How To use Sony Play Memories Time Lapse DSC RX100 IV
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ย. 2015
- Video released September 15, 2015
Sony Play Memories Website www.playmemoriescameraapps.com
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A quick overview on the Sony Play Memories Time Lapse app using the Sony DSC-RX100 IV. Filmed with the Sony A7s. Time lapse examples included in the video both shot on the A7s and the RX100 m4. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Those time-laps videos were very nice.
I'm someone who watched your video, Thomas. I actually have a minor in Playmemories Studies from Vasser (Technical) College and still find the online store to be confusing AND troubling. So thank you for this. Regards, E. Becker
+Eric Becker Thanks Eric!
Excellent tutorial. One of the best I've seen yet. Subscribed, and liked. I'll be back. Thanks. BTW: I could hardly tell which shots were done with the RX100 m4, or with the A7 (for the most part.) Love that little 100 mk4.
+Craig Whipps Thanks Craig. Im glad you enjoyed. Agreed, it is an amazing little camera :0
Thx man! I was going nuts trying to find the feature!!
Many thanks! Your tip about needing to connect to wifi saved me hours. I definitely would not have figured it out...Much appreciated!
Haha... Yes, so simple, but it took me forever to figure it out. Glad I was able to help you!! Enjoy, it is a good app for the camera!!
Many thanks from France, your video is clear and usefull. I installed the aplication on my Sony alpha 6500 and I did it with the wifi like you, the procedure via the computer not working !
Another remark is on the nbre on frame per second : only 2 possibilities 24p or 30p when we use to work in 25p in Europe. But using 24p, it's easy to adjust in 25p.
I couldn't find a way to turn the screen off, however, one thing I love is that you can connect a battery brick through the USB which can provide very long run times for time lapse if you use a large capacity usb battery!
Awesome guide, can you share with us the link to the battery brick and usb cable?
+TowkayNew you can use any USB battery and connect it with a micro USB connection.
I did that...it worked!
Thank you so much, for helping me with making cool time lapses
+Flaeck your welcome
Boy - you exactly captured my experience with buying and installing the time lapse software. By the time I finished chasing my tail, I had wasted 2 or 3 precious hours of life that can never be retrieved. Like you, I also felt that it was nuts to waste time collecting $10 to put software on such an expensive camera. Finally - like you - I could not help thinking that Canon (or Apple) would never put its customers through such torture. Buying this software dredged up every miserable experience I have had with SONY over the years (noisy VCR drives, overpriced "optional" equipment features, unreliable high-end gear; analog displays priced like competitors' digital; top-line monitors with a little :shadow" line ⅓ of the way up from the bottom of the screen). And all the final indignity: demanding agreement to pages of legalese fine print and personal information for the privilege of buying their $10- app. Ever since the rootkit scandal, I have felt no trust for SONY, though some of their products (like the Rx100 series) have overcome my negative feelings about the company. Anyway, thanks for posting the tutorial and for expressing the aggravation we shared with the miserable user experience
Gene.
I find the Time-Lapse app more interesting and way better than the Slow Motion...good that I bought me the RX100V instead the M6 ..because the Play memories doesn't exist anymore on the RX100m6..!and btw...your Time-lapse footage is really awesome...what an awesome picture-quality that is...wow
Thank god I found your video. I got the RX 5 and pulled my hair out trying figure out how to down load the apps, because it doesn't work of USB. Now it won't take my credit card. Sony really needs to fix this app purchases problem . I almost thinking of returning the camera, Iam so frustrated.
this is was really nice, full of information but my question is if you are shooting your timelapse on images on video mode, can u get 4K video out of it in post ?? depending on image pixels ???
Thx for this Tutorial. And I can tell you I installed the app via the computer in 5 minutes ;-)
Thanks for posting, i'm going to get my time lapse now!
Enjoy!!!!
Great review. Thanks for posting!
Your welcome.
Thanks ! Your English so clear , I understood so easy ... Danke !
Your welcome😀
thx for your video. Did timelapes mode stoppted since a time?
2:39 for start of actual Time Lapse App tutorial. Prior to that is explanation of how to connect camera to wifi. Can achieve through connecting to smartphone with Sony PM on phone too.
