Aperture Priority DAY to NIGHT Best settings

[@MattiaBicchi]

If you have been follow me for a while you may know that I haven’t shot Holy Grail timelapse in Manual Mode since I switched to the Sony A7rIII, in today’s video I am showing you why!

[@YachtPorter]

Hey great video thanks, would these settings work to carry on through sunset into astro?

[@MattiaBicchi]

Thank you! Yes, it shouldn’t have any problems. I did it a few times with the Sony.

[@anotherkindoflifemusic]

Thank you! Do these settings also translate in the Sony A7iii?

[@MattiaBicchi]

Yes! 👌

[@jiajia0510]

thank you!! I didn't know the option of interval priority and iso compensation after maxing out the SS. very detailed explanation and definitely gonna try it out next time!!😁

[@MattiaBicchi]

So happy I could help!☺️

[@BardhokNdoji]

You helped me discover this on my Sony a6700 which I thought it didn't have but it does. Been shooting day to night all on manual, but RT Tilmelapse is pretty good on removing the flickers. Thank You for that,

[@MattiaBicchi]

So glad I could help! LRT is indeed a must if are shooting Timelapse! ☺️

[@thomasgerlach1808]

Excellent advice, Mattia. Thanks from a neighboring Madrid shooter!

[@MattiaBicchi]

Thank you Thomas! So glad you found it useful!😊

[@nolanphillips4265]

Hey! Thanks so much for this video. It seems to be overexposing the camera Timelapse settings by .7 is that normal? 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi! Thanks i am happy you enjoyed it! I normally underexpose to -0.7/0.3 to maintain the highlights, especially in cities.

[@PatrickGuerrisi]

Thanks for this . I got this csmera and always struggled to do hopu Grail without sitting in front ofnthe camera I go camping with the kids so its impossible to just sit in front of the camera Couple of questions if you don't mind: Have you tried ISO auto Min SS 4 secs? How does thsy turn out for milky way holy Grail? Does the shutter speed go up to 30 seconds in full darkness?

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi Patrick thank you! Yes, I did tried, if you use and external Intervalometer it stays at 4s and ramping the iso as you set them, but if you use the built-in Intervalometer it keep the 4sec and the problem I got when shooting day-to-Milky Way was that the max iso was 500, even if I set it to 6400, for some reason the camera doesn’t go more than that..

[@johncarter591]

With the Old 6D I find using the Magic Lantern software works a treat with it's ETTR Feature!

[@MattiaBicchi]

Nice! Magic Lantern was a gem! ☺️

[@kevinjack5184]

I have an A 7 iii, riii, & siii. I'm going to have to just point it out my window tonight to see how it works. Last time I tried the ss didn't go above 1 second! I'd much rather be able to use A mode so I can do other things... Fly the drone, read, walk, exercise, etc

[@MattiaBicchi]

How did it go? Were you able to get a smooth Sunset?

[@kevinjack5184]

@@MattiaBicchi Haven't tried yet... Rain and gray skies... I go to bed early and don't want the camera out there perhaps getting wet.

[@brianbracherphotography]

Thanks for help with this video. I have a Sony A7R3 and did my first day to night Timelapse with it last night and used your settings as a guide. Everything appears to have worked perfectly for looking at the stills. Now to do the editing! 👍

[@MattiaBicchi]

Thank you! So happy that it worked out! 🥰

[@urartcray]

This was awesome. Thank you. Liking and subscribing

[@h-dawg969]

Is ISO auto min shutter option available on A7iii?

[@MattiaBicchi]

Yes! From all the A7III model forward is available 👌

[@h-dawg969]

@@MattiaBicchi this is literally so sick. I can’t wait to get out and try it. It’s a completely new setting/tool that I’ve never experimented with. Do you have any suggestions or settings recommendations for sunrise timelapse? I own the A7iii & a Tamron 17-28mm Cheers for the help mate ;)

[@h-dawg969]

Also, if possible, can you do any tutorial vids on how the delve deeper into using PhotoPills? Particularly for figuring out moon rises and elevation and how to get it all together with foreground landmarks. Cheers

[@MattiaBicchi]

Thank you! Happy that I could help! 😊 depend what you are shooting at, if it’s a city, interval of 6/8 secs, keep the aperture at f/4 and use ISO 100-1600, the ISO auto SS min at 4 sec.

