This is good news, as astrophotography requires fast, high-quality lenses, and the Sony allows more choices. But when shooting aurora videos I found, to my surprise, I could “drag” the shutter speeds as slow as 1/4-second, fully 4 stops better than the Nikon’s slowest shutter speed of 1/60 second in Full HD, and 3 stops better than the Canon’s slowest movie shutter of 1/30 second. Your cameras are getting worse for astrophotography while Sony’s are getting better.Â. The Sony exhibited good – though not great – “ISO invariant” performance. I wanted to reach out to the community and see if anyone has great astrophotography settings they've used. With the Metering Mode setting, you specify which area of the frame the camera should work on. All cameras show an equal number of stars recorded. WITH METABONES CANON ADAPTER – The MetaBones Canon EF-to-Sony E mount adapter transfers lens data and allows auto focus to function. Its red sensitivity is not bad, but its lack of a light frame buffer results a less productive imaging cycle when using LENR on deep-sky shooting. This movie tutorial covers the camera settings I use for capturing shallow depth of field portraits using an 85mm prime lens or Pro Zoom. Sony advises that when using LENR Raw images are recorded with only 12-bit depth, not 14-bit. Unless you actually read the full-length 642-page PDF manual (you have to download it), you won’t know about it. ISO INVARIANCE COMPARISON – Here I shot all three cameras at ISO 6400 for a correct exposure for the scene, and also at ISO 1600 and ISO 400, for images 2 and 4 stops underexposed respectively. Released five years after the original A7, the Sony A7III marks the third generation of Sony’s ‘entry’ level full-frame mirrorless camera series. Why would that be? I was using the wired Vello intervalometer. . For this purpose I … The reds have been boosted in processing. Long exposures showed just as many stars as did short exposures. DARK SKY ISO INVARIANCY – Here the Sony A7III performed well and better than the Nikon D750. As its name implies, a mirrorless camera lacks the reflex mirror of a digital single lens reflex camera that, in a DSLR, provides the light path for framing the scene though the optical viewfinder. SONY REAL-WORLD LENR COMPARISON – A real-world example with the Sony, with a properly exposed nightscape, shows that the ill effects of using LENR don’t show up under normal processing. As expected the filter-modified camera picks up much more red nebulosity. Posting to instagram). However, all will need the right camera control cable, available from suppliers like B&H.Â. Fair enough. Two other functions are useful for Live View: In all, the Sony provides superb, if well-hidden, Live View options that make accurately framing and focusing a nightscape or time-lapse scene a joy. In the menu options that appear you can now scroll to one called Bright Monitoring. Instead, you have to go to the Camera Settings 2 page, then select Still Image–Custom Key. This is all with Raws developed with Adobe Camera Raw. UNCOMPRESSED vs. COMPRESSED DEEP-SKY – A real-world deep-sky example shows the same comparison. This article was also published here and shared with permission. But astrophotography, which often requires extreme contrast boosts, reveals non-uniform illumination of the sensor itself, regardless of the optics, originating from hardware elements in front of the sensor casting shadows onto the sensor. You can take full advantage of wide-angle lenses, great for auroras. STAR TRAILS and AURORA With the Laowa 15mm lens and Sony A7III, for 155 exposures, all 20 seconds at f/2.8 and at ISO 800, and taken as part of a 360-frame time-lapse. But if the Sony had a built-in intervalometer…! Try it. The Nikon seems to discolor stars only when LENR is applied. The Sony A7 III RAW bit depth is 14-bit when taking pictures in single shooting mode, and this is also valid for the A7R IV, A7 II and A9 series. April 12, 2020. It is possible to power the camera though the USB port (indeed that’s how you charge the battery, as no separate battery charger is supplied as standard, a deficiency). MF Assist: On – a great feature that automatically zooms in when you move the focus ring in manual focus mode. Plus, the Sony was far better than the Canon 6D MkII’s “ISO variant” sensor. • The A7III lacks any internal intervalometer or ability to add one via an app. Nor the Sony, as it has no intervalometer at all. However, I emphasize that the noise increase from using LENR with the Sony was visible only when severely boosting underexposed images in processing. The Sony begins to show more noise and now a magenta discoloration in the +3 and +4 EV images, similar to, but not as badly as does the ISO-variant Canon 6D MkII. Turning this ON superimposes a shimmering effect on parts of an image judged in focus. Sony A7III | Sigma 14mm 1.8 Art | f/1.8 | ISO3200 | 20s | 10 image stack | ©Haitong Yu. Note the size difference. You do get the benefit of reduced hot pixels in shadows, especially on a warm night like this was. I was shooting on a Canon 70D & Sigma 18-35 f1.8 and just switched to the Sony A7R III & Sony 16-35 f2.8GM for Astrophotography but unfortunately, I don’t find the combo sensible enough. I trust you’ll find the review of value. At F4, you should push the shutter speed to 20s. AURORA VIDEO FRAME – This is a frame grab from a real-time 4K video of a “Steve” aurora. the 500 rule is pretty bad for today's cameras. • The A7III’s red sensitivity for recording H-Alpha-emitting nebulas was poor.