TAKING ASTRO TIMELAPSE SERIES
TAKING ASTRO TIMELAPSE FREE

However, you can use the Console app to program in a specific number of exposures of any length you choose, then save that combination as a named “Profile” or preset.

TAKING ASTRO TIMELAPSE SERIES

Out of the box, the 2i is programmed to turn continuously and to fire a camera shutter for an unending series of 2-minute exposures, provided you have the camera’s remote port connected to the 2i’s Snap port via an optional intervalometer cable, and the camera set on Bulb. Most buyers will be interested in the 2i foremost for its ability to track the sky allowing long, untrailed exposures of the Milky Way or constellations, either with a landscape in the foreground or when framing just starfields. I tested a unit purchased from random stock from my local telescope dealer here in Alberta.Īdding a ball head adapter (not included) is the simplest setup for wide-angle to short telephoto lenses. For time-lapses, the Star Adventurer can be tipped to 90° latitude on the wedge to pan parallel to the horizon. The new 2i version of the bigger Star Adventurer adds all those functions of the Mini, and more, countering the shortfall of the original model. The Mini can perform time-lapses that are fully adjustable with the user’s choice of exposure time, frame count, interval, swing angle - all the factors that make up a motion-control timelapse where the camera pans across a scene during the sequence.

TAKING ASTRO TIMELAPSE FREE

In 2017 Sky-Watcher introduced the Star Adventurer Mini, or SAM, a smaller tracker with lower load handling, but with Wi-Fi allowing it to be programmed easily via the free SAM Console app (Android or iOS). An obscure “Advanced Firmware Update” did add more flexible time-lapse functions, but programming the complex parameters through button presses was crude. 2014) and was impressed with its tracking ability.īut while the original Star Adventurer also promised time-lapse functions, it offered only limited “hard-wired” settings of little value in most situations. I tested the original model for our Canadian SkyNews magazine (Nov./Dec.

Since its introduction in 2014, the Star Adventurer has been one of the most popular of several low-cost star trackers now available from various manufacturers. Who Is It For? Nightscape photographers and all deep sky photographers Summary: The Wi-Fi programming expands the new Star Adventurer 2i beyond a basic tracker into a capable motion controller for time-lapses. Minus: No speed ramping on time-lapses separate polar scope illuminator Plus: Time-lapse functions now possible various modes easy to select Sky-Watcher has updated their popular Star Adventurer tracker, adding Wi-Fi programming and enhanced time-lapse functions. Here the equatorial wedge has replaced the tripod head. The Star Adventurer can be attached to any camera tripod.

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