You use a digital still camera with either a built-in or external intervalometer. Then you import the pics into Vegas. Be sure to set the resolution of your still camera to something considerably less than maximum (you will still get HD video, but Vegas won't choke on those big files)
As far as using that Sony ... I have no idea .. other than it is not likely to get "true" time lapse without going thru hoops.
If it is important or paid footage, get a video camera that supports time lapse. Lot of video cameras do and it is infinately easier and great quality.
I used to use a Canon camera with intervalometer. Not bad, but with cropping and manipulating the images, time consuming, but good for really long TL events (24 hours or more).
One of my video cameras I got a while back is far easier to use for TL and has excellent TL footage. Its great on projects ranging from 5 mins to a few hours.
If it is important or paid footage, get a video camera that supports time lapse. Lot of video cameras do and it is infinately easier and great quality.
I really don't think so. Yes, there are many video cameras that *say* they have "time lapse" ... but of those very few actually do. Most turn the camera on for a limited amount of time ... say for one half of a second ... not for a single frame. One half of a second gives you about 15 frames, then, at the next interval, another 15 frames and so on. When viewed at normal speed time is sped up, but in jerky increments .. not smoothly as in frames from a still camera shot one at a time.
I've only shot timelapse with my DSLR and its intervalometer. But here is a John Meyer thread that includes his script for extracting the first frame from each clip in a series of short clips. Does anyone know if this works in Vegas 10?
On a side note, what happened to all the scripts that used to be posted on Vasst? I just checked and don't find them there now. It would be nice if SCS hosted the public domain scripts on this site.
I own the Sony V1U and it has "interval recording" as a built in feature to create time lapse video with adjustable settings. I'm not sure if your camera has that function built in. If not, you will need to do as the others have instructed.
I have an old Sony DCR-TRV140 (my backup cam). It will do interval recording.
Intervals: 30 sec / 1 min / 5 min / 10 min
records: 0.5 sec / 1 sec / 1.5 sec / 2 sec
Honestly, I've never used that function, but like everything else in life, I've been meaning to try it sometime (get a flower opening in the morning, etc...)
This camera records digitally, but not in HD. You could probably pick one up on ebay real cheap.