Â. ADAPTING TO A TELESCOPE – The MetaBones adapter, as will other brands, adds the correct lens flange to sensor distance for telescope field flatteners to work best. Thus my Good rating for nightscapes but Fair rating for time-lapses. Conclusion and Verdict. The Sony would perform better in an ISO Invariancy “face-off” if its ISOs were kept above 640, to keep all the images within the Sony’s upper ISO range of its dual-gain sensor design, with two ranges (100 to 400, and 640 on up). For all the Sony’s 35 pages of Menu functions, a built-in Intervalometer isn’t one of them. MILKY WAY and PLANETS With the Sony a7III and Laowa 15mm lens at f/2 for a stack of 4 exposures for the ground to smooth noise and one exposure for the sky, all 30 seconds at ISO 3200. Between 3.2s and 4s a very slight one-pixel-level softening does kick in, reducing noise and very slightly blurring stars. In my testing I compared the Sony A7III to two competitive DSLRs, the Canon 6D MkII and Nikon D750. My Sony A7 III Camera Settings for Portrait Photography Most of the portraits you see on this site were shot with a Sony A7 III camera. It shouldn’t. In shots on Bulb controlled by the External Timer, maybe the stars at 4 seconds are a little sharper still. Both are very good – indeed, among the best performing cameras for high-ISO noise levels. Aperture priority mode, selecting aperture based on desired depth of field. Also, it's a digital camera, just play with the settings, you're not going to waste any film. STAR EATER SERIES at 400% – This is the same series as above but now blown up 400% to better reveal the very subtle change in pixel-level sharpness as exposure lengthened from 3.2 to 4 seconds. And, as I found, the Sony might need to be placed into Continuous shooting mode to have the shutter fire with every trigger pulse from the motion controller. The Sony A7III offers a choice of shooting Uncompressed or Compressed Raw files. This is really pixel peeping at 400%. Using the right lens adapter (I use one from Metabones), it is possible to use lenses with mounts made for Canon, Nikon, Sigma and others. This feature is little known and utilized, and only Canon full-frame cameras offer it. They can cost anywhere from $100 to $400. Sony doesn’t have an “a” model mirrorless. At last, we have a mirrorless camera that not only doesn’t eat stars, it also does not eat batteries! The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. It is good, though not great, for long-exposure deep-sky imaging. The 500/focal length rule for exposition time is also usually working to avoid star trails, but it can wield different results depending on how far from the Polar star you are actually aiming. Sony’s A7III camera has enjoyed rave reviews since its introduction earlier in 2018. We are an unofficial community of users of the Sony Alpha brand and related gear: Sony E Mount, Sony A Mount, legacy Minolta cameras, RX cameras, lenses, flashes, photoshare, and discussion. And neither are 4K. Raw Therapee offers a choice of de-Bayering, or “de-mosaic,” routines, and each produces different looking stars, and none look great! 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I am very impressed! (See my test at https://amazingsky.net/2017/08/09/testing-the-canon-6d-mark-ii-for-nightscapes/). Keep in mind, these are vastly underexposed images. CANON: The 6D MkII’s lack of an ISO invariant sensor rears its ugly head in underexposed shadows in dark-sky nightscapes. The Sony doesn’t do quite as well as the Canon 6D MkII. UNCOMPRESSED vs. COMPRESSED – Here I compare any image degradation from using compressed vs. uncompressed Raws, and from employing Long Exposure Noise Reduction. However, I’ve found these post-shoot darks rarely work well, as the dark frames are not at the same temperature as the light frames, and often add noise or dark holes. Here are some other Sony A7III features I found of value for astrophotography, and for operating the camera at night. Sony A7 III, A7R III, A9 Astrophotography Settings You have found a nice spot, you have your camera on the tripod and the main dial is set to M (Manual mode). Good luck and fingers crossed for clear skies! I love it! With a fast enough UHS-II Class card it can record 4K video up to 30 frames per second and at a bit rate of either 60 or 100 Mbps. Since publishing the first results a number of people commented with suggestions for further testing, to check claims that: For the additional tests, I shot all images within a 3-hour span on the night of June 5/6, using the Sony A7III, Nikon D750, and Canon 6D MkII, with the respective lenses: the Laowa 15mm lens at f/2, the Sigma 14mm Art at f/2, and the Rokinon 14mm SP at f/2.5. ISO INVARIANCE CLOSE-UP – A closeup of the scene shows the ISO variant Canon exhibited more noise and magenta discoloration in the +4 EV boosted image. The Canon 5D series also has this.