Great Video of a time lapse video. I intend to try it with my Omegon Mini-track unit. You explain well from start to finish in a short video. Keep putting out the simple steps. It works well.
Why didn't I find these video's sooner. I've just had my MSM arrive. After so many attempts and watching different video's was your ones that helped me get it set up. Hoping sky stay clear tonight for few practice shots.
@@chasingluminance Just got my MSM Rotator yesterday from Amazon yesterday. Ordered before I saw your link! Also ordered the MSM Polar Scope but my rotator did not come with a mounting bracket for the Laser! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr lol. You've got some great astrophotography vids I've been watching and picking up several tips! Thank you!!
Thank you for doing these videos. I would like to have some more basics on what to do after you set up, as in your other video and how you actually use it during the shooting. I am new to this, but not new to photography and I can't seem to find the video of how to "use" the tracker and the camera" together. Thank you!
Thanks so much for your videos. You've picked all the topics that I'm interested in learning about and you explain it all so well. You should run some astro photography classes, you'd be brilliant. Good luck with your channel 👍
Thanks for this tutorial... ! i followed this step as advised. My setting : Tracker mode + 60 s exposure +interval 62s+ 50mm lense + Rotator aligned to NCP. I dont know why i got jittery footage timelapse clip. Look like it rotate back and fort in between.
Hey thanks for not advertising those boring annoying skill share ads. I have a optron skyguider pro. Can you somehow make the tracking tilt while its panning?
Hi, can you do TL with the new msm nomad star tracker? If yes how do you synchronize it with dslr camera? I have Nikon z6 ii. Thanks for the suggestion.
I’ve been watching all your videos, thanks for all the info. Are you running 1/2 star speed or full star speed? Do you not get any motion blur on the foreground at these speeds? Thanks
Great video. Thanks for it. But I have one more question. How is the setup here? The camera is not connected to the Roator? Does that also work with a day to night timelapse or only during the day?
for this I just set it to the star tracking mode, so there's no need to use the hot shoe connecter... it would work during the day, but if you want to sue the move-shoot-move time lapse features, you do need to connect to the hotshoe.
@@chasingluminance Thanks for the answer. I will test how it works during the day without a hot shoe. I don't want to abuse my mechanical shutter for timelapses.
@@deejayroman Hello Deejay Roman! I'm also interest to the move shoot move time-lapse feature using the cable, but I have not understood how does it work. Isn't it possible to use the silent shutter on the camera? I thought the hot shoe cable was created to make the camera and the rotator communicate. Isn't it? Thanks in advance
@@Leonardo.Ciace_Films Unfortunately the camera does not send a trigger signal when the Silent Shutte is activated. this is only possible when the mechanical shutter is active. I have ordered the intervalometer and I hope it works with it.
@@deejayroman oh..this requires a lot of effort to the shutter mechanics. So your idea is to use some device that could trigger at the same time both the camera and the rotator? This would be a great solution..can you please let me know if it works? Many thanks!!
Hi, thank you so much for your videos. It’s posible to make a timelapse and track the stars at once? In afirmative case, what are the parameters? I mean how can I to configurate the MSM for it?. Thank you again for your work
Yes, for this you would align the msm to the pole like you would for standard star tracking. Keep your images fairly short... 20-30 seconds and take at many images in a row as possible
Carlo Schütz It’s very simple to use, so that’s nice. But for anyone beginning astrophotography I recommend waiting to get a tracker. Learn the ins and outs of your camera, produce some awesome images with it .... learn about stacking and exposure blending and THEN get a tracker. They’re a massive jump in post processing requirements.
Great content. I am really curious, if this MSM can still do exposures more than 30 seconds, lets say 1 minute each ( much like a standard tracked image) and lets say set for 300 images, and at the same time rotate for a motion time lapse? In short what i am really after is a way to figure out how to do tracked(star tracker) motion time lapses.
I think I understand the question. And yes. The msm will track just fine if aligned to Polaris. Then just use the bulb and interval settings on your camera or remote to control exposure
No, the MSM can either track the stars so you can take long exposures ... OR ... be used in timelapse mode so that you can take a photo in-between when it moves (i.e., Move Shoot Move). The MSM has 4 different speed settings for its time-lapse mode. At 15 degrees per hour, the best setting seems to be 0.1 degree / move, which allows for a 24 second exposure between frames if you're shooting 300 photos over a 2 hour period to cover 30 degrees of the sky.
I'm not getting how do the camera and the rotator communicate for motion timelapses. If I use it for normal daytime time-lapses how can I synchronize the two devices? I don't want to have my time lapses blurred
LRTimelapse is a great program. It works hand in hand with lightroom and helps you to ramp exposures for timelapses with changing light conditions. and Panolapse is another awesome program!
