Astro shot
Hello all,
I'm new to the forum,and will be purchasing a Sony PD 150 to be doing commercials,PSA's,and other good stuff with. Right now,I have an Idea for a commercial,and would like to see if I could get a wide angle view of the night sky-stars visible and clear if possible.I realize I have to have a clear night of course,but I'm wondering if the Century adaptors would be best for this,or if any other adaptors would be better. Thanks,and look forward to the replies. |
I'm wondering whether you'll have enough light from the stars...
Give it a try! Nothing beats testing yourself. I've never tried it with my XL1s. Will do that sometime. Good luck! |
I think you would be better served to find the program, Universe, which will generate a starfield much better than you can tape. If you need one to 'twinkle,' you might put a still frame of the night sky in After Effects and move generate a random patterned alpha channel around the visual field to create the twinkle.
In reality, the stars subtend just about a pixel at best and that means you will get a bright blinking point of light for each star. No variety and, in general, pretty ugly. Otherwise, wide is probably not what you want. Telephoto might give you a decent frame or two with some stars actually looking like stars. Make it quick because the Earth's rotation will cause them to swing across the field of view at a noticable rate. |
Astro shot
Mike and Rob,
Thank you for the replies.Mike,I think you may have the best idea- is the Universe program a software,or a specific tape of images of the universe? Otherwise,when my Century Optics come in, will give that a shot also and let you know how it came out. |
Universe is, I think, freeware. I downloaded a copy some time ago. Try a search for it. Or go to Jumbo or some other software nexus.
Unfortunately, I had a C-drive crash some time ago and lost the program myself. |
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