12 hour night-sky timelapse

Sluggo · 10-29-2018, 12:36 PM - **9 Likes**

The wife and I had a getaway weekend at a cabin an hour or so from home, and I took the opportunity to try some time-lapse shooting with the Q7 and the 08 lens. Sadly I noticed only afterward there was distracting flare during moonrise, probably because of the UV filter I should have removed. Back home now and I can't try again just yet, but will have to play more with this sort of thing in the future.

Click the image to view in flickr, which I don't think supports video embedding on forums.

twelve hours at Union Grove State Park

**barondla** · 10-29-2018, 12:50 PM

The time lapse came out really well Sluggo. The flare isn't bothersome. Great job with the Q7 and 08 lens.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

cmohr · 10-29-2018, 01:44 PM

Really Cool, I've been wanting to do one of these for a while. The Q is a mighty camera.

Thanks for sharing

cmohr

Garry Conway · 10-29-2018, 01:57 PM

Nicely done, I've been shooting stars and doing time lapse but hadn't thought of putting them together. Next opportunity I'll give it a try.

Very inspiring, thank you
Garry

automorphism · 10-29-2018, 02:16 PM

Pretty cool! Nicely done.

**sergysergy** · 10-29-2018, 03:36 PM

Very cool! The end looks like "the end" with all that light

HoutHans · 10-30-2018, 03:37 AM

Very nice, also with the clouds moving in en the moon and later sun rising. Thanks for sharing this.

**kwb** · 10-30-2018, 07:10 AM

Wow, this is really nice Sluggo!
Did you replace the battery many times, or did you use some kind of alternative power source e.g. a homemade AC adapter?

**MossyRocks** · 10-30-2018, 07:28 AM

Nice. Now I want to give it a try up at my lake property next week with the K-3 and old S-M-C 17mm fisheye takumar. What did you use for combining the images into a video as I have never done anything like that before? Unfortunately it looks like it will be cloudy and/or rainy every night I will be up there.

ephophex · 10-30-2018, 08:37 AM

That's just wonderful!

RonHendriks1966 · 10-30-2018, 08:50 AM

O wow that looks nice.

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 10-30-2018, 10:27 AM

I am impressed, that is good work.

Sluggo · 10-30-2018, 03:36 PM - **1 Like**

Thanks all for the comments.

Originally posted by kwb

Wow, this is really nice Sluggo!
Did you replace the battery many times, or did you use some kind of alternative power source e.g. a homemade AC adapter?

An AC adapter plugs into the battery slot. It's something you can get affordably on amazon or ebay, but when I found it, it was marketed for Fuji F-series compact cameras. They used the same battery as the Q, so it works fine, you just have to leave the battery door open while shooting.

edit - here it is on amazon

Originally posted by MossyRocks

Nice. Now I want to give it a try up at my lake property next week with the K-3 and old S-M-C 17mm fisheye takumar. What did you use for combining the images into a video as I have never done anything like that before? Unfortunately it looks like it will be cloudy and/or rainy every night I will be up there.

Being a command-line kind of guy, I used the ffmpeg utility. If you have a bunch of consecutively numbered photos in a folder starting at IMGP1234.JPG, this command (adapted from something I found on stackexchange) combines them into a video named out.mp4:

Code:

ffmpeg -r 24 -f image2 -start_number 1234 -i IMGP%04d.JPG -vcodec libx264 -crf 25 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4

**kwb** · 10-30-2018, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by Sluggo

An AC adapter plugs into the battery slot. It's something you can get affordably on amazon or ebay, but when I found it, it was marketed for Fuji F-series compact cameras. They used the same battery as the Q, so it works fine, you just have to leave the battery door open while shooting.

edit - here it is on amazon

Thanks for the link!

**MossyRocks** · 10-31-2018, 05:53 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Sluggo

Being a command-line kind of guy, I used the ffmpeg utility.

Thanks. I have no problem with the command line so that won't be an issue, just the weather.