Steve, if you simply want to assemble a movie from a set of exported JPGs try TimeLapseDeFlickr, for Mac and Windows. It will input a folder of images and export a movie of the size you want, aspect ratio, frame rate, and with options to deflicker and to frame blend - averaging or stacking frames to blur or trail images if you wish.
You indicated that your exposures were 15 sec. I saw that you made over 900 exposures in 3 hours so you must have taken the 15 sec exposures with only a few seconds between exposures. Is that correct? Thanks Bob
That's an option for sure. One thing to think about is the final product... what fps you want for your video, and how long you want your final video to be. ... if I want a 10 second video with 24 fps, I need 240 single exposures... if I shoot 15 second exposures it will take 1 hour to get those images... if I shoot 30 second exposures it will take 2 hours. So if you know you have the time, longer exposures are fine.
Good video although you didn’t tell how to connect the camera with SMS tracker. According to the company you can connect your tracker directly to you camera and while you are shorting a photo the tracker does not move. I have a Fuji xt3
@@chasingluminance hey! Thanks for your reply! I didn’t expect you are going to reply very soon. What video is about the connection. I can’t find it in your channel. Thanks for you help and love you channel!
I just got my MSM today. Curious as to how you set the camera for time lapse. My Sony doesn't have the option to do time lapse...Sony sells an app for $10 but I haven't heard good things about it. Any advice?
@@chasingluminance it's a Sony A6000. I have an app that allows me remote control via my cell phone. Do I need an intravelometor to do time lapse or do I need to purchase the Sony app for it? I'm a video guy who's just starting to get into the whole still image thing. Especially this astrophotography stuff.
@@feetheweasel I've found the cell phone apps the be fairly unreliable for time-lapse. They're ok for 1 or 2 photos, but i wouldn't trust it for hundreds. i recommend this intravelomoter - amzn.to/2Tm97xs - It's the same one I use on my canon 6d but has a cable designed for the "multi-terminal" port in your a6000
Thanks for sharing. Another way to use MSM for timelapse. Just want to make sure I understand it: for this timelapse, you did not set it on MSM timelapse modes, you set it at the tracking star mode but keep it horizontal. This way, MSM will turn at the speed of stars, or at least close? Many thanks in advance!
I honestly didn't learn a thing that interested me. What was the exposure time, which mode did you set on the tracker (0,5x,, 1x)?? You kinda skipped that part completely which then ended up people asking tons of questions. Which then leads me to "either u can't explain it" or ur lazy to do it. Was the tracker connected to the camera via hot shoe?
I like your "outside he box" thinking, experimentation, and creative use of the tools.
Amazing! Can’t wait to get my rotator.
I hope you enjoy!
Great video! The Move Shoot Move looks like an interesting take on the star tracker. I might need to get one.
Its interesting for sure. Used it last night for 4 minute 35mm shots and it was perfect
Great Video of a time lapse video. I intend to try it with my Omegon Mini-track unit. You explain well from start to finish in a short video. Keep putting out the simple steps. It works well.
Thank you! Glad it helped
Very useful. Thanks!
Top job keep them coming.
😁😁 thank you!
Keep up the great work.
Thanks, will do!
Love your photography! Very cool to see the work that goes into the finished product. Thanks for sharing, can’t wait to see more!
Thank you so much!
Great video and much appreciated Alex
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Why didn't I find these video's sooner. I've just had my MSM arrive. After so many attempts and watching different video's was your ones that helped me get it set up. Hoping sky stay clear tonight for few practice shots.
Glad it helped... no clear skies in Colorado for a while
Nice tip
Just got my MSM rotator so these are super helpful - thanks
Glad it helps!
This is very helpful
awesome! I'm so glad!
Supercool Alex. I got my MSM last year and am trying my first pano this week. Thanks for posting these videos, it really helps.
I like your videos! Very helpful - I just got a MSM rotator.
Keep up the videos. I like your style quick and to the point.
Well thank you
Great Video!
Thank you!!!
@@chasingluminance Just got my MSM Rotator yesterday from Amazon yesterday. Ordered before I saw your link! Also ordered the MSM Polar Scope but my rotator did not come with a mounting bracket for the Laser! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr lol. You've got some great astrophotography vids I've been watching and picking up several tips! Thank you!!
Excellent videos! I just got my MSM rig and ball mounts, I will be having fun soon! Thanks again for all of the vids!
YES! glad you're enjoying
Good advice
Thank you for doing these videos. I would like to have some more basics on what to do after you set up, as in your other video and how you actually use it during the shooting. I am new to this, but not new to photography and I can't seem to find the video of how to "use" the tracker and the camera" together. Thank you!
Very interesting
Really useful!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.
