stop-motion with s5500 / s5600 ?

[arjan vd linden]

Hi there,

I'm looking out for a good digital still camera used for regular photography, but also for stop-motion usage. I'm looking out for the new Fujifilm Finepix s5600.

does anyone have experience with stopmotion usage on preceding camera, the Fujifilm Finepix s5500?

arjan

 

[Marcel Geers]

What are you referring to here? Are you talking about a camera being able to stop motion or does "stop-motion" refer to another thing? What kind of motion are we talking about?
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[JeanLeGrand]

I believe stop-motion is a way of making an animation with drawn or clay figurines in a snap,modify figurine,snap,modify,snap way. Just the way Loeki de Leeuw and Buurman & Buurman are made.

John
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[someone_else]

The 5500 is, in many respects, a great camera, but for stop motion, I would rather look elsewhere.

The way I see it, the most important feature a camera should have if used for stop-motion would be a remote. Most Canon cameras, for example, can be hooked up to, and controlled, by a computer via a USB cable. This ensures a fixed setup between shots, an important issue in stop-motion. A setup consisting of a camera hooked up to a laptop is therefore the best choice, I think, and unfortunately the S5500 does not allow this. The s20 Pro can handle this (as can most high-end/professional cameras), but that's a whole different price range we're talking about. Again, in the price range of the S5500, you should perhaps look into getting a Canon...

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[batty66824]

Hi, Arjen.

I think that you might have a screw loose.

If that is the case, I'll be very happy to talk with you.

Should you, subsequently, prove to be completely normal;

As a Leading Phsycologist, I'd, be completely stiuffed. Unless you were to dump all of your remaining 'patients' on me at once.

Let's talk.

 

[normsmith]

Arjan,

I cannot answer your qestion with certainty since I have nort had an opportuinity to test the S5600 for speed.

However, it looks to me like the Anti-Blur mode replaces the old Sports mode, the manual says it increases shutter speed, though in that mode, it also shoves the ISO up to 800.

I would imagine this has the effect of 'sports mode plus', so i would expect a good result - the camera also allows the user to manually chnge the shutter speed nd again, those high ISO's should give a good range.

 

[voodoofactory]

I think what Arjan wants to know(Hi Arjan) is,

• How are the macro capabilities of the camera?
• Can the whitebalance, shutterspeed, focus, ISO and aperture be set manually?
• Can the camera be controlled with a computer when it's connected to it with a USB cable(ie. Remote capturing)?
• Can the auto-sleep function be disabled?
• Is there a live-feed from the AV-out on the camera while shooting? Does the AV-out/display shut down after a couple of minutes or can this auto-sleep also be disabled?

Stopmotionanimation by the way, is an animation technique in which you use real three dimensional objects(clay, puppets, orangepeelings, whatever) to animate, but photographing your subjects in different sequential poses.

 

[buckshot]

I just read the replies, wow!

If you mean can you stop a birds wings in flight yes the camera can do it but you need to get enough light to get up past 500 for shudder speed.

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[Esmond_B]

You can use the S5500 as a webcam controlled by a PC, so I'd imagine you could use it for stop-motion in almost the same way.

 

[Ramon_uk]

you need to get enough light to get up past 500 for
shudder speed.

Shudder ?? Is he an animation.... I thought he was real

Ramon
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[Joe Keegan325739]

does that mean the s9500/s9000 would be ideal or should one go for the s20?

joe

 

[buckshot]

What a fool am I :-D
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[buckshot]

I am .... am I ..... :-D

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[arjan vd linden]

Thanx everybody for the replies,

no, i'm not crazy (i think)

i need a cam that is controllable with the pc. However, Fuji told me today that their cam's are not really capable for stop-motion animation.

looking further...

grz