10-29-2018, 12:36 PM - 9 Likes	#1
Sluggo Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 774	12 hour night-sky timelapse The wife and I had a getaway weekend at a cabin an hour or so from home, and I took the opportunity to try some time-lapse shooting with the Q7 and the 08 lens. Sadly I noticed only afterward there was distracting flare during moonrise, probably because of the UV filter I should have removed. Back home now and I can't try again just yet, but will have to play more with this sort of thing in the future. Click the image to view in flickr, which I don't think supports video embedding on forums. twelve hours at Union Grove State Park

10-30-2018, 03:36 PM - 1 Like	#13
Sluggo Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ames, Iowa Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 774 Original Poster	Thanks all for the comments. Originally posted by kwb Wow, this is really nice Sluggo! Did you replace the battery many times, or did you use some kind of alternative power source e.g. a homemade AC adapter? An AC adapter plugs into the battery slot. It's something you can get affordably on amazon or ebay, but when I found it, it was marketed for Fuji F-series compact cameras. They used the same battery as the Q, so it works fine, you just have to leave the battery door open while shooting. edit - here it is on amazon Originally posted by MossyRocks Nice. Now I want to give it a try up at my lake property next week with the K-3 and old S-M-C 17mm fisheye takumar. What did you use for combining the images into a video as I have never done anything like that before? Unfortunately it looks like it will be cloudy and/or rainy every night I will be up there. Being a command-line kind of guy, I used the ffmpeg utility. If you have a bunch of consecutively numbered photos in a folder starting at IMGP1234.JPG, this command (adapted from something I found on stackexchange) combines them into a video named out.mp4: *Code:* ffmpeg -r 24 -f image2 -start_number 1234 -i IMGP%04d.JPG -vcodec libx264 -crf 25 -pix_fmt yuv420p out.mp4 Last edited by Sluggo; 10-30-2018 at 03:45 PM. Reason: Add link for AC adapter

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10-29-2018, 12:50 PM	#2
barondla Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: midwest, United States Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,714	The time lapse came out really well Sluggo. The flare isn't bothersome. Great job with the Q7 and 08 lens. Thanks for sharing, barondla

10-29-2018, 01:44 PM	#3
cmohr Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Brisbane. Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,824	Really Cool, I've been wanting to do one of these for a while. The Q is a mighty camera. Thanks for sharing cmohr

10-29-2018, 01:57 PM	#4
Garry Conway Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 48	Nicely done, I've been shooting stars and doing time lapse but hadn't thought of putting them together. Next opportunity I'll give it a try. Very inspiring, thank you Garry

10-29-2018, 02:16 PM	#5
automorphism Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Ontario, Canada Photos: Albums Posts: 791	Pretty cool! Nicely done.

10-29-2018, 03:36 PM	#6
sergysergy Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Photos: Gallery Posts: 5,175	Very cool! The end looks like "the end" with all that light

10-30-2018, 03:37 AM	#7
HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,120	Very nice, also with the clouds moving in en the moon and later sun rising. Thanks for sharing this.

10-30-2018, 07:10 AM	#8
kwb Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Pacific North West Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,224	Wow, this is really nice Sluggo! Did you replace the battery many times, or did you use some kind of alternative power source e.g. a homemade AC adapter?

10-30-2018, 07:28 AM	#9
MossyRocks Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,982	Nice. Now I want to give it a try up at my lake property next week with the K-3 and old S-M-C 17mm fisheye takumar. What did you use for combining the images into a video as I have never done anything like that before? Unfortunately it looks like it will be cloudy and/or rainy every night I will be up there.

10-30-2018, 08:37 AM	#10
ephophex Forum Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 76	That's just wonderful!

10-30-2018, 08:50 AM	#11
RonHendriks1966 Banned Join Date: Jan 2009 Photos: Gallery Posts: 9,675	O wow that looks nice.

10-30-2018, 10:27 AM	#12
Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097	I am impressed, that is good work.

10-30-2018, 07:19 PM	#14
kwb Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Pacific North West Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,224	Originally posted by Sluggo An AC adapter plugs into the battery slot. It's something you can get affordably on amazon or ebay, but when I found it, it was marketed for Fuji F-series compact cameras. They used the same battery as the Q, so it works fine, you just have to leave the battery door open while shooting. edit - here it is on amazon Thanks for the link!

10-31-2018, 05:53 AM - 1 Like	#15
MossyRocks Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,982	Originally posted by Sluggo Being a command-line kind of guy, I used the ffmpeg utility. Thanks. I have no problem with the command line so that won't be an issue, just the weather.