[@MattiaBicchi]

I’ll thinking about! 😊 thank you for the suggestion!

[@kevinjack5184]

What did you set the Auto iso min ss to?

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi! It depends on the situation I am shooting, but I would normally set it to 4s if the interval is 5s or more.

[@kevinjack5184]

@@MattiaBicchi okay, I think I understand the setting then. So if you set it to 4s it won't ramp the iso until the shutter is 4 seconds?

[@MattiaBicchi]

Exactly! :)

[@readitoutloud]

Any tips using this method on a motion control day to night? Like on a slider.

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi! I also use AV while shooting on a slider, basically the settings are more or less the same, the only think is that the camera is not adjusting the exposure ramping with the internal software, but it still does a very good job if there isn’t cars passing by or big lights that turn on in your timelapse.

[@MattiaBicchi]

If you don’t want to use the slider to trigger your camera, you can use the in-built intervalometer if the slider is set to video mode instead of Move-Shoot-Move.

[@readitoutloud]

@@MattiaBicchi thanks for your answer. I tried to time the move without cable using shoot-move-shoot using camera Intervalometer. I was able to get a good result but that was luck with timing the move.

[@tloran7937]

Hi i have almost the same method since i havd a sony. This intervalometer mode and this option AE TRACKING Sens. is really interesting. Thanks

[@MattiaBicchi]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊 what do you do differently?

[@tloran7937]

@@MattiaBicchi the only difference is that I shoot more closed to have a little more motion blur at the start of the timelapse (well it depends on the type of timelapse), and that I often set the exposure correction to -1

[@stefangimpl5340]

Hi Mattia. Thank you for the tutorial 👌 On my a7siii I don’t find the setting to tell the camera to change the shutter before the iso. Do you know where I can find it?

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi Stefan, glad you enjoyed it! Mhh, I’haven’ try the A7SIII yet, so I am not sure, I watched a couple of menu walkthrough on YT and I couldn’t find it unfortunately, it must be somewhere there, maybe with another name.

[@stefangimpl5340]

Thank you for your reply. Eventually I found it now in the iso settings. Good light 👋

[@stefangimpl5340]

@@MattiaBicchi What exposure metering are you using when shooting Aperture Priority?

[@kevinjack5184]

@@stefangimpl5340 What do you set it to?

[@allaboutwanderlust]

Hi Mattia, thanks for the helpful video 🙏🏼 However I tried for the first time today to shoot a Timelapse with the intervalometer function in Av mode on my Sonya7iii and something really weird happened… I set the aperture to 5.6, I left the ISO at auto and set it to take one shot every 10 seconds, 500 shots in total. What happened was that the camera never adjusted any settings and all the shots ended up at 1/1000 f5.6 ISO800 Do you have any idea what I’m doing wrong? Thank you so much in advance!

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi! Gland you enjoyed my video! Looking at the settings I am assuming that you shot a sunrise.. right? Have you set the Min SS ISO and the Min to Max ISO range?

[@allaboutwanderlust]

Thank you so much for getting back to me Mattia 🙏🏼 I was shooting a sunset and I wanna get the transaction until night time but I haven’t set the Min SS ISO and the Min to Max ISO Range, do you think that can cause the camera to keep the same settings all the time even though I was shooting in Av mode? Thanks a lot 🙌🏼

[@MattiaBicchi]

My pleasure! Yes, those two settings are very important to set for a holy grail shot. Try it again and see if that works out! 😊

[@TTaareKK]

Hi Mattia! I have an A7III and found a bug with the interal intervalometer that the iso wouldn't go above 500 even when I set the max to 3200 ISO after the max shutter speed is reached. How do you deal with that. Greetings from Austria!

