Currently most are done with a Nikon D50, using a gphoto2 script. Here's my mencoder script: #!/bin/bash OUTPUT=timelapse72.avi mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=24 -o $OUTPUT -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1:vbitrate=16000:autoaspect -vf scale=1280:720 mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=24 -o $OUTPUT -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=2:vbitrate=16000:autoaspect -vf scale=1280:720 Edit: formatting