Nikon Z6II, Z50, Z7 Night Time-lapse Video Tutorial

[@AlokeSurin]

Your tutorials on night photography is easily the best that I have seen on KZbin! Very clear, concise, and well scripted. Thanks for making these videos, they were of great help for a beginner in this genre!

[@attrell]

Wow, thanks!

[@QuanTranVisuals]

One of the best and clear timelapse tutorial with built-in interval function on YT.

[@attrell]

Thanks!

[@FrederickDunn]

Hi Chris! You've done a great job on this tutorial. My favorite feature in the menu that you presented is the final length of the finished sequence at the current interval. That's very helpful. I wish you all the best.

[@attrell]

Thank you so much!!

[@brandikins11]

Gonna try this for the first time tomorrow in Sedona under a new moon. Thanks so much for making it easy to understand!

[@attrell]

Good luck! And thank you!

[@noelcampbell3891]

Thank you for this video, for some reason I never knew about adding the 1 extra second on the intervals! Very helpful and ready to try it out!

[@attrell]

Hope you get some great videos!

[@ExploringCanadaInfo]

Another great video! I'm learning so much about my Z series cameras with your help!

[@attrell]

Terrific! I am so thrilled!

[@kathieodonnell6882]

You video on time lapse movie came in really handy last night when the aurora visited South Dakota. Ran the z6ii for 3 hours with a 14 mm lens. Got great results - thanks again!

[@attrell]

Oh wow! So cool you got to shoot them!

[@ForPremium-zn3jr]

The footage looks amazing. Kinda a shame KZbin uses so much compression.

[@carlreid4161]

Thanks Chris I'm heading out tonight on the new moon so will put this into practice. Thanks again for sharing.

[@attrell]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[@shadyninja1]

Thanks for taking your time to carefully explain the process

[@attrell]

Thank you!

[@mattiebrownoz]

😊 really great mate. Cheers.

[@attrell]

Thanks!

[@laquy82]

Thanks so much!!

[@scottfischer9031]

Thanks for this helps a lot with this process on my z7 I have tried a few time and never clearly understood the process and now it is very clear

[@attrell]

Glad it helped

[@johnpisani1769]

Thank you Mr Attrell for your very well instructions. John from Malta

[@attrell]

Thanks for watching!

[@matthewmolchen1430]

great video, great explanation! thank you Chris

[@attrell]

Glad it was helpful!

[@marvinbarth7508]

Thanks Chris for the informative videos. Picked up a Z6 with a 24 to 200 lens couple months ago.

[@attrell]

It's a fantastic camera! Amazing at night!!

[@hishamosman4341]

Thank you thank you Sir! you taught me a lot

[@attrell]

You are welcome!

[@jpdj2715]

Nice video, shots and explanation. It's not my genre but, still, nice. I would think, about the "1.8" versus "kit lens" and shooting the Milky Way, that the problem of longer exposure times per frame is actually the Earth's rotation. That rotation turns stars into trails when the exposure gets longer. At some point before we get trails, stars become comma shapes and that looks like an optical flaw in our lenses. Living at ~52 degrees Northern latitude, we (Earth) still have the same angular velocity but circumferential speed here is much lower than at, say, the equator. Go to the Caribbean and every day at 6AM the light is switched on, and at 6PM it is switched off. Here, it may take an hour or two, depending on cloud cover. Or, I'm not sure if latitude impacts the maximum exposure time per frame we can use, but it might. If people want to shoot the Milky Way only, I guess they have compensation devices at work that compensate for the Earth's movement, but, have foreground in frame and that will move through, into, or out of, the frame. At the equator, the circumference of the Earth is 40,070 kilometers, and the day is 24 hours long so the speed is 1,670 kilometers/hour (1,037 miles/hr = 902 knots). This decreases by the cosine of your latitude so that at a latitude of 52.3 degrees, cos(52.3) = 0.612 and the speed is 0.612 x 1,670 = 1,022 kilometers/hr (61.2% of circumferential speed at the equator - 552 knots)

[@attrell]

Wow that is amazing stuff! You're pretty much got the science and math figured out! Great job!

[@RT-rt9rt]

Chris, million thanks. Excellent tutorial. What do you think about Zf camera? Thanks 👍👍👍

[@attrell]

Thanks! I have not tried that one yet, but so far the reviews are amazing

[@sree1010]

You are my guru 🎉

[@attrell]

Thank you!!

[@lauramacky4083]

Excellent tutorial!

[@attrell]

Thank you!

[@Hrishi1970]

Simply superb video

[@attrell]

Thanks a lot

[@alexwieser1]

Thx for the video🙌. Very helpful 😃

[@attrell]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you!