Good videos! Helping me set up my MSM tracker... Thanks!
Great to hear!
Thanks Alex, just what I was looking for!
Glad I could help!
Thanks so much for your videos. You've picked all the topics that I'm interested in learning about and you explain it all so well. You should run some astro photography classes, you'd be brilliant. Good luck with your channel 👍
Thanks for this tutorial... ! i followed this step as advised. My setting : Tracker mode + 60 s exposure +interval 62s+ 50mm lense + Rotator aligned to NCP. I dont know why i got jittery footage timelapse clip. Look like it rotate back and fort in between.
Anyone has experience with this , please help. thanks . here is the clip....th-cam.com/video/llQfK2Sdl7k/w-d-xo.html
Hey thanks for not advertising those boring annoying skill share ads. I have a optron skyguider pro. Can you somehow make the tracking tilt while its panning?
Hi, can you do TL with the new msm nomad star tracker? If yes how do you synchronize it with dslr camera? I have Nikon z6 ii. Thanks for the suggestion.
It doesn't have that Move Shoot Move function. It just spins at its normal rate
I’ve been watching all your videos, thanks for all the info. Are you running 1/2 star speed or full star speed? Do you not get any motion blur on the foreground at these speeds? Thanks
Running full speed. Ground blur is not an issue especially when tithing it into a video
Thanks for the video, but two question,
What other free software other than Adobe to use?
what are the camera settings you used ?
Thanks
Great video.
Thanks for it.
But I have one more question.
How is the setup here?
The camera is not connected to the Roator?
Does that also work with a day to night timelapse or only during the day?
for this I just set it to the star tracking mode, so there's no need to use the hot shoe connecter... it would work during the day, but if you want to sue the move-shoot-move time lapse features, you do need to connect to the hotshoe.
@@chasingluminance Thanks for the answer.
I will test how it works during the day without a hot shoe. I don't want to abuse my mechanical shutter for timelapses.
@@deejayroman Hello Deejay Roman! I'm also interest to the move shoot move time-lapse feature using the cable, but I have not understood how does it work. Isn't it possible to use the silent shutter on the camera? I thought the hot shoe cable was created to make the camera and the rotator communicate. Isn't it? Thanks in advance
@@Leonardo.Ciace_Films Unfortunately the camera does not send a trigger signal when the Silent Shutte is activated. this is only possible when the mechanical shutter is active. I have ordered the intervalometer and I hope it works with it.
@@deejayroman oh..this requires a lot of effort to the shutter mechanics. So your idea is to use some device that could trigger at the same time both the camera and the rotator? This would be a great solution..can you please let me know if it works? Many thanks!!
Great video, again! Thanks for this content, it's very motivational :-)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Are there any open source alternatives for the Adobe softwares you used for image editing and time lapse movie making?
Another option is panolapse . I think it's free under 400 frames
Great Video, did you use the Star Tracker Funktion instead of the timelapse (Rotation) Funktion of the MSM? Is the moving Speed enough for That?
Yes, when I'm doing a start TL I use the star setting and not the hot shoe cable on the msm
@@chasingluminance ok cool thanks, i will try that next time. Makes it more easy then handling with the cable. 👌🏼
Hi, thank you so much for your videos. It’s posible to make a timelapse and track the stars at once? In afirmative case, what are the parameters? I mean how can I to configurate the MSM for it?. Thank you again for your work
Yes, for this you would align the msm to the pole like you would for standard star tracking. Keep your images fairly short... 20-30 seconds and take at many images in a row as possible
@@chasingluminance thank you! I’ll try this as soon as possible. Thank you again
Love the videos dude. You think the MSM is worth it for a beginner?
Carlo Schütz It’s very simple to use, so that’s nice. But for anyone beginning astrophotography I recommend waiting to get a tracker. Learn the ins and outs of your camera, produce some awesome images with it .... learn about stacking and exposure blending and THEN get a tracker. They’re a massive jump in post processing requirements.
@@chasingluminance awesomeness. Thanks for the advice
Great content. I am really curious, if this MSM can still do exposures more than 30 seconds, lets say 1 minute each ( much like a standard tracked image) and lets say set for 300 images, and at the same time rotate for a motion time lapse? In short what i am really after is a way to figure out how to do tracked(star tracker) motion time lapses.
I think I understand the question. And yes. The msm will track just fine if aligned to Polaris. Then just use the bulb and interval settings on your camera or remote to control exposure
No, the MSM can either track the stars so you can take long exposures ... OR ... be used in timelapse mode so that you can take a photo in-between when it moves (i.e., Move Shoot Move). The MSM has 4 different speed settings for its time-lapse mode. At 15 degrees per hour, the best setting seems to be 0.1 degree / move, which allows for a 24 second exposure between frames if you're shooting 300 photos over a 2 hour period to cover 30 degrees of the sky.