Thank you. Really helpful guide. I´ve been resisting to pay 10 euros to get this app for my Rx100 mIV. Just as you say I consider it a mean trick from Sony. But... I´ve been given also a Sony a6300, and for 10€ I can install this app in both cameras (that makes 5€ each if you want to trick yourself... :-) ). I´ve installed it in both cameras directly but through cable connexion to my Mac. The app has been downloaded right to my cameras and I´ve had no problem. As far as I´ve used it is a great app (no justification for the 10€ though, Sony). I´ve enjoyed your video. Wish i could try it in Kuala Lumpur also....
Yes, I have it on both my a7s and rx100. How are you liking the 6300?
These are my two first Sony cameras (Canon guy my whole life). My a6300 (I have it just one week ago) is doing really great. I bought it looking for some medium size camera that shoot a good 4K (doing some experiments in video field...) with interchangeable lenses. I´m greatly surprised for the quality both of the video and the still images. Super fast focus and really good colors and definition. I´m looking for a better lens. Not the best ergonomics fora camera though, A bit of overheating but not as much as I´ve read... IMHO you can´t expect more on a 1000 € camera. If you're interested in video is a really good value. If you´re only for still images I guess is better look for a a7r or a7rII. And really really LOVE mi RX 100 mIV.
Great info! do you know if you can use the play memories time lapse with the DSC RX100 ll? i can't seem to get it to download with the DSC RX100 Il
There's no excuse for ANY camera today to lack time-lapse functions. Time lapse is essentially FREE to implement;.
I wonder if Nikon is ripping customers off like this with their new DL models. They're the only manufacturer that has pulled its head out of its ass and included time-lapse on its SLRs, while Canon doesn't (and still peddles a ridiculously overpriced and crippled external remote).
Nice one. yeah, I found it frustrating to install the enhanced remote control app through the Play Memories section. I agree, Soy should have included many of the apps already in the camera.
Thank you so much for infor. I like to take the blood moon this month and sure like to try. Can you help how to down load the video from camera to iPhone or iPad? WiFi didn’t work.
Great video! Wondering if you can use the time lapse app with the silent shutter mode?
I tried that unsuccessfully !
Hi there, I was wondering if you managed to test the photo output mode for size and quality? I too am interested in its ability to produce 4k time lapses. Can the video output mode do s-log? Can the photo output mode do RAW?
Was that lightning in your last time lapse (Petronas Towers) or flicker from the video having a problem? I know when I've manually shot TL in the past, flicker has been an issue.
Great vid been waiting for someone to put one of these up for a while, I have a question, when the camera stitches together a timelapse it is in AVI format (I think thats how you say it) I then have to convert this to MP4 in order to use it on my iPad, is there a way I can save it as MP4 straight from the camera? thanks for sharing :) Tim
+savedpurplecat Hi Tim, thanks for the question. I double checked, the only option is avi. You would have to convert it if you want mp4.
Thanks for the video
I'm trying to record an artist painting indoors. set it to "standard" setting and video was unusable because the exposure tracking is off on standard and when the room became darker as the sun went down the video was pitch black. today going to try again on program "custom" setting. i need the best setting for the camera to record and automatically change with the scene for the best playback
Hi,
Thank you for save me time. This is a good tutorial that helps people to download the impossible apps from sony...Thanks!
I have 1 question about your really nice time laps 8:47 (Suria), when it goes from day to night. It is so smooth, and nice. Have you workt in post? Can you please share the settings in the camera? Going from day to night is really difficult. All the best. C
hi:) For sunset timelapse, i use custom settings, you can experiment between the aperture and shutter. In that shot i used shutter priority. I use about 8-10 seconds between shots. Actually, I alsways use custom settings. If you have moving subject and you want blur, i find that setting the shutter to a slower release helps and then the AEL to low so that it doesnt bounce around. Also try and set the WB, if you leave it in auto, it can change midway. I did nothing in post. That footage is straight out of the camera.
Thanks,big help.
Wow, thanks for sharing this. I am looking to buy a single camera for both, taking videos (when walking) & taking pictures. If you have tested the Canon G7x M2, would you recommend the Sony over it?
I have not tested the Canon. I have been very happy with Sony and see no reason to change to another brand at this time.