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi! Yes, I found out about that too, mainly when I want to shoot day to Milky Way, I think is a limitation on the internal intervalometer, apparently on the A7IV is fixed. For the A7III I would use an external intervalometer. It works for me.. 👌

[@enriquebarquet]

Thanks for the tips amigo

[@flyboytech8246]

I’m trying to learn photography and I would like to know what should my settings be for Timelapse on the zv1. Thank you

[@MattiaBicchi]

Hi, well, there isn't a simple answer, camera settings are different for every condition. For sunset, try to use Av mode at f4/ Auto ISO.. but if you are learning I would recommend trying and failing in Manual Mode. You will learn a lot by throwing away timelapse eh eh

[@Albovsky]

Thanks for useful tips! But I have to mention, that music is really horrible, makes it hard to watch.

[@MattiaBicchi]

Ahah thanks, glad you like the tips on the video! I wouldn’t say the music is horrible.. I would say that you not like it. 😉

[@davidburchettephotography6513]

Thank you!

[@MattiaBicchi]

You are very welcome! 😊 and thank you! 🙏

[@ArifNiza_art]

Thanks brother

[@romainb9451]

Thanks for the tips. You already help me with the manual mode in Emeric timelapse video comments :) ( I'm frtimelapse). Personally if the sky is the subject maybe the aperture mode is the good choice. But I think if the light rays of the car of something like this is the subject, it could be interesting to stay in manual and have the fully control of the dimension of light rays. It's an example. I love control everything but it good to sleep sometimes :D Also if you have the sun in the shot, it's better to be in manual because you don't want to change setting when the sun is on the picture.

[@MattiaBicchi]

So glad I could help! 😊 Yep, if you want light trails you would need to change aperture or use an ND filter since the beginning. In my experience I haven’t got any issues with the sun in the shot wile using AV, because the settings changes are very minimal, I think 1/10 instead of 1/3 of a stop. If you are shooting in Manual then yes, definitely don’t change settings when the sun is up! 😊

[@frtimelapse866]

@@MattiaBicchi if the aperture don't change when the sun is here, it's good :). (in my previous com's, I didnt' fous your channel account... Mattia Bicchi, and I wrote mattia bichi... :/ :D. I should found your video but it doesn't work. Now it's good :). Thanks for your video.

[@wouterbmx072]

I have a canon 6d mk1, a gh5 and gh5s, neither of those have this function sadly. So I shoot on my 6d with the Unleashed dongle thing and lrtimelapse. 2 things: 1: its a good thing you had a screen protector on that camera 😁 2: love the music 😎

[@MattiaBicchi]

Ahh the unleashed dongle is suppose to be quite good! I should try it! Yep! Screen protector is a must ahah so glad I have it! 🤟🤟 I am a bit of metal head and I used to have very long hair! 🙈🙈🤣

[@tloran7937]

The Unleashed dongle seems to be interesting

[@wouterbmx072]

@@tloran7937 I bought it because I have a canon 6d mk1. The mk2 has this automatic holy grail possibility, and I wanted that instead of doing it the manual way, by checking and adjusting the camera yourself. The Unleashed does that just like expected, I can only recommend it.

[@berlinlapse]

Very informative video! To bad my Canon's do not have this options 😭

[@MattiaBicchi]

Thanks man! Yes, Canon unfortunately is a bit behind on that department! 😬

[@berlinlapse]

@@MattiaBicchi true. The menu is there but the max exposure is still 1 second before the ISO ramps 😭

[@looptimelapse]

thanks Mattia!

[@nashhall694]

I use this exact method when shooting with the A7r4 and the A7s3. I get good results.👍😀

[@stefangimpl5340]

Hi nash. Where do you find the setting to tell the camera to change the shutter before the iso on the a7s3? Thank you 🙏

[@hichamvlogsdz]

سلام عليكم اخي العزيز بتوفيق

[@ivan_12345]

I wanted to listen to the rock music, but this guy is constantly talking... huh

[@MattiaBicchi]

Ahah I know that music might be too good! 😜🤟