For the first time I tried to record a short time-lapse of the sunset through my 8″ GSO Newton telescope using my Fujifilm X-T1 camera. Not very exciting… but still nice to see the sun going down behind the clouds. The telescope was mounted on an EQ6 Syntrek with tracking enabled. In the end I just disabled the tracking mode.
Tag: time-lapse
Fujifilm X-T1 Car-Adapter
This article is about creating a 12V car-adapter for the Fujifilm X-T1 camera for longtime-exposures and time-lapses. – Recently I started to record a time-lapse with my Fujifilm X-T1. Everything was prepared. Then, after quite some time I went back to the camera to check the result. Bad news, the battery died in the meantime and the time-lapse was not completed. In order to address this problem I thought about having a different power supply for my X-T1. More precisely I thought about hooking the camera up to the 12V vehicle power or directly to a 12V car battery.
The solution turned out to be quite simple and inexpensive. All you need is:
1.) A variable DC-DC Buck Converter (this one) for about 13€. The camera needs 7.2V and about 300mA. So this converter is probably oversized but I wanted to make sure that the converter is not a limiting factor. At a current of only about 300mA at an input voltage of 12V and and output voltage of 7.2V heat development is not a problem. Continue reading →
The solution turned out to be quite simple and inexpensive. All you need is:
1.) A variable DC-DC Buck Converter (this one) for about 13€. The camera needs 7.2V and about 300mA. So this converter is probably oversized but I wanted to make sure that the converter is not a limiting factor. At a current of only about 300mA at an input voltage of 12V and and output voltage of 7.2V heat development is not a problem. Continue reading →
Sport- & Astro-Holidays on La Palma 2013
May 2013 we visited La Palma again to do cycling, hiking and astrophotography. This short video shows some of our best moments. The time-lapse videos were recorded using a Canon G15 with a CHDK “patch”.