Is this app assigned to camera or PlayMemories account? If I buy it and install on camera will I be able to install it on another camera in future?
can you do a video on how to transfer the time-lapse to iMovie? sorry I'm not so techie and your videos are easy to understand. thanks
+alphatan2 Get AnyMP4 converter for Mac (free for sub 5 minute files), convert the avi file to whatever works for you, import into iMovie as you would normally.
Just to confirm. Was the opening shot of this video shot with the app? can this app do slow shutter timelapse? to see lights trailing? This app will make a movie at the end right so that there's no need to do the timelapse in post production. This is easier for sure...
thanks
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+Erick Perdomo Yes, it was using a slower shutter speed 1 or 2 seconds. The app will output into an .avi movie file if you like.
I figured out out that if you turn "Scan SSL" off on your AV, ( I have Bitdefender). It fixes the problem with not connecting to the camera and app store. I guess IE reports this as an error for some reason and the anti-virus blocks it. This gave me a headache as well for a while. Hope this helps.
What is your favorite frame rate to use for video output ?
You can make in-camera video timelapse, but only in 1080p? There still is no option for 4k? (or perhaps sony updated the app?)
Correct, the camera does not output a 4k time-lapse video, only output video option for time-lapse is 1080. The alternate solution, is to output the time-lapse in JPEG pictures, then in your editing software you can create a movie from your series of jpegs thats are 4k. It is more work but possible.
is it any easier with the mark v? any other apps you need to install in addition to this?
+justinspirational I am getting ready to order one. Can't answer your question just yet!
at 8:54 .. how did you pan from right to left, do you have a gadget that does that, or you just move it manually by hand? thanks.. good shit man..
Thanks, it was basically an egg timer
Mine just shoots jpgs when RAW is selected. Have you experienced this? HELP!
I'm so damn close... I've gone through the entire process of updating the camera, making a sony account, getting into it through the camera, selecting the timelapse app and then I get stuck just before payment in the license agreement. I can't move on from that. This interface is literally making me mad!
Thanks for the tutorial. I have just downloaded it. Can you view the time lapse in camera? I cannot see how to do it or find any info.
You can see it in camera but it is not smooth, very jagged replay that slips frames but gives a general idea of what you captured. Good luck!
Thanks. You response was so quick!! Great stuff, and looking forward to following your channel.
+Pixelcount Photography welcome aboard!! As for the timing... I was watching some you tube stuff so it all worked out!
Nice video !! How can I turn off the sound it makes everytime the camera takes a photo?
+Basketmaniakcom I have not found a way to do that. There is a silent shutter but I have not been able to access it in the timelapse mode.
In the 'toolbox' menu, go to Audio signals and turn off.
hi! i have two questions
1. save every photo or only the final video
2 what is the limit of photos
+ricardo salinas Depends on the size of the card you rare using and the picture settings in the camera. Plus, you can plug an external USB power brick into the camera to extend the timelapse if you like. I am limited with the space I have so I just keep the final movies.
Any experience with other Sony PM apps for this camera?
+Es Gee hmm.. I use the remote sometimes so that I can use my ipad or iphone as a monitor. It works well.
the settings need to be smart enough to change on their own. if you are setting the aperture shutter and iso to be fixed then you must be shooting in an environment where the light stays the same. or I'm just a newbie to photography so somebody help lol. whats the best setting for shooting a lapse of a painting indoors where the changes of sun light will be a factor?
How did you turn the camera in the time-lapse (8:53) ?
+iampossiblemusic by hitting the menu button and then scrolling through the top line menu items until you reach the apps tab. Once you have downloaded the timelapse app, that is where you can access it from.
in the time lapse mode is it possible to save single files as well?
+Mikkel Heinricy you can save in 3 options: picture files, movie file, picture and movie files
I downloaded the timelapse app and created a couple of videos using timelapse. I can't figure out how to transfer these files to my computer as they don't show up outside the timelapse app. I can play them back in timelapse, but they don't show as actual files on the camera. Please help?
