Hi,

we're starting to build our new house soon. It'll take around a year and I'd like to create a timelapse video. Unfortunately I can't fix my camera there, so I'll just go every week once-twice and try to take a picture from the same spot. Although I have a Nikon 5100, I thought that maybe for this project I'll try to find some android app that helps me to position my phone's camera into the same position every week. Is there such an app available?

In my imagination the app would enable me to open an existing image full screen, showing the old image as a "frame" but in the middle I would see what the camera is capturing right now, so I could match them as close as possible and then shoot.

Thanks in advance,

Flocsy

I'd get a simple phone mount that I could leave attached, then just clip it in each visit, take the shots, then unclip. You could do the same with a QR camera clamp, to mount a DSLR.

Agree with strikeph. A simple stake in the ground will be more accurate than any app could ever hope for...

DigiCam Control is Windows only, so it would require a laptop, but it has onion skin (transparent overlay) with live-view, which makes lining up the next shot perfect. http://digicamcontrol.com/

Actually Olympus OMD EM5 Mk2 (maybe EM1 also) has an overlay feature built in. You can select a previously shot image and use it in 50% mix to align your camera. In post you'll still need to use some software to align more perfectly, but can be done.