Â, The dark frame kicks in and locks up the camera only after the series of “light frames” are taken. View fullsize Camera settings - 20 seconds / f1.4 / ISO 800 / incandescent. See https://alpinelaboratories.com/pages/radian-2-support-get-started_sÂ. As photographers age, this becomes a more essential feature! NIKON WITH AND WITHOUT LENR – Dark frames taken with the Nikon D750 under the same circumstances and processed the same show none of the residual hot pixels and added background noise when LENR is employed. Lenses developed natively for mirrorless models can be smaller and lighter. Whether you are pursuing DSLR telescope astrophotography or simple using an astrophotography tripod , there are certain tricks and techniques you must follow. This was true whether I was shooting compressed or uncompressed Raws, with or without Long Exposure Noise Reduction. The dark frame the camera was taking and subtracting was actually adding some noise, perhaps due to a temperature difference. This is wonderful for taking a set of noise-reduced deep-sky images for later stacking. Among Sony full-frame mirrorless bodies, a7RII, a7RIII, a7III and a9 can do continuous eye AF tracking. ISO Invariance  SONY LIVE VIEW – The Sony A7III’s excellent Live View screen display. However, I did not consider “star eating” to be a negative factor, as the Sony showed just as many stars and as well-resolved as did the competitors, and what more could you ask for? In Single drive mode, stars and noise soften ever so slightly at 4 seconds and higher. Some time-lapse controllers are able to connect to a camera through its USB port and then adjust the ISO and aperture as well, for ramped “holy grail” sunset-to-Milky Way sequences.Â, For example, the TimeLapse+ View (see http://www.timelapseplus.com) works great for automated holy grails, but the developer recommends that with most Sonys the minimum allowed interval between shots is longer (8 to 14 seconds) than with Canons and Nikons. I used the Metabones Canon-to-Sony adapter when attaching the Sony to my telescopes using my existing Canon telescope adapters. I shot images over a wide-range of exposures, from 2 seconds to 2 minutes, but show only the ones covering the 2-second to 4-second range, where the “star-eater” anti-aliasing or noise smoothing applied by Sony kicks in (above 3.2 seconds it seems). I usually leave Minimum ISO at 100, while … Even if you could get a mirrorless camera to focus without a lens adapter to add the extra spacing, the image quality across the field might be compromised on many telescopes. great astro photography source for what you are looking for, *not specific to your camera, just astro in general. The cause is not clear. CAMERA TRIO – The Sony A7III, Nikon D750, and Canon 6D Mark II. While these might add glows to long exposure images, if they could be designed not to do that (i.e. Features  Moon Shot: Sony a7III with Sony FE 200-600 F5.6/6.3G This image was captured hand-held at the maximum focal length 600mm, ISO 640, shutter speed 1/1,600 using Spot Metering, DMF (direct manual focus) and then processed in Lightroom. SONY WITH THE SYRP GENIE MINI – The Sony A7III worked well with the Syrp Genie Mini motion controller with the right shutter cable but only when placed in Continuous mode. An example is the Laowa 15mm f/2 I used for some of the testing. Not essential, but having two card slots is very helpful, for backup, for handling overflows from very long time-lapse shoots, or assigning them for stills vs. movies, or Raws vs. JPGs. Only Slot 1 will work with the fastest UHS II cards that are needed for recording the highest quality 4K video. Camera Settings 1 / Exposure1 (page 9/14) Metering is a function that allow your camera to measure the correct exposure based on the amount of light that is coming through the lens. Best Standard Prime Lenses for Sony a7 III Sony Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 Distagon T* ($1,598): Fast, sharp, and loaded with the latest technology, the FE 35mm f/1.4 ZA offers outstanding optical performance in a versatile 35mm focal length. No noise reduction was applied in processing. in-camera dark frame subtraction) off and on. The image with e-shutter and in Silent Mode is a tad sharper, but that could be just as much from variations in seeing conditions as from the lower vibration from using the electronic shutter. You can follow his work on 500px, IG, and Flickr, and get his tutorials here. It may be more serious on other Sony alphas. I wanted to reach out to the community and see if anyone has great astrophotography settings they've used. FINDING BRIGHT MONITORING – The excellent Bright Monitoring function is accessible only off the Custom Key menu where it appears as a choice on the Display/Auto Review2 page (below) that can be assigned to a C button. Plus there are an increasing number of lenses from third parties offered with native Sony E-mounts. All three are “entry-level” full-frame cameras, with 24 to 26 megapixels and in a similar price league of $1,500 (Nikon) to $2,000 (Sony).