Whaaa?? I just find out the bright monitoring on my Sony A7R V hahaha. Thank you so much! Can't wait to test it out when next time I go out shoot MW or Aurora. But on the Nikon Z6 II/Z7 II/Z8/Z9, it also has a very handy function called focus shift shoot. With this function it's so easy to make a corner to corner sharp foreground in the pitch black!
Hi Spencer, to use the screen in low light, you need to turn D9: 'Apply settings to live view' to OFF(otherwise noise will be all over on the screen). To help focusing or composition, you can set one of the U1, U2, U3 to very high ISO video mode so you can switch to video mode when composing. The video mode will have far less noise. It's very easy to switch back to photo mode once done focusing or composing. Another good thing about Z cameras is you can switch the screen off during timelapse which you have to physically flip the screen back on Sony to shut off the screen. As for the interval in timelapse, Sony and Nikon are the same which is 'Your shooting interval is the time form the beginning of one shot to the beginning of the next'(from Sony menu).
Hi Spencer in interval shooting mode for timelapse if you use a 6s exposure time in the photos you have to set the interval to 7 s, that is, 7 s interval - 6 s exposure = 1 s between each photo, this is how Nikon works. But Thinking this only works up to 25s, if you want to take exposures of 30s you have to set the interval to 33s. Nikon's definition of 'interval' is the time from the beginning of one shot to the beginning of the next, not the time between images. If you want to shoot a series of 30 sec long exposures the interval needs to be set to something greater than 30 sec to give the camera time to reset. You might think all you need to do then is set it to 31 sec. Not so fast. The tricky part is that a 30 sec exposure isn't really a 30 sec exposure. It's actually 32 sec. As we know, doubling the exposure duration increases the light input by 1 stop. If you go through your exposure times and you start at 1" second, you would double it to 2", then double again to 4", then 8", and then you would expect 16", but the camera only displays 15". From there it goes to 20", 25" and finally 30". In reality, 15" displayed = 16" ; 20" = 21.333" ; 25 = 26.667; and 30" = 32", but it's cleaner to show 15, 20, 25 & 30. So, in order to set up 30" exposures properly on the Interval timer you need to dial in an interval of 33" as a minimum. This will allow a 32 sec exposure (30" displayed) plus 1 sec to recycle the camera. I hope I helped Spencer
thanks for ur help! I was trying to do research on this prior to the test and set it up accordingly... my exposure was 6 seconds so I had my interval set to 7 seconds to give the camera 1 second between each exposure..., but yeah when compared to my Sony's timelapse, it looks like I ended up with 1/2 of the frames which I don't quite understand... more testing to come lol
Whaaa?? I just find out the bright monitoring on my Sony A7R V hahaha. Thank you so much! Can't wait to test it out when next time I go out shoot MW or Aurora. But on the Nikon Z6 II/Z7 II/Z8/Z9, it also has a very handy function called focus shift shoot. With this function it's so easy to make a corner to corner sharp foreground in the pitch black!
Automatic focus stacking is clutch!
Your photos and vlogs are amazing, watches the comet ones too, really great. Subacribed and looking forrward to more great photos 👌🏻
Thanks so much for the support!
Hi Spencer, to use the screen in low light, you need to turn D9: 'Apply settings to live view' to OFF(otherwise noise will be all over on the screen). To help focusing or composition, you can set one of the U1, U2, U3 to very high ISO video mode so you can switch to video mode when composing. The video mode will have far less noise. It's very easy to switch back to photo mode once done focusing or composing. Another good thing about Z cameras is you can switch the screen off during timelapse which you have to physically flip the screen back on Sony to shut off the screen.
As for the interval in timelapse, Sony and Nikon are the same which is 'Your shooting interval is the time form the beginning of one shot to the beginning of the next'(from Sony menu).
Thank you so much! I will definitely try this out the next time i go shoot astro with the nikon
The Z6lll is pretty amazing for astrophotography as well. I hope you can make a video comparing the Z8 vs the Z6lll with the Z 20mm F1.8.
one day maybe lol
Hi Spencer in interval shooting mode for timelapse if you use a 6s exposure time in the photos you have to set the interval to 7 s, that is, 7 s interval - 6 s exposure = 1 s between each photo, this is how Nikon works. But Thinking this only works up to 25s, if you want to take exposures of 30s you have to set the interval to 33s.
Nikon's definition of 'interval' is the time from the beginning of one shot to the beginning of the next, not the time between images. If you want to shoot a series of 30 sec long exposures the interval needs to be set to something greater than 30 sec to give the camera time to reset. You might think all you need to do then is set it to 31 sec. Not so fast. The tricky part is that a 30 sec exposure isn't really a 30 sec exposure. It's actually 32 sec. As we know, doubling the exposure duration increases the light input by 1 stop. If you go through your exposure times and you start at 1" second, you would double it to 2", then double again to 4", then 8", and then you would expect 16", but the camera only displays 15". From there it goes to 20", 25" and finally 30". In reality, 15" displayed = 16" ; 20" = 21.333" ; 25 = 26.667; and 30" = 32", but it's cleaner to show 15, 20, 25 & 30. So, in order to set up 30" exposures properly on the Interval timer you need to dial in an interval of 33" as a minimum. This will allow a 32 sec exposure (30" displayed) plus 1 sec to recycle the camera.
I hope I helped Spencer
thanks for ur help! I was trying to do research on this prior to the test and set it up accordingly... my exposure was 6 seconds so I had my interval set to 7 seconds to give the camera 1 second between each exposure..., but yeah when compared to my Sony's timelapse, it looks like I ended up with 1/2 of the frames which I don't quite understand... more testing to come lol
For focusing in the dark you can't compare the z7ii to the z8, I got the z8 3 weeks ago coming from the z7ii, night mode on the z8 is like daylight.
yep! id love to try to star light mode on the z8... Sony's bright monitoring is pretty similar