I live in Turkey and this is the camera I can have after years :)
Hi there :) I am not using this camera anymore. Unfortunately, they aren't the best in low-light. I know the GH5, etc are better in low-light but all you can really do is get the fastest lenses possible and that will help. Back when I had the GH4, I bought the Metabones speed booster adaptor and the Sigma 18-35mm F1.8 - This was a big help with low light but since then, I have gone Sony full frame. I hope that helps.
@@MichaelRoninTV thank you, I hope I can buy a sony camera soon :)
After I decide to finish my time-lapse it doesn't give me any quality options or do the creating video screen. Any advice?
Hey Britton :) Is your camera in 24hz frequency mode? That feature will not pop up if you are. The other two frequencies will work. You can set this in the menu, go to the icon of the spanner/wrench and find 'System Frequency' and choose one of the frequencies that are not 24Hz. In Australia we use PAL so mine is on 50Hz. I hope that helps :)
Thanks Michael! Much appreciated!
No problem, let me know if that worked! :)
Hi Michael, thanks for sharing the video. I just tried my first time lapse with the gh4 on a rhino motorized slider and it was very stuttery and not smooth any tips would be super helpful. Thanks.
Thanks Tony :) It's hard to tell whether the stutter would have come from the camera or the slider. What settings did you have set on the camera? It sounds like maybe the slider was too fast resulting in jerky footage
@@MichaelRoninTVHi Micheal, thanks for the fast reply! Using the Gh4, 10 minutes on the rhino slider, 240 photos, interval 2 seconds, camera: f5.6, shutter speed 2, ISO 100, 12-35mm lens with variable ND filter.
@@ohshowproductionsllc ok, so when you say stuttery do you mean that it looks like it's jumping frames?
@@MichaelRoninTV Well, it just doesn't look smooth, a bit jerky. I'm testing in the late afternoon, just the trees waving in the wind and tracking from left to right.
@@MichaelRoninTV I just watched a video and the guy said not to use a "Variable ND" use a dark single stop ND, the variable can cause a jittery look, perhaps that's the issue.
I have a gh4 and I'm really having trouble with the shutter speed. It only let's me go down to 1". I'm trying to go to like 15" or 30" for some photos and I can't and I'm not sure what to do.
+Greyson Bacal the same thing happened to me, it was frustrating but i found the fix. It was because 'electronic shutter' was on. Switch your camera to 'M' (manual photo mode), then go to Menu / Photo Rec (page 4) and turn electronic shutter to off :) let me know if that worked for you :)
Michael Ronin it's weird, i did everything you said but the electronic shutter is grayed out and won't give me the option to turn it off or not.
+Greyson Bacal you might have 'silent mode' on that doesn't allow you to turn off the e-shutter. Find 'silent mode' in your settings, turn that off and then try to turn off the e shutter again. Let me know if that works :)
+Greyson Bacal p.s - the option you are looking for is 'silent mode' not 'silent operation'. It is in the 'custom' part of the menu on page 1
Michael Ronin yes! I got it and it fixed the problem. Thank you so much. You just got yourself a subscriber. Thanks so much have a good day!
Do you have the link to the ND Filter?
Hi Juliany, only a link on eBay Australia but it's just called a Fotga ND Filter so you should be able to find them everywhere :)
Cheers mate
How do I shoot an hour?
What do I put the image count too?
When you setup the timelapse it will tell you the time required, just adjust the image count and duration between shots until you get 1 hour as the time required to complete the timelapse.
Thank you!Can I use my 12-35 F2.8 Lens for a day to night time lapse?
+Ronin hey :) yes I think that would work fine :)
hey i created a time lapse, when it was finished i never got the pop to create video, how do i create the video? thanks for the post
+alott20 Hi there, I am unsure if it's possible to create the video if you didn't get the popup. I haven't ever had the issue so I am not too sure. If you go to view your footage/shots using the 'play' button, is there any option there to create the video? If not, you may have to do it in post using editing software to create all of the photos into a video. For this you can use Adobe After Effects but there is probably other software that can do it in also. Hope that helped :)
+thatsaloadofcrap So, thinking about using Apple Compressor vs. using the in-Camera video by the GH4, what I'd like some to test/answer is what are the pros and cons. Seems like Compressor would give you much more control over the output. But, obviously, the in-camera is quick and effortless.
I think this is a good question for the entire GH4 community. Let me if I'm off base.
thatsaloadofcrap The in-camera timelapse feature is very convenient but as you say, there is much more control doing it after in different software. I used to just do all of mine in-camera but now this is my flow for timelapses:
1. Import my images to the computer
2. Import those images to LRTimelapse
3. Use Lightroom to grade/edit them
4. Export back to LRTimelapse
5. Create video
It's not the easiest process but the results are amazing. I may do a video on this process eventually to explain it in detail but yes in short, doing your timelapses manually using software usually does produce much better results :)
+Ronin Media
There's probably a dozen different ways, tools. Depends whether you're a "photo guy" who does video or "video guy" who uses photos.... I use both LR and FCPX (w/Compressor)... depends on your workflow. The video on Compressor just seems like it gives you more control, plus what are you going to do w/that Time-lapse? ...probably use it as a clip in FCPX (or whatever movie editor you use).
thatsaloadofcrap
Yes exactly right, there are heaps of different ways of doing it. I use Premiere for editing and sometimes all I do is colour correct the timelapse using that but I just find Lightroom to have many more options for editing. LRTimelapse is expensive software (Free for under 200 photos) but it does a great job of removing any flicker and creating a smoother timelapse overall. Each to their own and as you said there is a lot of different methods and tools of doing it.
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