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HVX200 – Shoot Aurora Borealis?
Hello!
Does anyone know if the HVX200 will be capable of capturing Aurora Borealis (the northern lights)? In still-photography an average setting on the camera would be appx.
aperture f2.8
exposure time 10 -15 sec.
film speed 400 ISO.Kind regards,
Eric -
11 Replies
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I think Sony owns to North American rights to the Aurora, so you better watch out you better not cry.
Chris
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Don’t see why not… With all those frame rates I’m sure one of them would do it.
Noah
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So it really will be possible to record exposures like 10 seconds per frame with hvx?
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No I didn’t say that… Just that you’d probably be able to get a usable shot but not like still photography.
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I don’t know, but I’m guessing the light sensitivity of the ccd’s would be a factor..? Don’t know how to calculate what specs the HVX200 would have to have to accomplish this, maybe someone has a formula?
Kind regards,
Eric -
Why not just shoot stills in time lapse and then bring them into a NLE (preferrable a NLE that excepts HD!) and then edit them into a sequence.
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Exactly- that would be a far simpler method.
-Noah
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From the new FAQ:
Does the HVX200 record still images?
The HVX200 can do a single frame capture in the intervalometer section of the camera. If you use an NLE application, you will be able to select that frame on the timeline and export it as a single still frame. -
Looks like in the press release that the still images the HVX200 can take, the max exposure time is 1 second. My question then is: Is the light sensitivity good enough to capture the low Aurora borealis light? Like I mentioned in my first post, on a regular still camera, I need to keep the shutter wide open for 10 – 15 seconds to get acceptable exposure. Will 1 second on the HVX200 work?
Kind regards,
Eric -
For example lets compare the pixel area of Canon D5 and HVX200:
D5: 67
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