Milky Way Time Lapse (Canon 5D MKII)

a short time lapse of the Milky Way with my new Canon 5D MKII , Normally i shoot my time lapses in a light pollution free area (about 200 miles west of DFW), this time i had to shoot it in a area with slightly more light pollution but overall not bad... I love my new 5D MKII !!!

Technical Jargon:
Canon 5D MK II w/ 24mm 2.8 lens
30 sec exposure, WB 3800K ,ISO 2000 (lower iso due to light pollution)
5 sec intervals, 15fps, 1:30am-4::30am (aprox 500 photos)

Thanks for watching!!!!

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[JimInMs]

I don't get the 15fps notation at all. I assume that is a typo? 30 second exposure at 5 second intervals would give you two frames every 1 minute and 10 seconds (about)

[Harles99]

@JimInMs Not a Typo. You are correct about the two frames every 1min 10sec. Look at it this way - In approx 1hr time I shoot 120 pictures. If you where to play those pictures in a sequence at 15fps it would last 8sec. (120/15 = 8 sec). For this video I shot about 345 pictures (almost 3hrs real time ... 345/15=23 sec). That 15fps is the is the frame rate at which all the pictures are played back in a sequence. If I where to play all the Pictures back at 24fps the video would last about 14 secs.

[SuperChicken13]

Thanks for posting your exposure details. Seems like a lot of timelapsers keep that info to themselves as if it were a trade secret...

Were you shooting in shutter priority or full manual? Guessing manual and stopped down a bit?

[Harles99]

@SuperChicken13 Manual with aperture set at 2.8. Thanks

[itsabomberscope]

Very nice time lapse. But how come you dont get horrible noise at an ISO of 2000? Thanks.

[skittlepower95]

@Harles99 yer, i tried last night all i got was stars and a ball of light down the bottom no milky way.

although i don't know where to point the camera

[Harles99]

@skittlepower95 ... true, but the stars and milky way wont be as visible with the light pollution

[skittlepower95]

@i1li1l you can do it in a city except you need long exposure times and a high iso

[creepske]

Harles could u give me advice on doing a timelapse, shooting from around 5pm to 1am in the morning, how do i adjust my settings to shoot the light of day then night time?

[portranet]

yeah - I see it - has to be a sat.