[@NIBUSVISUALCREATIONS]

Thank you. If possible please add a video on how to shoot lightening images with Z6ii

[@attrell]

GOod idea! If we ever get lightning!

[@robino0821]

This is great, thank you!

[@attrell]

Glad you liked it!

[@SurferKroky]

Does the silent photography option being “on” not cause banding at the higher ISO levels ? Nice video thanks

[@attrell]

I never tried silent photography before.

[@hiranmoysamanta1497]

Thank you so much Sir 😍 really helpful

[@attrell]

Most welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@GrahamSEdwards]

Thanks for the excellent video:) Your video helped me with several things. However, one thing held me up from getting a time lapse (even after watching your excellent video). That is, a time lapse doesn't seem to work if the shutter mode has any sort of time delay. Please consider adding a note to the video (if that's even possible) to recommend the shutter mode be turned to single image. My shutter mode (set to time-delay of 5 seconds) plus my 5-second exposure (combined equals 10 seconds) counterintuitively still prevented me from creating a time lapse (image every 15 seconds).

[@attrell]

Thank you for letting me know that, I did not know.

[@latehiker1168]

Hi Chris, Many thanks for your very instructive videos on the subject of night time lapse. I'm traveling to the southwest in may and would like to take such brilliant shots of the starry sky, especially in the Grand Canyon. I have a Z7ii and also a 20mm, 1.8 with me. my goal is to keep the effort in post production as low as possible. are your videos out of camera, or did you edit them extensively (color grading, etc.)? what settings would you recommend for a day to night time lapse (holy grail 😂)? I probably can't get around the readjustment of aperture and iso, right? thanks for your hints! Greetings from Berlin/Germany

[@attrell]

I just edit video a little but in Devinci Resolve. I never done the day to night before, but I assume you must connect camera to phone and adjust settings every som often while light adjusts.

[@lovettdsouzaexternal8353]

Awesome video... Have set silent mode on my Z6ii but the camera still makes noise.

[@anitarajputani]

Excellent video

[@attrell]

Thank you!

[@kevinconnell2545]

thank you

[@attrell]

You're welcome

[@gigi123ification]

Could you please explain how to use the snap bridge app? That would be very useful! Thanks a lot! Keep it up

[@benboy80]

Hi Chris great in depth explanation there , I have those example settings but can only get a 3.7 second video ,not sure what I'm doing wrong there ?

[@arthurgao2108]

Nice 👍

[@attrell]

Thanks ✌

[@AbhishekJoshi]

Hi Chris, great video. Can the Z50 be charged from a power bank when doing long timelapses?

[@attrell]

Yes I think they even sell an adapter that goes into your slot for battery.

[@BorchOka]

нудноооо пипец, но несколько моментов - полезных, которых вообще ни у кого не было 👍👍👍

[@georgehuss2976]

Hi Chris, Thanks for all your great information that helped me to shot the milky way and do the first steps towards timelapse with my Z6ii. Could you give me advise on wether to buy a nikkor 20mm Z 1.8 or rather the sigma Art 20mm 1.4 with the adapter. Which one would you prefer and why?

[@attrell]

I prefer the Sigma because it has winder aperture, BUT I would still buy the Nikkor anyway because I hate the adapter.

[@SurferKroky]

Nikkor z 20mm is a better lens

[@dlb591]

Very helpful video! I have the z50 and am heading to Norway in October to photography/time lapse the Northern Lights. In this video you used an ISO 4000. I’ve learned that ISO 1600-3200 is recommended for photographing the Northern Lights. For Time Lapse do you need a higher ISO (4000)? Thanks!

[@attrell]

For northern lights, that will work. They are pretty bright, 1600 ISO is very likely yes!

[@anilaboutme]

Since these are photos there will not be a 30 minutes recording restriction??

[@attrell]

Interesting question. I never did a time lapse that long. BUt I guess yes, it would be limited to that, but your battery would likely not last that long.

[@bobtheslow]

When I set my camera to Manual it won't let me take time lapse pictures. only in Auto mode can I. Is there a setting I need to unlock, or is my 24-70 lenses not allow it.

[@Vemovemo1]

Hi Chris, great video, i´m getting a z6 and want to ask this: since the time-lapse require lot of shutters action, this can be done with electronic shutter instead? to reduce the usage of mecanical shutter and prolong the camera life? And, can you set your ISO, shutter aperture and focus mode in a preset to access directly from the mode wheel? thanks.

[@attrell]

Yes and yes. I saved my settings to user 1 so they are all setup anytime I need to shoot and I just change shutter speed when required.

[@cesarerosa2884]

Hi, great video! Just a question, when the timelapse video is created, where i can find the singles shots, for an adjustment for example? i wasn't able to find them on the SD

[@attrell]

You'll have to use a different option. Use Interval timer shooting. THis makes the files, but does not process the video.

