Hey I’ve got a Canon rebel t6i and looking to set it up for time lapse photography…would love to hear how you guys do that. From what I’ve gathered online, I might need to purchase an accessory but also heard there’s a method using the video function. Also it seems like smartphones can do time lapse with the video hyper button but obviously want to use my camera. Thanks
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I would research installing the Magic Lantern software on your camera. It takes a little know-how but the software gives you so many more features to use with your camera, including timelapse.
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Yah, magic lantern or get a cheap intervelometer
Shoot in manual
Change shutter speed to 1 second or longer for the trails
Set intervelometer to 5 seconds plus
Im not an expert by any means but thats how i do
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Ok thanks that’s what I was looking at online both the magic lantern and intervelometer but this queen of the night might try to bloom before anything arrives in the mail
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it’d be interesting to see what you photograph.
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Definitely look into “light-painting,” thats a super cool technique that might be applicable
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I’ve taken photos of the milky way on a clear night using 10 second exposure, on an iPhone, they seam to have killed this with an update as last time I went to do it the longest exposure was like 2 or 3 seconds. I know you’re not interested in using a phone for anything just food for thought.
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