(Ruined) Aurora (read comment)
This Panorama caused me a lot of headaches because it is ruined: take a look at the stars: they are not round, they are strokes. No, it’s Not caused by too long exposure, it’s a 20mm lens and 5s. This is caused by some strange behavior of the ibis in the eos R6II in combination of my Nodal Ninja 5 panoramic head. It ruined nearly all panorama takes of this trip. Initially I thought of a shaky tripod, loose screws and other causes. But it is more sublime: I left ibis settings untouched when I put the camera on the tripod, as ibis recognizes being on a tripod (not like to the EF System where it is recommended to switch stabilizers off) worked pretty flawless with the R6, but with the R6 II I got stars as strokes instead of pinpoints. Here is my finding: there is some movement/activity of the ibis after the panoramic head is turned rapidly and locks to the next angular position. Although I use the 2s shutter delay, the sensor seems to get moved/shaked by the ibis for a longer time.
Solution is easy: switch off stabilization. This option you can find in the red menu (especially when utilizing a lens without stabilizer).
But why I didn’t experience that problem with the R6? Because this option to switch on/off ibis is simply missing in the R6 when using a third party lens w/o stabilizer!! It is only visible with canon lenses without stabilizer.
If the lens has build in stabilizer, you switch it on/off using the switch of the lens body. Hope this findings help others avoiding this flaw.
Beside this, that night was epic: weather couldn’t get worse of the whole week, clouds and clouds so we drove to Finland and further to Sweden, there were some clear sky forecasted. We decided to stay overnight in Kilpisjärvi instead of heading back to Tromsø that evening which was the best decision ever. The show we got was phenomenal, it began already at sunset and lasted until dawn. This pano I took at 4:55. that was a night!
(Ruined) Aurora (read comment)
This Panorama caused me a lot of headaches because it is ruined: take a look at the stars: they are not round, they are strokes. No, it’s Not caused by too long exposure, it’s a 20mm lens and 5s. This is caused by some strange behavior of the ibis in the eos R6II in combination of my Nodal Ninja 5 panoramic head. It ruined nearly all panorama takes of this trip. Initially I thought of a shaky tripod, loose screws and other causes. But it is more sublime: I left ibis settings untouched when I put the camera on the tripod, as ibis recognizes being on a tripod (not like to the EF System where it is recommended to switch stabilizers off) worked pretty flawless with the R6, but with the R6 II I got stars as strokes instead of pinpoints. Here is my finding: there is some movement/activity of the ibis after the panoramic head is turned rapidly and locks to the next angular position. Although I use the 2s shutter delay, the sensor seems to get moved/shaked by the ibis for a longer time.
Solution is easy: switch off stabilization. This option you can find in the red menu (especially when utilizing a lens without stabilizer).
But why I didn’t experience that problem with the R6? Because this option to switch on/off ibis is simply missing in the R6 when using a third party lens w/o stabilizer!! It is only visible with canon lenses without stabilizer.
If the lens has build in stabilizer, you switch it on/off using the switch of the lens body. Hope this findings help others avoiding this flaw.
Beside this, that night was epic: weather couldn’t get worse of the whole week, clouds and clouds so we drove to Finland and further to Sweden, there were some clear sky forecasted. We decided to stay overnight in Kilpisjärvi instead of heading back to Tromsø that evening which was the best decision ever. The show we got was phenomenal, it began already at sunset and lasted until dawn. This pano I took at 4:55. that was a night!