Playing with a Theta and a cheap pano head
I have one of those cheap powered Pano heads. I also have a Ricoh Theta S (I have a V as well, but that's not what this is about).
The Theta S has a composite interval shooting mode, so I set it for 10 second exposures, for several minutes.
Then I mounted it on a tripod on top of the Pano head. The head I set for 15° an hour - which approximates the Earth's rotation, and pointed it roughly at the South Celestial Pole. I say roughly, because it is a tricky thing to do right, and this was really just a PoC.
The end result has a little streaking, but much less than I would otherwise expect, and much more detail than would otherwise be available.
Overall, I'd call it a successful experiment, and I look forward to trying again with better alignment.
The Theta S has a composite interval shooting mode, so I set it for 10 second exposures, for several minutes.
Then I mounted it on a tripod on top of the Pano head. The head I set for 15° an hour - which approximates the Earth's rotation, and pointed it roughly at the South Celestial Pole. I say roughly, because it is a tricky thing to do right, and this was really just a PoC.
The end result has a little streaking, but much less than I would otherwise expect, and much more detail than would otherwise be available.
Overall, I'd call it a successful experiment, and I look forward to trying again with better alignment.
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