The Swiss dude is right, I didn't fully understand the question
good to have new incite. like your style. sure someone will back you soon. have you considered patron so we can help
THANK YOU! I do have a buy me a coffee account. Similar to patron www.buymeacoffee.com/ChasingL
Hi how are you? Did you use any light pollution filter tor that particular time lapse ?
No, I've never used those filters
I'm not getting how do the camera and the rotator communicate for motion timelapses. If I use it for normal daytime time-lapses how can I synchronize the two devices? I don't want to have my time lapses blurred
For this one I just set it to the star tracking mode, no syncing... but I Am Currently working on another video that should help
@@chasingluminance Thank you so much, I'll wait for it! 😉
What angle did you choose to rotate the msm tracker after each shot?
For this I simply set it to the star tracking setting, I didn't use the hot shoe cable
Do you have any time lapse software recommends for those of us that don't have Adobe Premiere?
LRTimelapse is a great program. It works hand in hand with lightroom and helps you to ramp exposures for timelapses with changing light conditions.
and Panolapse is another awesome program!
Steve, if you simply want to assemble a movie from a set of exported JPGs try TimeLapseDeFlickr, for Mac and Windows. It will input a folder of images and export a movie of the size you want, aspect ratio, frame rate, and with options to deflicker and to frame blend - averaging or stacking frames to blur or trail images if you wish.
GENIUS! Haha This is so awesome. Another reason why I need to buy a rotator!
What speed did you set your MSM tracker?
For this one I used the standard star tracking speed
You indicated that your exposures were 15 sec.
I saw that you made over 900 exposures in 3 hours so you must have taken the 15 sec exposures with only a few seconds between exposures.
Is that correct?
Thanks
Bob
Yes, I shoot with as shot of time as possible between shoots
Why not take 30 second exposures at a lower ISO to increase the dynamic range?
That's an option for sure. One thing to think about is the final product... what fps you want for your video, and how long you want your final video to be. ... if I want a 10 second video with 24 fps, I need 240 single exposures... if I shoot 15 second exposures it will take 1 hour to get those images... if I shoot 30 second exposures it will take 2 hours.
So if you know you have the time, longer exposures are fine.
Good video although you didn’t tell how to connect the camera with SMS tracker. According to the company you can connect your tracker directly to you camera and while you are shorting a photo the tracker does not move. I have a Fuji xt3
Yes, I made a video on that later. This one was just showing how to use it for stars
@@chasingluminance hey! Thanks for your reply! I didn’t expect you are going to reply very soon. What video is about the connection. I can’t find it in your channel. Thanks for you help and love you channel!
th-cam.com/video/ZTWmMbfSXc8/w-d-xo.html
@@chasingluminance thanks you so much!!!
lets see
I just got my MSM today. Curious as to how you set the camera for time lapse. My Sony doesn't have the option to do time lapse...Sony sells an app for $10 but I haven't heard good things about it. Any advice?
If you're doing it for the stars you can just set it to the ⭐(star) setting and it will rotate on its own and not need to be connected to the camera
What sony model is it? It's strange that it doesnt have an intravelometor port
@@chasingluminance it's a Sony A6000. I have an app that allows me remote control via my cell phone. Do I need an intravelometor to do time lapse or do I need to purchase the Sony app for it? I'm a video guy who's just starting to get into the whole still image thing. Especially this astrophotography stuff.
@@feetheweasel I've found the cell phone apps the be fairly unreliable for time-lapse. They're ok for 1 or 2 photos, but i wouldn't trust it for hundreds. i recommend this intravelomoter - amzn.to/2Tm97xs - It's the same one I use on my canon 6d but has a cable designed for the "multi-terminal" port in your a6000
@@chasingluminance thanks for the link. I've ordered it. I've found your videos very helpful. I just need these clouds to get outta here now. 👍✌️
Thanks for sharing. Another way to use MSM for timelapse. Just want to make sure I understand it: for this timelapse, you did not set it on MSM timelapse modes, you set it at the tracking star mode but keep it horizontal. This way, MSM will turn at the speed of stars, or at least close? Many thanks in advance!
Exactly, you got it! I like this setting best for these night time lapses
@@chasingluminance Really appreciated. Need try this when it is getting warmer.
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I honestly didn't learn a thing that interested me. What was the exposure time, which mode did you set on the tracker (0,5x,, 1x)?? You kinda skipped that part completely which then ended up people asking tons of questions. Which then leads me to "either u can't explain it" or ur lazy to do it. Was the tracker connected to the camera via hot shoe?
I explained that it was set to star tracking speed and I shared my exposure settings