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Photography project - panorama timelapse

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Hi there!

I'm a 28 year old guy from Norway. I have very little practical knowledge of electronics ( but have a bachelor degree in both mathematics and physics so I'm somewhat technical)

 

I have a project which I think is pretty realistic, which I'm now going to explain. Any input would be very much appriciated.

I want to automate a panorama timelapse. My DSLR is going to stand verically on my tripod, I then want to create a system that rorates the camera quickly (should be changeable according to exposure time) three or for steps with an angle a little less than the angle of the lense. (I want a little overlap)

The system shal send a signal to the DSLR camera to take a picture in each of the postions, then rotate back to starting position, wait a certain amount of seconds (which should be changeable by the user), then repeat the process indefinitely.

 

I am completely new to Arduino so I need advice for which one to buy and what other components would be needed.

I guess a DC stepper motor would be necesarry? which type? how much torque?

  • Hi Steinar,

     

    If you do some web searches, there are a number of examples of your application that has already been implemented.

    You might even be able to buy a kit that does what you want.  A number of websites deal with this level of automatic photography using a number of different components.

     

    So I suggest you spend some time looking at other peoples devices and approaches to the problem and find one that does what you want to do and either buy it or copy it.

     

    Just a thought,

    DAB