Time-lapse

While time-lapse videos can be striking, creating them involves leaving the camera in one place for the duration of the shoot. A new app allows such videos to be recorded on a smartphone, which can be moved and used for other things between shots.

Scientists have condensed decades of footage taken of our Sun’s atmosphere into a 47-minute video showcasing solar activity on a grand scale. The video was released to mark the 25th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric observatory.

For its fourth Kickstarter, Miops has created a hot-shoe attachment called the Flex that's designed to help photographers "capture stunning timelapse videos, HDR photos, high-speed actions, extraordinary lightning strikes and more."

NASA has released a stunning time-lapse video of our Sun constructed from images collected by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) ​over the course of its sixth year in space. The Ultra-HD quality video was recorded in the extreme ultraviolet spectrum.

Pulse is a remote camera trigger which lets you control a DSLR from a smartphone, and adjust settings wirelessly. Pulse is currently on Kickstarter, where it exceeded its funding target in just three hours.

Tikee is a time-lapse photography system aimed at making it easier to shoot high-quality immersive time-lapse videos. The system consists of a dual-lens, weather-sealed and wireless camera, which is paired with custom time-lapse software.

A new gadget is aimed at helping smartphone users capture professional looking timelapses. Though Hobie is little more than a modified kitchen timer, it allows users to record panning timelapse shots at almost any angle.

A team of big picture-thinking researchers has developed a novel way of creating stable time-lapse videos by sewing together millions of public photos taken from the internet. The resulting sequences document everything from retreating glaciers to the construction of Las Vegas skyscrapers.