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We continue experimenting with our Sony HDR-HC3 high definition camcorder. One of the things you see all the time these days are time lapse movies of clouds zooming across the sky. Although it was 104 degrees, the clouds today were perfect for capturing this kind of footage.

• View the Quicktime MP4 Time Lapse Movie (640×360, 7.4MB)
• View the Windows Media Player Time Lapse Movie (480×270, 9.8MB)

Once you capture the footage, which for these clips ranged from a couple of minutes to 8 minutes each, the best solution is to use Apple’s Final Cut Pro to compress the timeline down to what you desire. A 10 to 1 or even 20 to 1 ratio gives good results, depending on how fast you want the clouds to move.

Because of rain on July 4th, Stillwater’s Independence Day fireworks display was postponed a day until July 5th. That worked out pretty great for us because we got a chance to try out our new Sony HDR-HC3 high definition camcorder in a challenging outdoor environment.

• View the Quicktime MP4 Fireworks (640×360, 1.9MB)
• View the Windows Media Player Fireworks (640×360, 6.8MB)

For those of you who missed Independance Day, you don’t have to sit through all 20 minutes of glorious explosions as this is just the 30 second highlight of the finale.

This video was shot was a Raynox wide-angle lens with mostly default settings, except for manual focus set to infinity, in glorious 1080i High Definition video. The night sky is a little grainy, but still nice video, especially when down converted to something a little less than HD.