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[jakp993]

Greetings,

 

I attempted my first star trail photo last night using the interval timer function on my Z6 and stacking the images in Photoshop.  I got close, but had some problems.

 

 

As you can see, there are small gaps between the star images.

 

I used the following settings on my Z6 with a 14-30 F4 S lens

 

IS0 200

F4

30" exposure

 

Interval Timer set at:

 

Interval: 32"

Intervals x shots/interval: 25 x 1

Exposure smoothing: off

Silent photography: off

Interval priority: off

 

I also had vibration reduction turned off and had the lens on manual focus set to infinity.

 

I recorded 13 photos, not 25 and there were gaps between images.

 

Do I need a longer interval?  It seems like 2 seconds longer than exposure time should be sufficient.

 

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Jack

 

 

[Merco_61]

Did you have long exposure noise reduction on?