Time-lapse #2 – Up Mt. Tamalpais

Cycling up Mt. Tamalpais from Frank on Vimeo.

Canon SD300 Bicycle Camera Mount

Canon SD300 Bicycle Mount

Much later than originally planned, but I got the Canon SD300 mounted to the bike.  It wasn’t actually the mounting that held me up, but rather the time lapse software.  I’m using 3rd party software called CHKD for the Canon, which allows custom scripts to be uploaded.  The script that I’m interested in is a time lapse script.  Basically, I can set it to take a picture every second (or 2, 3, 4 seconds) for the duration of my ride.  Then, using software, I can stitch all the images back together into a sort of a movie.

But, back to the mount.  It’s a simple as it gets.  A cheap reflector mount (free actually, from the local bike shop) secured to the handle bars with a bolt sticking up through it into the camera’s tripod mount.  There’s a few more pics of it after the break.

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Saturday Project: Canon Powershot SD300 Bike Mount Camera

Wow, it’s been months since I’ve posted here and it wasn’t due to lack of projects! So, today I’m going to try and tackle this one. Create a cheap bike mount for my Canon Powershot SD300.  The goal is to install CHDK software on the camera to enable the time lapse feature (as well as many others) and configure it to snap a shot every few seconds over the course of a ride.  Then, at the end, put together all the shots into a video. It’s certainly not an original idea, many have done it before, but it looks like fun.  Here’s another I found online.

Bike Movie from chad cheverier on Vimeo.