Better yet: use a large-capacity Memory Stick, and capture
the frames as 640x480 best-quality jpgs, dump them into
a NLE...

On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 15:56:47 GMT, d_ruether@hotmail.com (Neuman - Ruether) wrote:

>I agree with the second part - the cycling of the transport
>mechanism for 6-frame bits (for one-frame capture) can be
>hard on the camera mechanism... If you connect the camera
>(without tape) to a computer with a NLE with the ability
>to grab frames at set intervals (Premiere), then you can
>do the animation with no tape, and no wasted capture and
>editing time...

>On 23 Apr 2002 02:27:43 GMT, paweber02@aol.com5z378
>(Paweber02) wrote:
>
>>Many consumer camcorders have something they call "stop-motion"...some menu
>>setting that permits you to record 3-5 frames of video per button-push. For
>>mechanical reasons, it is not very practical to do true, motion picture camera
>>type, single-frame exposures.
>>
>>It is, however, very easy to get the same effect (or better) by simply letting
>>the camera run continuously, moving your props, then capturing the resulting
>>tape and slicing it up on the timeline.
>
>>>I'm considering the purchase of a camcorder for general use, kids,
>>>house, events, blah blah, but I've got it into my head that I'd like to
>>>try stopmotion filmmaking one day. Something like the Wallace and Gromit
>>>...!