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5. "Orion" - motion controlled night timelapse
10 months ago
Shot in central South Dakota in late march-early april. It was the first time I've had the chance to use, an Orion head mounted on the Dynamic Perception Stage Zero dolly. dynamicperception.com
The Orion (aka Merlin or Celestron) telescope head allows for an ultra slow pan and tilt of the camera while it moves slowly along the dolly. The MX2 controller from Dynamic Perception runs the dolly as well as the Orion head.
I also used a "milapse" mount on a few shots as well. The Orion works great with the MX2 and the dolly, I'll be using it often.
Meteor flash at :53 wide shot, see close up pic below
At 2:09 you can see the Orion panning and tilting on the dolly.
Canon 60D and 550D
Tokina 11-16
Sigma 20mm F1.8
Tamron 17-50
Shot in RAW format, most shots were 25 seconds exposure F2.8 or 1.8 on the Sigma with 2 second interval between shots, for about 300 frames or so (several hours). There were a few 30 second exposures. ISO 1600
Music: Equinox by The American Dollar
Download a free 9 track American Dollar sampler here: theamericandollar.bandcamp.com/album/free-winter-2010-compilation
Read more on wired.com wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/time-lapse-astrophotography/
It is named Orion for both the Constellation and the telescope mount.
For more info or licensing contact
dakotalapse.com
twitter.com/dakotalapse
facebook.com/pages/DakotaLapse/111818295557281
The Orion (aka Merlin or Celestron) telescope head allows for an ultra slow pan and tilt of the camera while it moves slowly along the dolly. The MX2 controller from Dynamic Perception runs the dolly as well as the Orion head.
I also used a "milapse" mount on a few shots as well. The Orion works great with the MX2 and the dolly, I'll be using it often.
Meteor flash at :53 wide shot, see close up pic below
At 2:09 you can see the Orion panning and tilting on the dolly.
Canon 60D and 550D
Tokina 11-16
Sigma 20mm F1.8
Tamron 17-50
Shot in RAW format, most shots were 25 seconds exposure F2.8 or 1.8 on the Sigma with 2 second interval between shots, for about 300 frames or so (several hours). There were a few 30 second exposures. ISO 1600
Music: Equinox by The American Dollar
Download a free 9 track American Dollar sampler here: theamericandollar.bandcamp.com/album/free-winter-2010-compilation
Read more on wired.com wired.com/wiredscience/2011/04/time-lapse-astrophotography/
It is named Orion for both the Constellation and the telescope mount.
For more info or licensing contact
dakotalapse.com
twitter.com/dakotalapse
facebook.com/pages/DakotaLapse/111818295557281
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and the screen direction. it's great to see you have an understanding of camera moves and editing. that plus your overall tone makes for a really solid moco timelapse piece. congrats.
Please feel free to chime in on the new firmware or anything related to the MX2/Orion.
1.focus tap time
2.exposure time
3.exposure delay
4.repeat
So if you want to do interleaved with a 10 sec exposure on cam you could set it up like this:
1.Focus tap: 1000ms (think of this as the buffer time before the trigger)
2.Exposure time: 100ms
3.Exposure delay: 11000 ms (think of this as the time to wait before the motor move)
Your videos are beautiful ! thank You xo
If I may ask, how do you avoid camera shake?
I have a 60d and the shutter itself causes camera shake during timelapses... it seems to slightly shake the cam everytime it takes a pic. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
thank you randy!
if you dont mind that i ask ?
in order to use the " Orion telescope " do i MUST use also the MX2 controler ?
if the answer is yes ?
how much dificoult is it to instal and use the MX2 controler with the Orion telescope ?
thank you
i am trayng without success to find a guide on how to combine the MX2 to a telescope
any chance you know about a guide like this one ?
or may be you want to make one :-) ?
thanks again
For example that you used in the 2:09 combination you mention?
I'd appreciate your help
regards