increasing exposure time of still image
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son
increasing exposure time of still image
Does anyone know how to increase the exposure time of a still image, to take a picture in very low light conditions? I would like to go for several minutes, even hours.
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BrianCee
Well you've got me confused - are you talking taking a picture with a camera ?? - or do you want to extend the time an image is displayed in your video ?? - but whats that got to do with low light/exposure - do you want to improve a still image you have in your timeline - but how does time come into that ??
Perhaps you could try re-phrasing the question.
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Perhaps you could try re-phrasing the question.
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Taking a low-light still picture with VideoStudio, rephrased
I am using Video Studio to view the input of a camera which is set up to view a low-light scene. It sends back a series of frames to the software with a frame-rate per second, which I can vary in hardware from something like 30 frames per second to one frame every 10 seconds. Unfortunately, even with only one frame being sent every 10 seconds, the collected light is still not enough to produce a reasonable image in each frame. My question, which I can see was not well put, aims at solving this problem in software using Video Studio, seeing as the hardware is already at its limit. I would like to obtain a still image using the software, which is the average (or sum) in time over a video input consisting of many frames. In this way, I could use my camera to take a still picture with a very long exposure time.
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BrianCee
Well - I can't say I know exactly what you are trying to do - or even why ??- - but I cannot see a way that VideoStudio would be able to help you with that problem.
But - without knowing all the intimate details - I wouldn't be trying to do it like that - why not just use a standard 35mm camera and set it up with the shutter open for a day (or whatever) - then develop the film and scan the result into your PC - even that could be automated with a remote shutter control, a timeswitch , and an automatic film forwarding camera.
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But - without knowing all the intimate details - I wouldn't be trying to do it like that - why not just use a standard 35mm camera and set it up with the shutter open for a day (or whatever) - then develop the film and scan the result into your PC - even that could be automated with a remote shutter control, a timeswitch , and an automatic film forwarding camera.
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