[@richardmurray1858]

@@attrell but also good to know is that the Z6ii gives you the option of creating a video and also save the stills in interval timer shooting. The original Z6 doe snot let you do this. Both do a great job but good to know.

[@dionagung4100]

hello can i take picture sky on 35mm sigma F.1.4 ? how the result

[@attrell]

Yes you can very well!

[@brynparrott7361]

Unfortunately, time lapse is not available on the z6 ii camera in M, A, S or P modes with version 1.5 of the firmware. If you think it is, then please say HOW, because it’s disabled on the menu for me. I could only get it working on Auto mode.

[@attrell]

I'll check it out. It should still work, I cannot imagine why they would remove it.

[@Thenorwegianlightchaser]

Hi Chris! I've made some great time lapse and photos of the northern lights here in Norway for the past 3 weeks. My question is how can I get the photos from the timelapse? I cant't find them on my Nikon Z6ii. Thanks in advance :}

[@attrell]

If you want the individual photos, you cannot use Time Lapse mode. You must use intervalometer mode and then make your own time-lapse out of those.

[@Thenorwegianlightchaser]

@@attrell Ok, thanks for the answer :)

[@Dennie_J]

hey chris, how does the Z50 perform at night and is it easy to see on the screen? I've heard that the Z5's screen isn't very good in dark conditions. And is the Z50 a good camera?

[@attrell]

It does great! You can increase screen brighness if you want, but I love it.

[@Dennie_J]

@@attrell thank u. So the sharpness is good at night?

[@barbieevers8950]

Would the Nikkor 35mm f1.8s lens work just as well as the 20mm you referenced?

[@attrell]

Yes except less sky, that's all.

[@Chris-vn5mr]

How long can i make a timelapsevideo with an extern batterie?

[@attrell]

Until the battery dies

[@garyjones2299]

Hi Chris, great set of videos on Z6. How do you resize time-lapse video in order to use with social media? Gary Jones.

[@attrell]

Hello and thank you! I never resized the videos, facebook and youtube do all that for me. When I have to trim a video for length, I use Devinci Resolve.

[@arthurgao2108]

Which lens did you use for Milky Way shooting？

[@attrell]

amzn.to/3NYifT2 it's amazing, Art Sigma 20mm f/1.4

[@johnpatricklim4509]

Does this applies to the z6?

[@mahdiali6732]

How would the z7ii perform for night time lapse?

[@attrell]

VERY VERY GOOD!

[@daestrayker]

That's Medicine Hat teepee.🙂

[@attrell]

Yes it is!!

[@JC-td4gg]

How about a 30 second one?

[@attrell]

Yes you can change the settings to do a 30 second timelapse.

[@JC-td4gg]

I have the Z7 and Nikon 85mm 1.8S lens. What do I do to get a 15 mins time-lapse at night? I have it set like you showed. What do I change?

[@attrell]

The longest shutter speed you can use with that lens might be 8 seconds before you see star trails. Just change your shooting to an hour and 30 minutes to get 30 seconds.

[@mchiang]

Can this time lapse video still be post edited?

[@attrell]

In a video editor yes

[@kathieodonnell6882]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j56mfImQaq-sY9k Hi Chris, forgot to share the results - this was taken in town. The 2.8 14-24 lens really picks up what we can't see. Thanks!

[@attrell]

Amazing! Even got the reds!

[@aaa-hw2ty]

but i want all raw photos

[@chris.fitzgerald]

I believe you can do RAW for the photos, the camera makes two files at once, the stills and the compiled video. At least thats how I understand it.

[@williamcurran9290]

Find another video. there are errors here, at least for the Z 6ii

[@Joel-io8xk]

What are the problems, care to clarify so the creator can improve? Or are you just going to leave a vague comment?

[@attrell]

What error was made? Thank you.

[@brynparrott7361]

Well one big error is the z6 ii camera with version 1.5 firmware does not make time lapse available under camera modes A, S, P or M (which he uses in the video) Maybe it was true on early release of the firmware, but not today. (I’ve complained to Nikon customer support too). Of course this limitation confines user ability to tailor exposure to conditions.

[@SurferKroky]

@@brynparrott7361 that’s basically every mode lol . Can’t be right

[@nightskyimages2977]

Dose this work with the Z50 because I can't seem to get it to work mate thanks

[@attrell]

Yes it should work with the z50

[@nightskyimages2977]

If my shutter is set to 20 seconds what should the interval be?

[@attrell]

25 seconds

[@nightskyimages2977]

@@attrell thanks mate 👍 I'd like to see you set this same video up for milky way photography I'm so new to this camera best camera tho