Â. But none are “eaten” or wiped out. Due to limitations set by Sony, controlling one of their cameras with an external controller can be problematic.Â, Devices that trigger only the shutter should be fine. Turn on LENR and it is possible to shoot three (with the 6D MkII) or four (with the 6D) Raw images in quick succession even with LENR turned on. You can find out more about Alan on Amazing Sky. When using a slow shutter speed with ND filter for waterfalls on a Sony mirrorless camera, like the Sony A7riii or A7iii, don’t forget these settings: Use a tripod; ND filter attached to lens, between a 6 stop and a 10 stop filter. Overall Recommendations Ole Henrik Skjelstad is a Norwegian math teacher and landscape photographer. Eye AF Eye-AF is one of the most powerful features you will find in the Sony A7iii and it is one of the advantages Sony has over Nikon and Canon. With ISO invariant sensors the boosted images should look similar to the well-exposed image. Indeed, the ease of manually focusing in Live View is a key function.Â. This is on paper the best lens for astrophotography today, but it does come with a few flaws: it is very big and heavy and coma correction is not exactly as perfect … Yet, just as many stars are recorded and are resolved, and at the lower ISOs/longer exposures more stars are visible because faint stars are not lost in the noise. I wanted to reach out to the community and see if anyone has great astrophotography settings they've used. Alan Dyer is an astrophotographer and author of astronomy books based in Canada. This is with the EVF and rear LCD Display OFF, and the camera in Airplane mode to turn off wireless functions to further conserve battery power. What’s up guys, Sagi here and welcome to another Tech Gear Talk. SONY FIELD ILLUMINATION #2 – Another example taken in twilight to accentuate frame illumination shows the same shadow vignetting and the slight magenta amp glow at the left. It is not clear if Sony’s compressed Raws are 12-bit vs. 14-bit for uncompressed files. Video Title: Astrophotography Slideshow Orion Trees Sony A7iii 1.4 Lens Sony E-mount FE 24mm F1.4 GM Full Frame Wide-angle Prime Lens (SEL24F14GM), Black Sony Alpha Full-frame E-mount Wide Prime G Master Lens Shooting typical 400-frame time-lapses used about 40% of the battery capacity, similar to the other DSLRs.Â. It controls the Sony through the camera’s Multi USB port. Stars were smoothed away along with the noise in exposures longer than 3.2 seconds in some Sony cameras (longer than 30 seconds in others). sivaramanan sivalingam says: April 8, 2019 at 8:51 am Video Capability  Its extent varies from camera model to model. This emphasizes just how good the Nikon D750 is.Â, Nevertheless, noise performance of the Sony A7III was still excellent, with both the Sony and Nikon handily outperforming the Canon 6D MkII, with its slightly smaller pixels, by about a stop in noise levels.Â, NOTE: I performed all Raw developing with Adobe Camera Raw v10.3. An issue that, to me, has a more serious effect on star quality is the propensity of the Sony, and to some extent the Nikon, to render tiny stars as brightly colored points, unrealistically so. In Movie Mode ISO speeds go up to ISO 102,400, but are pretty noisy, if unusable at such speeds. I did this testing in preparation for the new third edition of my Nightscapes and Time-Lapse eBook, which will include information on Sony mirrorless cameras, as well as many, many other updates and additions! The compressed images appear identical to the uncompressed files for noise and star content. With a mirrorless camera the sensor is not set far back in a mirror box, as it is in a DSLR. Stars are not smoothed out in long exposures.Â. When used with the Genie Mini (below) the Sony fired at only every other pulse if it was in Single shot mode, an oddity of Sony’s firmware. Wow! But this test re-emphasized my thoughts that Canon DSLRs remain the best for long-exposure deep-sky imaging where you can give images as much exposure time as they need, while the ISO invariant Sony and Nikons exceed at nightscape shooting where exposures are often limited and plagued by dark shadows and noise. Neither compression nor LENR invoked “star eating.”. The Canon is more neutral and natural. 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