SmoothLapse blog https://smoothlapse.com/blog/ Notes on long-term time-lapse photography: flicker, cameras, Raspberry Pis, and progress on the SmoothLapse rebuild. en-gb Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Over-shoot, deflicker or select? Three ways to a smooth long-term time-lapse https://smoothlapse.com/blog/overshooting-deflicker-or-selection/ https://smoothlapse.com/blog/overshooting-deflicker-or-selection/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Over-shooting and culling, deflicker software, or choosing the best photo on the device: three ways to beat flicker in a long-term time-lapse, compared. Planning a year-long Raspberry Pi time-lapse: a checklist https://smoothlapse.com/blog/raspberry-pi-time-lapse-camera-checklist/ https://smoothlapse.com/blog/raspberry-pi-time-lapse-camera-checklist/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A practical checklist for a long-term Raspberry Pi time-lapse camera: the spot, camera, board, power, storage, weatherproofing, network and testing. SmoothLapse is coming back https://smoothlapse.com/blog/smoothlapse-is-coming-back/ https://smoothlapse.com/blog/smoothlapse-is-coming-back/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT SmoothLapse went quiet at the end of 2021. Here’s why it’s being rebuilt for today’s Raspberry Pi, what’s changing, and what stays the same. Why long-term time-lapses flicker, and what you can do about it https://smoothlapse.com/blog/why-long-term-time-lapses-flicker/ https://smoothlapse.com/blog/why-long-term-time-lapses-flicker/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The six usual causes of flicker in a long-term time-lapse, and which ones you can fix on the camera, in deflicker software, or only with a better photo. A low-budget Raspberry Pi time-lapse camera https://smoothlapse.com/2021/11/02/a-low-budget-time-lapse-option/ https://smoothlapse.com/2021/11/02/a-low-budget-time-lapse-option/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT How we filmed seedlings sprouting with a Raspberry Pi 3 and a £18 camera module in 2021: the parts, what they cost, and what we would change today.