Time lapse question, is it doable?

[swingin]

Hi, just wanted to ask if anyone has ever done time lapse of the night sky? Id like to try for the meteor shower coming up.

 

I have win7 backyard Nikon. Nikon D5200 thanks, Don.

[Darren]

I have a D7200, and have used the built in intervalometer feature many times. I have never used BYN itself to make a timelapse. It should be possible, but you may want to test both options and see which gives the quicker response between firing the shutter and writing data, etc.

 

Of course, BYN is excellent for deep sky- but firing hundreds of shots with a short interval between might not be optimal.

 

This video gives a quick runddown of the built-in intervalometer:

[admin]

This is correct, BYN/BYE was not designed for rapid/burst shots.

[s3igell]

You'll find that there are NUMEROUS Options on the Newer NIKON Mid-level/High-end DSLRs which NIKON simply DOES NOT Expose to the NIKON SDK - and therefore are inaccessible to BYN.

 

The Built-In Intervalometer is very likely to be one of those Inaccessible Features.

 

Other Nikon DSLR Models have similar issues with the Multiple Modes of LiveView or the Hi-ISO or splitting Image Storage across the Dual-Cards.

 

You can still Leverage BYN, as you can use it's LiveView Frame&Focus mode to get yourself setup with Framing and Focusing; then use the In-Camera Intervalometer to do your Burst Shot sequence.

You might have to Disconnect the Camera from BYE to do this, as some Models "Go BUSY" on the Camera Controls when the DSLR is being Controlled via USB.  

Others will signal via the SDK that an Image is "Ready for Download", and that could trigger an Inter-Exposure Time Delay whilst BYN works to Download the Image.

 

BTW:  Is there any reason that the BYN LiveView Planetary Imaging mode isn't suitable for your Burst Shots??  Are you actually concerned about getting Full DX-Frame FOV (instead of Zoomed Planetary FOV)??