Hi Plant: If you set the files to be a movie, on your memory card, Private -> Sony ->APPL_TLPS The AVI file will be in there. If you took pictures they will be in the picture folder.
for some reason the timelapse files won't show up when i connect my camera to my pc using usb. so i took the sd card out of the camera and installed it into the computer ... and boom it worked - i could see the files. whey didn't i just think of that 6 hours ago. thanks ctl
When I've done time lapse before, I dumped my 1000's of pics into Lightroom 6 and then, through the use of a template, I am able to output into video. Do you suppose the video processing engine inside the Rx100 iv is better equipped to perform this task? Or Lightroom?
+Q Bizzy this is what i want to know
+LifeOfMikey no way to turn the screen off at this point
can you take raw images with the timelapse app?
+monsterkithd i will test that as well...
Thanks man, but I can still can't to download timelapse program to my camera rx 100 V. Simply I can't find my country - Lithuania and can't add money from paypal..
Great!
Do u have a video of step by step on how to download the app? Seriously, such an expensive gadget and it doesn't come with time lapse! Plus, it is 2017 and yet the screen is not touchscreen!
Hey Thomas - what does "angle shift add-on" do?
+Jeremy Rubingh it allows for simulated movement in your time lapse. Makes it look like the camera is panning. I havent tried it yet though. I did purchase the option from the Sony playmemories store.. one of these days I will try it out!
+CTL OnTheLine - Thanks. I added it on too. Seems like something you could just do in post, but maybe it's cleaner this way... Also, have you used the "miniature" tilt shift feature in the time lapse settings? Curious if this is clean, or if it's better just to use a filter in post to create the same effect?
Can you do a time lapse that's over a 6 hour + period? I'm wanting to capture the whole life cycle of some silkworms but that means filming them almost all day every day for a week or two
You can adjust the time between pictures to suit your needs. You can also plug in a USB battery brick to the camera which would allow the camera to be powered on for much much longer than the cameras internal battery as the USB battery brick would charge the internal battery. It gives you a lot of flexibility.
Hey, thanks for the reply.. I've worked all of that out now but I have another problem... when filming sunsets or sunrises I have to stop and start when it gets too light or dark, like,, it only adjusts the light once I stop.. what am I doing wrong??
Sorry, just got to the part of the video where you talk about that, my bad
+Matilda Rose Lumley did you figure it out? There are custom sunrise and sunset modes you can use or under the custom mode you can use shutter priority and set AEL to low.
Can you you set a shuter speed for 30s in this app?
Yes you can use 30 second exposures.
dont get it. how to get the time laps app? My playmemories font have time laps
+bentelkalb 1. On my computer I signed up for Sony Play Memories and purchased the apps I wanted. 2. Connect my camera through wi-fi 3. Open the apps tab on my camera and download the apps
anyone figure out a way to update the firmware of the Rx100 IV on a Mac using OS 10.12.3?
Just tried my first nightlapses with the a7sii - looks like crap. Just cannot work out the shutter speed / ISO / WB when related to the interval and the finished frames per second (24p). It's either far too bright or far too dark. Anybody got a table of ideal settings?
PS: Can't shoot RAW because I cannot find anything to convert them other than Adobe (which costs a fortune). Affinity and iPhoto won't touch the files.
+onenarrowdoor Good grief. Just noticed that you only have 500,000 shutter actuations. Used 2,000 in three hours and noticed that there is no way of shooting in silent shutter mode within the app and there are currently no compatible wired remotes that will work with the app. Sony really do not give a care in the world to anything once they have your £10 off their stupid app store.
I can't purchase app at the play memories website. I tried wifi and I connected the camera to the computer. Nothing happened. Do you have any idea ?. It just says internal error.
Hmm... I also was unable to download it through my camera. Have you tried using a different computer, or perhaps country/location.
+CTL OnTheLine yea. I have tried everything . different browsers and computers. thanks for responding.
can someone offer a link where to download the app for free?
1. Is it possible to realize time-lapse videos in HDR mode?
2. Do I still have access to the single pictures the video later?
I have not been able to do a time lapse in HDR.
You can output the timelapse in 1. Video only 2 Video & Pictures 3. Pictures only.
thanks for the Info! have you tried to select the hdr Mode in the menu of the cam before you started the Timelapse app? is it then possible?
+gulli not possible
+CTL OnTheLine thx
is it possible to take time lapse in 4k on this camera?
