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Moon Shots
Above, not my photo. I snagged it from American Scientific. To get good moon shots, a long lens is needed for greater magnification. 300mm is pretty darned great… but a 200mm will work quite well, as well. Here are the camera settings: Above all, practice. Take lots of photos and analyze the results, striving to…
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Today’s Timelapse Shoot
The camera is set up in the back, looking out over the valley below. Sunset is about 8 p.m. and I’ll let the camera run until 10 p.m. I’ll get a few thousand shots, transfer them to a computer folder, then open that folder with DaVinci Resolve’s incredible editor. In Resolve’s Media Editor page, you…
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Timelapse Values
The following values are suggestions for starting points for setting up timelapse photography. 1-2 seconds : Moving cars, people, events3-5 seconds: Night shots, motion blur. Clouds moving quickly.6-10 seconds: Shadows, sunsets with high clouds.10-30 seconds: Astrophotography. For spectacular results, try shooting with a 30 second shutter speed and a 15 second interval. Let the camera…
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To Better Understand the Sony A7 R5 MENU
My purchase of a new A7 R5 requires a new learning curve with respect to the Menu. It has been completely revamped, and is much better. That said, it does require some getting used to. I created a document in Excel that catalogs all Menu items. The document is easily searched using the native Excel…