+f50koenigg you have three choices of how to "output" the timelapse.. 1. video file 2. picture files 3 video files + picture files. If I select to output as a video file it is the .avi format. I have a choice of 24 frames per second or 30 frames per second only. In both 24p/30p the size resolution is either FHD 1920x1080 or HD 1280x720. So, if you have the camera output the file into a video which is what i do, then FHD is the max. It will not output 4K video. You MAY be able to output the files as pictures in a larger resolution and then use a program like quicktime to make a 4K video time lapse.
Hopefully they make an update for the firmware or that software for making time lapse in 4k. The rx100 iv is my top pick to buy to next month.
I'm also about to buy a Mk IV - but have question: Can the RX100 Mk IV record 4K jpg's with good resolution when time lapsing ? I mean: Using Sony Vegas Pro for editing then a row of 4 K JPG's from the camera would be just perfect for some extra playing around with pan/crop in the 4 K Jpg's down to normal full HD.
+Einar Ritsmer i have been doing the video (.avi) output which has given me some very nice images.. I will test the photo output mode to see the size and quality and report back!!! Give me a week or so...
During a timelapse is there a way to review a photo just to check if everything is ok?
after each picture is taken, it is displayed on the screen for two seconds before the next picture is taken. The screen is automatically dimmed to save battery so you can get an idea of what is being taken.
CTL OnTheLine sky timelapse at night is different...I tried a night timelapse yesterday and the preview was 0.1"....can this change from the menu?
Unless there's something I am missing, you CANNOT change camera settings once the time lapse app starts capturing. I have just tested this again on the A7Sii and A7Rii, try for yourself. Yes, I have been testing this with the camera(s) in Manual mode. Yes, I have been testing with the Custom theme in the time lapse app. While the time lapse is capturing you CANNOT make changes to the camera's settings (ie: shutter, aperture, ISO) which is total bullshit. I have tried changing all kinds of settings withing the app and nothing changes this ridiculous shortcoming. I hope I am wrong but I doubt I am. If you find that I am indeed mistaken, PLEASE tell me exactly what I need to do to have full control. I am not a newb! I have been shooting photography and time lapse professionally for over five years now. The only thing new to me here is these small Sony cameras and all the stupid problems associated with them, thus far. In my experience, making manual adjustments to the settings, during capture, and then compensating for this in LRTimelapse is the ONLY reliable way to capture day to night (holy grail) sequences. Every single bulb ramping or "app" that makes decisions/adjustments seems to create more problems then it solves. It can't be trusted to do the job. Also, the fact that this app doesn't allow wireless tethering to a mobile device is plain stupid. These cameras have wifi, WTF Sony :(
hi,,,,aplication no time lapse app...????
and sonymememories site no time lapse app
+Hakan Boyaci try connecting to the internet with your camera and then going to the playmemories store through the camera interface.
sory turkey pay and shop problem ?????
I did same mistake as you did and I regret it. I spent 1150 british pound and have to spend for apps again no way
use it
wont wornk on rx 100 II !!
Pro tip. 1.5x speed
You could level it up and tried to download that timelapse app in country not supported by SONY :D. You would aditionaly needed to fool playmemories that you re in sony supported countries.
This sony app rip off starts to get realy entertaining when someone finally after all hesitation decides to buy it, no matter how stupid it is for all the reasons you mentioned, but discovers that it is not possible! It is not possible because there is no online store support in his country. If this is not idiotic and arogant "bussines model", I don' t know what it is. Anyway, nice and informative video.
The problem is with this, and I agree, I am still angry about this Sony dumb method of "using their product in full", is the fact, that if one tries to connect to their store from third-world-country (saying that, I mean not from US, Canada, EU, Japan and few lucky ones) Sony, by some reason, refuses to accept payment from my Bank Account. I called their support hundred of times, and this jerks are telling me how sorry they are, but there is no way to register my card, and I have to create bank account in the US, or such countries.... Why Sony, dont you tell this BEFORE you sell your cameras? Uhhhhhhhh...... ((((((
Didn't buy it because it didn't have time lapse. Shit its a goddamcamera, without timelapse is like buying a car without a reverse gear. Same with the Canon equivilant
+schmudge Thank you!!! I couldn't agree more.
I'm switching from Sony to something else.